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Beer list for Manchester Vegan Beer Fest

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Take a look at this SOLID beer list lined up for Manchester Vegan Beer Fest this Saturday and then buy a ticket for just £4 online (£8 on the door).

The selection is spread across keg, cask and can offerings. Start planning your drinking now. We will give you a tick sheet on the day to help you keep track.

Bad Seed Brewery

Ain’t Bright 5.0% ABV Collaboration with North Riding Brewery. New England Pale. Ultra hazy, juicy pale ale with soft mouth feel and tropical juice character from Citra, Mosaic and experimental BRU-1 hops

Dalliance 4.0% ABV Cascade hopped pale – fresh flavours of grapefruit, lychee & citrus from the hop that started the craft beer movement

Hefeweizen 5.1% Award winning German style wheat beer with notes of banana and clove. Light and refreshing

Jungle Juice 4.6% ABV Collaboration with Heavy Industry. New England Hopfenweisse. German wheat beer yeast meets a huge dry hop combo including El Dorado, Sorachi Ace, Ekuanot and Jarlingo. Plus just a touch of Lemon Peel to add to the tropical fruit salad

Pond Hopper 4.2% ABV Transatlantic Red Ale. Rich ruby malt base acts as a perfect backdrop for the firework display of English and American hops. Jester, Chinook & Cascade brings a wild tropical fruit flavour with a citrus & grapefruit aroma

Session IPA 4.0% ABV Easy drinking, full on hop flavour. Zythos, Jester & Chinook hops combine to give flavours of tropical fruit, citrus, grapefruit, lychee & pine

Brass Castle Brewery

Brass Lager 5.3% ABV A moreish malt-forward Vienna lager with a characteristic brass hue and aromas of caramel, toffee and lemon. Medium body with a minimal head. Smooth, fruity finish

Disruptor 7.4% ABV Hoppy and hazy New England style double IPA, complex and silky with strong hops

Helles Lager 4.4% ABV Refreshing Munich-style light lager. Winner of the SIBA UK National Champion Lager award 2017! Refreshing and crisp Helles with a medium-sweet finish. Aromas of toffee, grains and floral notes. GLUTEN FREE

Hopped Cider 6.0% ABV A hop-infused cider! The best of both worlds

Hoptical Illusion 4.3% ABV Mini-IPA with tropical hop flavours and a magical secret – it contains neither barley nor wheat malt! This beer is brewed with the African grain sorghum with aromas of pine, mango, pineapple and syrup. GLUTEN FREE

Sunshine IPA 5.7% ABV A North Yorks version of the fashionable US West Coast hop-forward IPA. Bitterness is balanced by malt sweetness in our IPA and dry-hopping rounds out the aroma. Multiple hop types in this one, to justify the ‘sunshine-in-a-glass’ claim.!! GLUTEN FREE

Vociferous Agreement 10% ABV a triple IPA brewed in collaboration with Wilde Childe Brewing. A dark amber body with a thick head. Fruity spiced orange flavour with a big hop finish

Orchards of Husthwaite Gold Cider 5.5% ABV Medium-dry, full-bodied cider GLUTEN FREE

Orchards of Husthwaite Galtres Katy 6.0% ABV Medium-sweet, single variety blush cider GLUTEN FREE

Brass Castle have also stocked the nightclub bar with a selection of vegan wines and soft drinks

Heavy Industry Brewing

77 4.9% ABV CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain 2016 Gold Medal winner (strong bitters category) – A big amber IPA style beer brewed with the finest pale and crystal malts dark – Seville marmalade is backed up by a piney, peppery bitterness

La Vie en Rose 4.0% ABV A Delicate Hibiscus sour with a mixed fermentation and berry notes.Dry Hopped

Le Boulet D’Or D’Amour 5.4% ABV A dry hopped fruity saison, pale refreshing and spicy

Moral Panic 8.2% ABV Double IPA Served through a hop rocket for even more Citra

Pigeon Toed Orange Peel 5.2% ABV A cloudy orange hefeweissen style beer brewed with the finest Pale and Wheat malts. Featuring Mandarina Bavaria hops. Notes of cloves, pears and pineapple underlay a big freshly squeezed orange taste

Twisted Barrel Ales

Beast of a Midlands Mild 3.5% ABV A traditional Midlands style mild made using a complex variety of malts to provide a rich, textured backbone that belies its minimal strength. The addition of vanilla pods provides a creamy finish and aroma

Detroit Sour City 4.0% ABV A thirst quenching, fruity sour beer. Kettle soured for a deliciously tart acidity, then dry hopped with Rakau and Equinox hops for a tropical citrus flavour

