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Durban Poison – South Africa’s first cannabis beer. Many of the cannabis community may pick flower over drinks, but this crisp beer can be enjoyed by […]
CBD (cannabinoid) shops are springing up all over the place, including Goodleaf in the … well, CBD … that is, the Cape Town city centre, a […]
Iconic fashion brand, Holmes Bros, is flat out, uniquely Durban – their Afrocentric surfer style captures the spirit of Poison City to a tee. So who better to produce Poison City Brewing merchandise than a brand that loves and lives Durban as much as we do?
Durban Poison Cannabis Lager takes home a silver medal at the South African National Beer Trophy 2019.
By Samora Chapman I have this old plank that I’ve become very fond of. It’s a 9ft longboard, rough around the edges, heavy, ugly as […]
In this final episode of our 6-part series, we pay homage to the iconic Holmes Brothers. These two are as true to Durban as Poison City Brewing. And who better to produce the merchandise that speaks to a Durban state of mind than the guys living it.
Enterprise Africa finds us very enterprising.
As we roll into 2019, our final Vega Collab Session is a collaborative one. This post is the love child of a collective Durban State of […]
This fifth episode of our 6-part series is a tribute to our Durban Poison ambassadors, I n Dee – a futurist hip-hop duo made from the Poison City.
This fourth episode of our 6-part series is a tribute to our proudly Poison City Brewing ambassador, Twiggy Baker – a Durban born and bred, 3 times World Champion big wave surfer.
In this third episode of our 6-part series Graeme and Andre discuss how together they’ve made exceptional beer – beer that never compromises on taste or quality, and beer that plays tribute to the soul of Durban.
In this second episode of our 6-part series we look at the passion that sparked South Africa’s first cannabis lager, Durban Poison Cannabis Lager.
JSE-listed beverages group Distell has agreed to distribute and market a cannabis-infused beer backed by RCL Foods CEO Miles Dally and Spar CEO Graham O’Connor. Distell, the […]
In this first episode of our 6-part series, PCB founders Graeme Bird and Andre Schubert discuss the beginnings of Poison City Brewing and how its exceptional beers came to be Durban born and bred.
In this week’s Vega Collab Session, cool Vega creative, Jean Claude, take us on a photographic tour of his hometown. Nostalgic, gritty and unexpected – this is the real Poison City
In this week’s Vega Collab Session, Yolisha Motha gives us a taste of how she lives her poison. From Umswenko to Aboghata, yolisha, and Durbs, keeps it real.
Today’s post by rising creative star, Sibonile Shange, takes you on a train ride that gives you a refreshing perspective on the city.
Do Durbanites really live their poison? Is Durban the ugly sister? Does it give a fu*k that it is?
by Craig Jarvis. Remembering when it was surf all day, rage all night. School finally came to a finish, and we headed out into the wide […]
Our kiff Poison City Brewing bottle label designs won big at the inaugural Beer Label Design Awards in the Mother City. The inaugural Beer Label Design […]
by Craig Jarvis. Chris Frolich @ Snake Park Pier Growing up as a surfer in Cape Town, Durban was always such an anomaly, a glitch in […]
Give me more things A jolly x-mas shopping guide by Samora Chapman We’re surrounded by things – big things, little things, shiny things, fluffy things. Do […]