Gilroy Beers - 120 years behind the times

Brewery Tours

Join Steve Gilroy for a humorous look at the myths, legends and secrets of beer. 

Learn how beer is created, smell the hops, taste the grains and explore the brewing process.

Saturday mornings, 11am.  Booking advised.

Operating Hours

Tooting Tuesdays:
11h00 - 18h00. .... only the Pub is open
Wednesday:
11h00 – 22h00 (Kitchen closes 21h00)
Thursday:
11h00 – 22h00 (Kitchen closes 21h00)
Friday:
11h00 – 23h00 (Kitchen closes 22h00)
Saturday:
11h30 – 23h00 (Kitchen closes 22h00)
Sunday:
11h00 – 18h00 (Kitchen closes 17h00)
Monday
Closed.
We need a rest to stay young & lovely!

Contact Us

 

Call us on 011 796-3020

or 073 357-2897

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Find Us

 Map to Gilroy Brewery
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Welcome!

Happening this week

The Beer Experience is held on Saturdays at 11h30 sharp (please arrive at 11h15) – only R90 pp and includes Gilroy beer and lots of fun. Please call to book your seat.

Saturdays and Sundays 2pm “Up Yours Salute” with weekly poem by Steve plus Rusty on “Pavarotti” birthday song and the “HAKA”.  Great family fun - to avoid disappointment please book for weekends.

Friday 11 May:  19h00-22h30! ‘Flipping the Bird’ 5-Piece Rock Band plus open mike night

Saturday 12 May:  13h00-17h00 Richard Thompson

Sunday 13 May:  Mother’s Day 13h00-17h00 Peter B - solid gold

See you over the top of a glass    

Gil

For bookings please call 011 796-3020 or 073 357-2897 (closed Mondays)

 

Did you know that Gilroy’s is an award-winning happy place?

Gilroy’s Brewery invites you to experience the natural taste of hand-crafted beer, and the vibe that won acclaim for two consecutive years with West Rand Tourism.  Best Al Fresco Restaurant and proud of it!

The finest ingredients brewed to perfection. For every taste, every season, an ale or lager to suit.

The premium lager is well-balanced, naturally carbonated and matured for 8 weeks. Great body. Long finish.

Gilroy Favourite is a superb light ale. Dry finish. Easy drinking.

Classic ruby ale defines the Gilroy Traditional.

Gilroy Serious invites layers of flavour and taste to unfold, and be savoured. Rich, strong ale with a deep ruby shade.

Brewpub

Great beer and great food - a match made in...well the kitchen at the Brewpub!

Join us as we quaff and gobble, chat and yell for our sport team. All round large screen TV's, big beer and big helpings!

Travel on the R114 (Muldersdrift/Diepsloot) and look out for the Ngwenya Village, close to the N14/Beyers Naude ramps. The Brew Pub is situated in this relaxed garden setting.

(Check the map here).

The Ngwenya Glass Village forms part of the Crocodile Ramble in the Cradle of Humankind - a popular local and tourist venue where you can browse through the Ngwenya Glass showroom, have a splendid lunch and let the kids enjoy themselves in the playground.

 

 

Weekly Ode

So Lin said, “Gil what’s happened

To the words when you were young

Your poems were romantic

You had such a silver tongue.”

 

“Now it seems it’s politics

Or a bottom or a breast.”

So I’m going to give my quill a whirl

With my romantic best!

 

Autumn is without a doubt

My favourite time of year

When leaves dress in the autumnal hues

Of the tapestry of beer.

 

The quiet gold of the lager

The soft amber of Pale Ale

Of beer, nature reminds us

And to our eye she doth avail

The sumptuous reds of the Traditional

The dark velvets that prevail

All throughout the autumn

She whispers, “Go on, have an Ale.”

 

Whilst well wrapped ladies cover up

And there’s not much that you can see

There are but dregs of solace found

In a dreary cup of tea.

 

So we shall bathe in glorious colour

Until the winter comes to pass

Hark!  Nature insists, “Put down that cup

And raise a brimming glass,”

 

And so purists will be cognizant

The poem was touched with class

It was soft and almost reverent

And I never once said a*se!

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Weekly update

Every week Steve is inspired to craft the finest Ode to Gilroy, reminding us of the many good reasons to drink Gilroy Beer.  And there is more - the rundown for the week!

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Our Beers are Top Rated

Gilroy Lager is a European type Lager, brewed to the Rheinheitsgebot-using Czeck Saaz and German Halletau hops and Gilroy's wonderful lager yeast, matured for 8 weeks. Well balanced, flavoursome, naturally carbonated beer with great body and a long finish. Favourite is Gilroy's pale ale. A superb light ale brewed with golden and amber malts, and Gilroy's own yeast. The Gilroy Favourite has 4% alcohol by volume.  This beer is well bodied and extremely easy to drink. Underlying flavours of summer fruits and caramelised honey. It is a session beer with a well-balanced finish.
SA Beer Drinkers Guide Rating: SEVEN
Gilroy Traditional is a Ruby Ale.
A magnificent explosion of flavours on the tongue. Brewed using the best English kilned barley, grain, malts and Kentish noble hops. The Gilroy Traditional is 5% alcohol by volume.  Handcrafted red ale, elegantly rustic, a thing of beauty and  joy.
SA Beer Drinkers Guide Rating: EIGHT
Gilroy Serious is a rich, strong premiun dark ale. The amber and dark malts yield a dark warm claret colour. A beer with flavours in places other beers don't have places. The Gilroy Serious is 7.75% alcohol by volume. Serious is easy to drink, despite the high alcohol which is not noticable in the taste. A rare handcrafted masterpiece .
SA Beer Drinkers Guide Rating: NINE

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