Raspberry Ripple Sour 3.5% ABV A base of Pilsner, Oats and Wheat, kettle soured with Lactobacillus Plantarum and fermented with 20kg of raspberry puree and vanilla pods, for a deliciously refreshing raspberry ripple ice cream like effect

Saison From Another Place 5.5% ABV a Belgian farmhouse ale, brewed with dried elderflower & peppercorns for a floral, spicy flavour that blends with the characteristics of the funky Belgian yeast

Tongo 6.0% ABV A Rakau hop stand provides a delicious nectarine flavour that pairs delightfully with the fruity, peppery characteristics of the saison yeast. Made in collaboration with Blackjack Brewery in Manchester and The Wolf Pub in Birmingham

Wake Up Juicy 8.0% ABV The worlds of Belgian Tripel and modern DIPA collide. We’ve taken our immensely popular Tripel recipe and hopped it to DIPA levels with an intoxicating blend of Mosaic, Denali and Equinox hops

There will also be an amazing selection of food offerings thanks to V Rev Vegan Diner, Mother May I, Sgaia Vegan Meats, The Vegan Food Pod and Moodley Manor.

Vegan friendly pub with food in Swansea

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Swansea. Your time has come.

The Last Resort is a contemporary drinking venue that is rapidly becoming the number one place where vegans and vegan-friendly people like to socialise in Swansea.

Carl from The Last Resort (located at 207 High Street) got in touch to let me know that the bar serves about a dozen craft beers on tap (all vegan) and that their food menu currently consists of the following:

  • Tofu-phish and chips
  • A southern fried seitan burger
  • Mac and ‘cheese’
  • Vegan scotch ‘egg’

The bar is super proud to serve up fairly monstrous portions and I’ve been hearing amazing reviews from their regulars.

You can follow The Last Resort on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Yay for vegan boozing in Swansea!

Amazing vegan menu in Glasgow

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If you haven’t visited Glasgow lately, you are seriously missing out on a vibrant vegan food scene. If you are a Glaswegian, you don’t need any convincing about how good you’ve got it.

To take an already fabulous situation and make it better, the kitchen of Mono Cafe Bar has created an outstanding outdoor BBQ menu and an indoor bar menu for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest this Sunday (August 27, 2017).

If you can’t make it along this weekend, marvel at the food line up anyway and find a date in the near future to visit this legendary food, drink and live music venue.

Here’s the Mono menu for Sunday:

BBQ

  • Blackbean burger with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, dill pickle, bbq sauce and mustard
    OR with jerk jackfruit, feta and scotch bonnet sauce
    OR with spicy peanut sauce, fennel slaw and pickled cucumber
  • Haggis burger with lettuce, tomato, onion and beetroot and horseradish relish
  • Hotdog with fried onions
  • Chilli cheese dog
  • Hotdog with sauerkraut and mustard
  • Mac n cheese

Handheld/street food menu at the inside bar

  • Jerk jackfruit, coconut and blackbean burrito
  • Roast beef style seitan, caramelized onion, mustard mayo and rocket sub
    (Seitan roasted in silkie stout gravy)
  • Tinga quesadilla with a guacamole dip
    (Cooked with magic rock)
  • Falafel box. Falafel, chips and sauerkraut with yoghurt tahini sauce
  • Pizza Margherita
    Especiale, margherita with cream cheese, plum tomato and basil
    Puttanesca, ragu, cheese, sundried tomato, olives, capers, chilli and basil. Topped with courgetti
    Spicy sausage,ragu, with cider braised leeks, artichoke and jalapenos
    (gluten free pizza available)
  • Potato and rosemary flatbread with ragu, capers, onion and rocket
  • Mini mac n cheese
  • Sausage supper, beer battered sausages,chips and pickle
  • To-fish supper, beer battered tofu,chips and tartare sauce
  • Pizza crunch. beer battered pizza slice, chips and pickle
  • Handcut chips
  • Cajun spiced chips
  • Poutine. Handcut chips, new world odyessy gravy, and cheese

I’m actually giggling and clapping my hands at that incredible menu.

On top of this there will also be food stands by Kind Crusts (selling donuts), Cool Jerk Vegan Pies and Red Rosa’s Specialist Cakery.

You can buy cheap online tickets for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest online now for just £4 plus small booking fee. If we have space on the day, tickets on the door will be £7.

Beer list for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest

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The 2nd annual Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest is fast approaching so it makes sense that I tell you about the massive beer list that has been compiled by Williams Bros for the event.

There are cask beers, keg beers ad one hell of a can/bottle line up. We even have a handful of gluten free beers and ciders. Add to that wine, cocktails, a glorious food line up and all-day karaoke and I think it’s safe to say we are in for a fabulous day.

