It’s the reversal of the biblical miracle. Instead of turning water into wine, a collective of Cape Town microbreweries and businesses are making soup to support the Covid-19 food relief effort.
They call themselves Souper Heroes. Although the Woodstock Brewery, the Drifter Brewing Company and Stellenbosch Breweries are unable to make beer under lockdown regulations, they are not remaining idle.
“We know a couple of people were smart enough to stock up for a long lockdown and there are some who have offered to buy vouchers to support us, but we would rather sell beer again in the normal way when we are allowed to. There is time for that. For now, we want to focus on more pressing needs. And that is to produce soup and porridge for the immediate needs of the less fortunate.”
The collective is churning out some 3000 litres of soup a day, feeding about 9000 people in 10 areas around Cape Town. It’s helping smaller soup kitchens that often struggle to make meals on a large scale because of inadequate sources of heat.
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