They have renovated the beer garden of the pub with plants, lights, and umbrellas so rug up and get down there between Wednesday and Sunday. Come summer, this place is going to be packed solid every single day.
You can see the Beer Engine food menu online here.
I think you would be hard-pressed to find an industry struggling as much as independent brewing right now.
What an absolute sack of shit year it has been.
The bars and pubs that breweries rely on for moving most of their stock have been closed or are themselves on the verge of closing forever. Taprooms at breweries, normally a direct line of selling, have been closed on and off all year.
I decided to treat myself to a delivery from my favourite vegan beer producer as an act of solidarity during this unprecedented time… and I’d like to think of few people reading this will do the same thing!
Brass Castle is an independent brewery in Yorkshire.
If you ever attended any of my Vegan Beer Fest events around the UK, you’ll remember Brass Castle as a regular trader. They even ran the jumbo bar at the London outing of the event a few years running.
Every single beer produced and sold by Brass Castle is vegan, including all the gorgeous cans in their 12 Days of Christmas beer advent calendar!
This box is a 12-can selection pack of various Brass Castle faves, hidden behind advent calendar-style doors. All the beers are vegan-friendly and certified gluten-free.
The pack comprises:
Pilsen Thrills 3.9% Pilsner (440ml can)
Hoptical Illusion 4.3% Citra/Comet Pale Ale (330ml can)
Well Wisher 4.5% Citra/Columbus Golden Ale (440ml can)
Dune Bug 4.7% Lemon & Samphire Gose (440ml can)
Fruit Lupe 4.8% Mosaic/Blueberry Pale Ale (440ml can)
I got a taste of Brixton delivered to my house a few days ago and it was delicious!
Brixton Brewery sent me a few cans of their Coldharbour Lager and they went straight into the fridge to chill. They didn’t survive too much longer.
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What do the Brixton Brewery style/taste notes say about this vegan beverage? It’s a lager that is crisp, clean, and floral. It is fresh, vibrant, and alive with flavour. The ABV is 4.4%.
You can order online for UK delivery and get free shipping for orders over £30. You can also buy takeout from the Brixton Brewery Taproom on Station Road, right in the heart of Brixton.
Aloha 65 is a spirit drink infused with pineapple, lemon, ginger, and scotch bonnet chilies. That sounds equally intense and delicious.
The product is vegan (labeled as vegan on the bottle), is 27% ABV, and can be ordered directly from the company online for UK delivery.
There is free delivery on orders £25 and over. The company has given me a special discount for FGV readers. Use code FGV20 to get 20% off when you shop directly for Aloha 65 online at their shop.
And what about that little bottle in the photo?
Aloha 65 also make a hot sauce and that is vegan, too!
I am super pumped to try the drink. I’m considering investing in an ice crusher just for this purpose.
But even when you get used to expecting the unexpected, it is still surprising that Kylie Minogue has released her own vegan rosé wine!
Check it out.
Kylie released a quote to mark the launch of the vegan-friendly rosé:
I have a great passion for rosé and have loved working for the last two years on developing Kylie Minogue Wines. Working with the brilliant team at Benchmark Drinks we have created a rosé that I am truly enamoured by, it’s fresh, light and the perfect pink.
The Kylie rosé is priced at £9.00 for the regular release bottle and £17.00 for the gift box edition.
Tesco is listed as a stockist at the moment, but when I searched I was told they are currently out of stock.
You can buy directly from the drinks company for UK delivery. Click here to shop for Kylie rosé.
What do you think? Are you excited to try this wine curated by Kylie?
No matter if your Valentine’s Day is going great or less than desirable, this news is guaranteed to make it better.
Superstar purveyors of plant-based comfort food Young Vegans are launching a bottomless vegan brunch at their pizza restaurant in Bethnal Green, London!
What is a bottomless brunch?
Don’t worry, you get to keep your pants on. Bottomless brunch means you get to drink and eat as much as you can/want from a selected menu for a set amount of time.
The Young Vegans bottomless brunch features unlimited pizza AND unlimited Prosecco or beer for 90 minutes for a flat rate of £30 per person!
The bottomless brunch is available only via advanced bookings on the Young Vegans Pizza Shop website or Open Table for times between midday and 5pm every Sunday, starting on Sunday February 16, 2020.
Some of the rules for the bottomless brunch:
You must eat everything (no leftovers/takeaway)
Doesn’t include any side dishes
Only one pizza at a time per two people
I love the sound of this bottomless brunch!
The drink menu also features organic wines and cocktails (such as a gorgeous Bloody Mary), Aperol Spritz, gin and tonic, and their special Hackney Mule for extra cost. The beers are from Hackney Brewery, which brews just 15 minutes from the restaurant.
The White Hart is the legendary beer-focussed pub in South London that is turning its kitchen vegan for January 2020 with a little help from a gorgeous street food business.
What The Fattoush? is well-known for serving up delicious plant-based food inspired by Palestinian cuisine, culture, and people. The compassionate foodies started their business in order to support charities and groups working to improve lives of the people of Palestine.
For the entire month of January 2020, you can buy and devour the delicious cuisine of What The Fattoush? and drink beer at The White Hart in SE14.
What does the vegan food menu feature?
Hummus and Chilli confit £6.5 – Creamy hummus topped with smoked chilli oil (mulato, pasilla, ancho), chargrilled sweet peppers and smoked paprika served with warm Arabic bread
Fatteh (Middle Eastern style nachos) £10.5 – Pitta chips loaded with a chunky tomato, pepper and aubergine stew, Gazan guac (avo, sumac & sesame seeds) and pickled chillies
Imam bayildi and vermicelli rice £9.5 – Slow cooked aubergine. Red pepper and chickpea stew in a rich and silky tomato sauce served with vermicelli rice and chopped salad
Black lime ‘lamb’ and courgette with vermicelli rice £12.5 – Chunky ‘lamb’ pieces, courgette, and our 7 spice mix served with vermicelli rice and chop salad
9″ Loaded Arabic flatbread with either falafel / seitan shawarma ‘meat’ £10.5 / £12 – Arabic bread topped with hummus, chopped salad and pickles with either falafel or seitan
How many reasons do you need to adore the northern English city of York?
There are pubs named after torture devices. They have haunted buildings all over the place. A cholera burial ground greets you as you exit the train station.
York is one of my favourite places on the planet!
If all of these glorious, creepy facts aren’t enough to get your rushing there, maybe this news of a new vegan döner and cocktail restaurant will have you making plans for a York visit.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B67yT8hnqC4/
Döner Summer is a vegan eatery and cocktail bar located in Spark:York creative and retail space in York city centre.
The restaurant has Berlin-inspired cuisine that will make your mouth water.
Take a look at some of this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B65BhpsHRjN/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B5hov2in8CA/
The exact location of Döner Summer can be seen online thanks to Google Maps. The restaurant/bar is open Tuesday until Sunday each week.