Tickets to the event are just £4 plus tiny booking fee if you book online in advance or £7 on the door if we have space. Book now.

Here is the beer!

CASK

  • LOCH LOMOND – SILKIE STOUT (5% Stout)
  • WINDSWEPT – MAROONED (5.2% Blackcurrant Wheat Beer)
  • CROMARTY –ROGUE WAVE (5.7% Extra Pale Ale)
  • TOP OUT – SOUTH FACE (5.9% Red IPA)
  • TEMPEST – ARMADILLO (3.8% Session Pale Ale)
  • FALLEN – NEW WORLD ODYSSEY (4.1% Blonde)
  • DRYGATE – 7 PEAKS (5% Mosaic IPA)
  • CROSS BORDERS – BRAW (5.2% Pale Ale)
  • TRYST – CHOCOLATE COCONUT PORTER (4.4% Coconut Porter)
  • WILLIAMS BROS – BIRDS & BEES (4.3% Summer Ale)
  • SWANNAY – ISLAND HOPPING (3.9% NZ Pale Ale)
  • BLACK ISLE – YELLOWHAMMER (4% Anytime IPA)

CIDER

  • THISTLY x – TRADITIONAL (4.4% Sweet Cider)
  • THISTLY x – ELDERFLOWER (4.0% Sweet Floral Cider)
  • THISTLY x – STRAWBERRY (4.0% Fruit Cider)
  • THISTLY x – CLOUDY (5.5% Dry Cider)

KEG

  • PILOT – BLØNDE (4.0% Oatmeal Pale)
  • UP FRONT – YOJO (5.2% Kalamansi & Passionfruit Gose)
  • WILLIAMS BROS – CAESAR AUGUSTUS (4.1% Lager/IPA Hybrid)
  • OUT OF TOWN & DEAD END BREW MACHINE – GORSE SAISON (6.2% Foraged Saison Collab)
  • TINY REBEL – CLWB TROPICANA (5.5% Tropical Pale Ale)
  • TIMMERMANS – STRAWBERRY (4.0% Lambic Fruit Beer)

PACKAGED

  • LOCH LOMOND – OUT OF RANGE (5.9% East Coast IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • WILLIAMS BROS – SCORPION & THE FROG (8.9% Mid Atlantic Brown Ale) (33cl CAN)
  • UP FRONT – ISHMAEL (6% IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • UP FRONT – AHAB (6% Stout) (33cl CAN)
  • CLOUDWATER – PILSNER DANA (4.7% Pilsner) (44cl CAN)
  • ODELL – ST LUPULIN (6.5% Extra Pale Ale) (33cl CAN)
  • NORTHERN MONK – FAITH (5.4% American Pale Ale) (44cl CAN)
  • BEAVERTOWN – LUPULOID (6.7% IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • BEERBLIOTEK – SESSION IPA (5.0% Swedish Session IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • HITACHINO NEST – WHITE ALE (5.5% Wit Beer) (35cl CAN)
    MAGIC ROCK – HIGH WIRE (5.5% West Coat Pale Ale) (33cl CAN)
  • VICTORY – PRIMA PILS (5.3% American Pilsner) (35.5cl CAN)
  • YEASTIE BOYS – GUNNAMATTA (6.5% Earl Grey Tea IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • MARBLE – EMBER CITY (6.0% Red Ale) (33cl CAN)
  • STONE BREWING CO. (BERLIN) – GO TO IPA (4.8% Session IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • MOOR- AMOOR (4.5% Porter) (33cl CAN)
  • NORTH BREWING CO. – SPUTNIK (5.0% IPA) (33cl CAN)
  • BRASSERIE d’ORVAL – ORVAL (6.2% Trappist Ale)
  • LINDEMANS – CUVEE RENE KRIEK (7.0% Cherry Lambic) (37.5cl)
  • TIMMERMANS – PECHE (4.0% Peach Lambic) (33cl)
  • TEMPEST – MANGO BERLINER (4.0% Mango Kettle Sour) (33cl)
  • BUXTON – IMPERIAL BLACK (7.5% Black IPA) (33cl)
  • BROOKLYN – SORACHI ACE (7.2% Sorachi Saison) (35.5cl)
  • DUGGES – HIGH FIVE (6.5% Swedish IPA) (33cl)
  • FIERCE – VERY BERRY SOUR (4.5% Berry Sour) (33cl)
  • ROCKET BREWING – ATTACK OF THE BRETT ZOMBIES (8.6% Funky Barley Wine) (33cl)
  • SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER – MÄRZEN (5.1% Rauchbier) (50cl)
  • SCHNEIDER – ‘TAP 5’ MEINE HOPFEN-WEISSE (8.2% Weizenbock) (50cl)
  • THE KERNEL – PALE ALE HALLERTAU BLANC (5.3% Single Hop Pale Ale) (50cl)
  • WIPER & TRUE – CITRUS BAY (9.5% Imperial IPA) (33cl)
  • 6 DEGREES NORTH – CHOPPER STOUT (4.1% Stout) (33cl)
  • BLACK ISLE – GOLDFINCH (3.5% Gluten Free Session IPA) (33cl)
  • WESTERHAM – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (4% Gluten Free Pilsner) (33cl)
  • TO ØL – TOTEM PASSION (2.2% Gluten Free Passionfruit Pale Ale) (33cl CAN)
  • BELLFIELD – BOHEMIAN PILSNER (4.5% Gluten Free Lager)
  • BELLFIELD – LAWLESS VILLAGE IPA (4.5 % Gluten Free IPA)

Now, that is a more-than-decent beer list.

Book your tickets now and RSVP on the Facebook event page.

Cheese sticks and ice cream

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Do you know about the much-loved vegan eatery and bar on Brick Lane called Mooshies?

If you don’t, my guess is that you will become familiar with the place in a hurry once I tell you about the new cheese sticks and ice cream being served.

Umm…. those cheese sticks, though!

Mooshies is bringing you all this fabulous food stuff PLUS a completely vegan bar with beer, wine and cocktails. How fantastic is it that you can go out for vegan cheese sticks, vegan burgers, ice cream and vegan prosecco all in one place?

Get over to the Mooshies website to check out the full menu including awesome burger line ups and watch for future movie screening sessions. Yes, film screenings at a vegan burger bar! Mooshies don’t intend on messing you about. They mean business.

Follow Mooshies on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Highlights from Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest

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Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest was epic yesterday. Actually, it was beyond epic.

Hundreds of revellers descended on Yellow Arch Studios for the first-ever vegan beer event in the city and it was the party to end all parties.

Beer flowed non-stop all day thanks to Bad Seed, Chorlton Brewing Co, Heavy Industry and The Beer Engine. Drinkers were treated to everything from a 10.5% stout to an impossibly easy drinking rose petal and hibiscus creation.

The food was as loved and adored as the beer. V-REV, Make No Bones, Sgaia and Truffle Pig all had a bumper day selling their delicious offerings.

I would like to offer up my heartfelt thanks to everyone who came along to the event. It might very well be the friendliest event that I have ever hosted. Huge love goes to the staff of the venue for keeping everything running smoothly. Thanks to our sponsors Follow Your Heart for unwavering and crucial support.

And, as always, my eternal gratitude and love to my partner Josh for doing hours and hours of behind the scenes work as well as running the door AND finding time to hit the karaoke stage. I wouldn’t and couldn’t do this without you.

Follow Vegan Beer Fest UK on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Next stop? Glasgow!

Let’s check out these photo highlights!

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Karaoke is on fire at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest at @yellowarchstudios right now. #vegan #svbf17

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Alberto from @sgaiaveganmeats cooking up a #vegan storm at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #svbf17

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Look at this #vegan bacon and egg pretzel from @sgaiaveganmeats #svbf17

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Come the fuck on! #Vegan charcuterie board by @sgaiaveganmeats at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #svbf17

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Happy people everywhere at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest! #vegan #svbf17 #sheffield

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The fab @moocylu from @teenvgn is posing in front of our photo wall at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #vegan #svbf17

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All the FABULOUS people are at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #vegan #svbf17

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@fatgayvegan thanks for putting on a great event we had a blast! #sheffield #svbf17 #vegan #beer

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Lauren from @mnbvegan with Lemmy at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #vegan #svbf17

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People AND dogs are having a great time at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #svbf17 #vegan

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People are having an amazing day at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest. #svbf17 #vegan

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Beer list for Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest

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With all the beer events I put on around the country, you might think I get sick of talking about the stuff.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Check out this amazing list of beers to be served at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest this Saturday.

BAD SEED BREWERY: award-winning brewery from Malton in North Yorkshire

Session IPA – 4.0% ABV – Easy drinking, full on hop flavour. Ekuanot, Cascade & Chinook hops combine to give flavours of orange peel, lime, papaya and pine
Clover Club – 4.1% ABV – Brewed in collaboration with the Star in the City and based on their version of the classic Clover Club cocktail. A Raspberry, Rose Petal & Hibiscus wheat beer: incredibly fruity & neon pink!
Chucklehead: New England Coffee Pale- 5.0% ABV – Collaboration brew with Northern Alchemy. Citra and Galaxy hops combine with a cold steep of Ethiopian Rocko Mountain Reserve Coffee. The cold steeping of the coffee releases lots of fruit character without imparting bitterness which, combined with the tropical fruit notes from the hops
Doctrine: Sacrilegious Belgian Brown- 5.5% ABV – This Abbey style beer is dark and rich; sweet and spiced. Notes of chocolate, caramel and dried fruit
Horizon- 6.0% ABV – A hit of spicy earthiness from the Rye Malt combines with a huge amount of Citra, Cascade, Chinook and Galaxy hops
Electric: Hard Wired Hopfenweisse – 5.0% ABV – A classic German wheat beer style with a monster hop hit. The Comet hop delivers huge flavours of mandarin and zesty grapefruit making this beer a tropical fruit feast
Saint Clement’s – 3.8% ABV – The zesty peel of oranges & lemons bring the bells of St. Clement’s to our refreshing pale ale
Glass Case of Emotion – 8.3% ABV – Collaboration with Wild Weather Ales. An Imperial Stout with almond, cherries and sweet spices. Dark, rich and decadent – dessert in liquid form

CHORLTON BREWING COMPANY: contemporary beers made by this vegan Manchester brewery

Amarillo Oatmeal Sour – 5.1% ABV – Sour pale ale, like our Amarillo Sour but with oats added for a smooth mouthfeel
Mandarina Double Sour – 8.6% ABV – Sour, strong ale heavily hopped with Centennial and Mandarina Bavaria
Hoppy Brett Thing – 4.5% ABV – Tart farmhouse ale hopped with Bramling Cross and lots of Kohatu
Cherry/Orange Sour – 5.5% ABV – Full bodied sour brown ale with cherry and orange peel)
Hemp – 6.5% ABV – Pale ale infused with female hemp buds and natural terpenes found in cannabis

HEAVY INDUSTRY BREWING: award-winning microbrewery in North Wales

77 – 4.9% ABV – CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain 2016 Gold Medal winner (strong bitters category) – A big amber IPA style beer brewed with the finest pale and crystal malts dark – Seville marmalade is backed up by a piney, peppery bitterness
Pigeon Toed Orange Peel – 5.2% ABV – A cloudy orange hefeweissen style beer brewed with the finest Pale and Wheat malts. Featuring Mandarina Bavaria hops. Notes of cloves, pears and pineapple underlay a big freshly squeezed orange taste
Dr Jekyll’s Last Waltz – 5.5% ABV – A big bad bouncy beast of a Black IPA, boasting gladstone bagfuls of toasted coconut and dark roasted chocolate liquorice notes. Brewed with toasted coconut in the copper, along with masses of Columbus, Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo and Galaxy hops
Le Bulot D’Or D’Amour – 5.4% ABV – A dry hopped fruity saison, pale refreshing and spicy
Blod Wen – 4.4% ABV – Brewed using fresh elderflowers from the Vale of Clwyd and fermented with a mixed culture then dry hopped. Lovely floral aroma and pleasant residual sweetness and a little funk

THE BEER ENGINE: multi-brewery line up from Sheffield’s beer experts (go here for cider)!

ABBEYDALE BREWERY – Voyager IPA #4 – 5.2% ABV – The voyage continues! Unfined and delicisiously murky, chock full and bursting with hop character. Plenty of Citra, Summer and Vic Secret hops to provide a vibrant fruity citrus punch!
ABBEYDALE BREWERY – Reaper – 5.5% ABV – pale cloudy and unfiltered beer is delicately laced with peppercorn and hints of fresh lemongrass
BLACK IRIS – Black Strap & Bourbon – 10.5% ABV – Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. Collab between Reubens Brews of Seattle and Outpost Coffee from Nottingham
BLACK IRIS – Laima’s Luck – 5.1% ABV – Lime & Coriander Hefeweizen, brewed by two brewing students from the International Centre for Brewing Science at the University of Nottingham, as part of the Cuckoo Collaborative project
BRASS CASTLE – Hoptical Illusion – 4.8% ABV – gluten free hop forward pale ale with tropical fruit flavours
FARMAGGEDON – Gorse IPA – 6.3% ABV – Gorse grows all around us, in spring it fills the air with it’s distinctive coconut/pineapple scent. We combined a massive late addition of the painfully picked flowers (literally, serious prickles). Mosaic & Sorachi Ace hops compliment the gorse aroma. It makes a refreshing ‘piña colada’ beer with a golden colour
NEEPSEND BREW CO – Annona – 4.2% ABV – Oatmeal Pale hopped with Mosaic. Mellow bitterness and smoothness and body from the oats with bags of tropical hop aroma
NEEPSEND BREW CO – Sharpshooter – 4.7% ABV – New Zealand Pale Ale brewed with Nelson Sauvin and Pacific Jade hops and dry hoped with Nelson Sauvin. Good bitterness, fruity white wine notes with a dry finish
NEEPSEND BREW CO – Waimea IPA – 5.5% ABV – Single hopped IPA brewed with NZ hop variety, Waimea. Pronounced bitterness and a citrus and pine aroma
NORTHERN MONK – Faith – 5.4% ABV – American pale ale with flavours of citrus, mango and pineapple
WEIRD BEARD – Roots Bloody Roots – 3.7% ABV – Fizzy pop red ale, flavours of licorice, sarsaparilla and vanilla
WIPER & TRUE/LEFT HANDED GIANT – Bristol Vice – 4.5% ABV – a sour wheat beer from these two Bristol breweries

Wow. That is one hell of a beer lineup if I do say so myself.

A reminder that vegan wine will be available from the Yellow Arch Studios bar as well in case you have a wine drinker sitting on the fence about coming along.

Cheap advance tickets are online for just £4 plus a tiny booking fee. Book now. If we have space on the day, tickets will be £7 at the door. Invite friends via the Facebook event page.

See you at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest!

Highlights from London Vegan Beer Fest

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I’m a little worn out after a big day, but the sore feet and weary eyes seem completely worth it when I look back over these photo highlights from the 5th annual London Vegan Beer Fest.

Hackney Downs Studios came alive in an explosion of beer, food and a hell of a lot of friendly people.

Thanks to the Studios for hosting the giant event and huge appreciation to our sponsors Follow Your Heart.

One million offerings of thanks to all the wonderful people that worked hard and volunteered their time to make the event a runaway success.

Next stop? Sheffield! Now onto the London photos.

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London Vegan Beer Festival! #lvbf17

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Loving my #lazyboykitchen mac&cheese and my black beeble stout #lvbf17

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Happy weekend frens ❤️ #lvbf17 #beer #morebeer #evenmorebeer

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OMG ❤️ @peanutbutterbakery

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Vegan Beer Fest in our neighborhood! #lvbf17 #veganmexicanfood #hackney @clubmexicana

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#London #vegan #beer fest 2017 #LVBF17

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@peanutbutterbakery vegan donuts galore. #vegan #veganeats #vgang #whatveganseat #donuts #lvbf17

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#Vegan chilli cheese fries from @lazyboykitchen at #lvbf17 #vegang

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My 4th London Vegan Beer Fest and the best so far – thanks @fatgayvegan

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This pint of Detroit Sour City by @twistedbarrelale is outstanding. At London Vegan Beer Fest #lvbf17

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The #vegan fish and chip truck @battered_v are doing a roaring trade at London Vegan Beer Fest #lvbf17

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London Vegan Beer Fest is amazing this year. Look at the @brasscastlebrewery beer hall! #vegan #lvbf17

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Only all the fab people at London Vegan Beer Fest today. @heartofcakelondon #lvbf17 #vegan

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I’m drunk and being taught to pull a pint at London Vegan Beer Fest. #lvbf16 @brasscastlebrewery

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The best thing about London Vegan Beer Fest was the people. Everyone was so lovely and friendly. #lvbf17

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And we’re off!!! #veganbeerfest2017 #fatgayvegan #followyourheart

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Superstar vegan food line up

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I know I get easily excited about vegan food, but I can be forgiven for hyperbole when I have four of the finest vegan food providers in the country under one roof.

Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest is taking place on Saturday July 29, 2017 and it’s not just the drink people should be excited about. This food line up has never happened anywhere on the planet previously.

Attendees will be treated to this special food court:

  • Make No Bones – Sheffield’s very own decedent cuisine experts
  • V REV Vegan Diner – one of the true superstars of the vegan UK food scene visiting from Manchester
  • Sgaia – famous vegan meat company from Glasgow bring hot sandwiches to Sheffield
  • Truffle Pig – Sheffield’s very own truffle and handmade chocolate hero

In addition to this outrageously-fabulous food line up, we will have a packed beer hall plus a karaoke stage for the brave.

Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest is set to be a party like the city has never seen before.

You can RSVP to the Facebook event page and buy cheap advance tickets online.

Beer list LVBF 2017

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I can hardly believe this incredible list of beers that have been pulled together for the 5th annual London Vegan Beer Fest this Saturday (July 15, 2017), so I’ll forgive you if it makes you a bit overexcited.

Sink your teeth into this 60 beer strong list. It is simply incredible.

We have kegs. We have casks. We have cans. And we have a hell of a lot of beer.

With three exclusive areas for you to explore, including a sit down restaurant with wine bar and beer tap takeover, London Vegan Beer Fest is a party that cannot be missed.

Online tickets bought in advance are just £5 plus tiny booking fee. If we have any tickets remaining on the day, they are £9 at the gate. Book your cheap tickets online now.

Now, check out this mammoth list.

INDOOR BEER HALL (run by Brass Castle Brewery, Malton, Yorkshire)

ALPHABET BREWING – A to the K – Oatmeal Pale – 5.6% ABV (keg) – fresh hops and tropical fruit
BAD SEED – Hustler – Pale Ale – 4.4% ABV (cask) – massive citrus hit with grapefruit, mango & pine
BRASS CASTLE – Bad Kitty – Vanilla Porter – 5.5% ABV (keg) – a chewy chocolate-vanilla dream of a porter
BRASS CASTLE – Bad Kitty – Vanilla Porter – 5.5% ABV (can) – gluten free version of the above
BRASS CASTLE – Brass Lager – 5.3% ABV (keg) – malt-forward Vienna lager with a brass hue
BRASS CASTLE – Enzed Red – Amber Ale – 6.4% ABV (cask) – balanced red ale w/ NZ Rakau & Waimea hops
BRASS CASTLE – Frambunctious – Raspberry Ale – 4.0% ABV (cask) – classic flavour with a raspberry hit
BRASS CASTLE – Helles Lager – 4.4% ABV (cans) – gluten free Munich-style Helles lager
BRASS CASTLE – Helles Lager Orange Blossom edition – 4.4% ABV (keg) – new take on a classic
BRASS CASTLE – Hoptical Illusion – Pale Ale – 4.3% ABV (keg&can) – gluten free hop forward pale ale
BRASS CASTLE – Misfit – Pale Ale – 4.3% ABV (cask) – bursting with juicy citrus and ripe peach
BRASS CASTLE – Sunshine IPA – 5.7% ABV (cans) – SIBA 2013 ‘Champion Beer for the North East of England’
BRASS CASTLE/WILDE CHILD – Vociferous Agreement – Triple IPA – 10% ABV (keg) – a Leeds collaboration
BREW YORK – Maris the Otter – Bitter – 3.9% ABV (cask) – modern take on a classic British bitter
MAGIC ROCK – Inhaler – IPA – 4.5% ABV (keg) – pale ale with low bitterness and lots of juiciness
MAGIC ROCK – Common Grounds – Coffee Porter – 5.4% ABV (keg) – decadent coffee beer with toffee notes
MARBLE BREWERY – Brett the Hitman Tart – 5.0% ABV – 100% brett-fermented, lightly tart/dry finish
TINY REBEL – Clwb Tropicana – Pale Ale – 5.5% ABV (keg) – super juicy American hops amplified topical fruit flavours
WILD BEER CO – Fresh – Pale Ale – 5.5% ABV (keg) – a fragrant pale ale with hops from two hemispheres
WILD BEER CO – Bibble – Pale Ale – 4.2% ABV (cask) – moreish bitterness with tropical tastiness

OUTDOOR BEER MARKET

BEERBLEFISH: all vegan craft brewery from Edmonton, North London exploring modern hops.

DELTAFISH – APA – 5.2% ABV (cask) – delicious delta hops with a hint of cascade
ESB – 4.8% ABV (keg) – A rich dark special ale, full of British hops and finished with NZ Dr. Rudi
Black Beerble – Stout – 5.0% ABV (keg) – chocolate & crystal, finished with a handful of Bramling Cross

BUMBLEBEE CIDER: made from British apples, paying homage to the bees doing all the hard work!

Hard Cider (original) – 4.5% ABV (500ml bottle) – medium-dry, lightly sparkling. Robust and complex tannic structure, rolling from sweet to dry with a sun-baked West Country aroma
Regatta Strawberry & Mint Cider – 4.0% ABV (500ml bottle) – medium Somerset cider twisted with strawberries and a hint of garden mint. Unmistakably cider – with a summer twist. Enjoy chilled and for a real treat, add some ice and chopped fruit (available)
BumbleBee Gribble – 1 pint/2 pint cartons – 4.8% ABV – Medium-dry easy drinking still hazy somerset cider. Inspired by long, hot lazy days in the Westcountry

CLARKSHAWS: microbrewery in Brixton, London doing modern takes on classic British beers.

New World American Pale Ale – 4.3% ABV (cask) – hoppy American pale ale, with tropical fruits and mango flavour
Cloudy Ginger Beer – 0% ABV (cask) – alcohol free, traditional, homemade & fiery ginger beer
Hellhound British IPA – 5.5% ABV (keg) – spicy with hints of citrus orange and caramel
Coldharbour Hell Yeah! Lager – 5.3% ABV (keg) – winner of the SIBA SE Region Premium Lager & Pilsner Bronze Medal 2016, this is a flavourful craft lager with a sweet honeysuckle and elderflower taste
A Darker Hell Dark Lager – 4.5% ABV (keg) – crisp but with hints of chocolate
Strange Brew Pale Ale – 4.0% ABV (bottle) – our award- winning pale ale with a hoppy floral flavour from UK cascade hop
Gorgons Alive – 4.0% ABV (bottle) – golden bitter, summery, spicy and refreshing

MONCADA: Ingredients are sourced within 100 miles from London for this Notting Hill brewery.

Notting Hill Blonde – 4.2% ABV (keg) – continental-style yellow beer with fruity hoppiness
Saison – 4.8% ABV (keg) – a mouthful of earthy, spicy and floral flavours
Notting Hill Ruby Rye – 5.2% ABV (keg) – robust ale with a fruity hop aroma
Imperial Custard Stout – 9.5% ABV (keg) – chocolate creaminess with decadent, velvety tones

MOOR BEER: Bristol-based brewery focussing on vegan modern real ales.

So’Hop – 4.1% ABV (keg) – pale ale brewed with Australian hops
Claudia – 4.5% ABV (keg) – hoppy wheat beer
Stout – 5% ABV (keg) – classic stout
Return of the Empire – 5.7% ABV (keg) – New World style hops with high levels of alpha acids
Guardian of Peace – 7% ABV (keg) – IPA celebrating the light side of the force
Agent of Evil – 7% ABV (keg) – black IPA celebrating the dark side of the force

THREE HILLS: Small batch nano brewery based in Northamptonshire.

Thai-PA – 5.4% ABV (keg) – a lemongrass, kaffir lime and ginger infused pale ale
New World IPA 3 – 6.7% ABV (keg) – a New England style IPA with Mosaic and Galaxy hops
South Pacific Hefeweizen – 5.2% ABV (keg) – wheat beer with hops from Australia & New Zealand
Raspberry Hefeweizen – 5.6% ABV (keg) – wheat beer infused with raspberries
Uisce Beatha – 7.7% ABV (keg) – Irish coffee for breakfast stout
Veda: Sorachi Ace – 6.2% ABV (keg) – single hop west coast IPA
Herb Ale: Celini’s Gold – 5.8% ABV (keg) – unhopped gruit w/ lemon balm, lemon thyme and lemon verbena
Herb Ale: Dark Destroyer – 6.2% ABV (keg) – unhopped dark gruit w/ vanilla, cardamom & mother wort
Herb Ale: Ooo Mary – 5.8% ABV (keg) – unhoped sour gruit with rosemary, yarrow and lemon thyme

TWISTED BARREL ALES: Coventry-based brewery mixing modern and classic styles and methods.

Detroit Sour City – 4.5% ABV (keg) – a thirst quenching, fruity sour beer. Kettle soured for a deliciously tart acidity, then dry hopped with Rakau and Equinox hops for a tropical citrus flavour
Kachirho – 5.0% ABV (keg) – a modern day pale, brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe and Equinox hops for an explosive mango & grapefruit flavour, with a full body thanks to the liberal use of oats & wheat in the mash
Saison From Another Place – 5.5% ABV (keg) – a Belgian farmhouse ale, brewed with dried elderflower & peppercorns for a floral, spicy flavour that blends with the characteristics of the funky Belgian yeast
Oblivion – 6.0% ABV (keg) – a heavily hopped porter, with a distinct coffee flavour from the use of roasted malts, which is paired with a grapefruit hop finish from the Cascade, Chinook and Columbus hops
Sine Qua Non – 4.5% ABV (keg) – session IPA – a dry, refreshing IPA with a tropical citrus flavour
Tymor Rhiwbob – 5.3% ABV (keg) – rhubarb, Beetroot and Orange Saison – the perfect summery beverage, tart rhubarb, orange on the nose and a dry, refreshing finish
Jack The DIPA – 8.0% ABV (keg) – fruit Oat Double IPA – a beast of an IPA, brewed with guava puree and orange zest for a full on tropical fruit flavour

AUTUMN YARD TAP TAKEOVER

40FT brewery: Local brewery operating out of a shipping container in Dalston.

Larger – 4.8% ABV (keg) – a hoppy version of the German style Kölsch, but unfiltered. Similar to a lager but larger in flavour. Brewed with a new hop from the States called Lemon Drop
Disco Pils – 4.8% ABV (keg) – a very fresh and crisp pale ale inspired by a German pils. Brewed with whole Hüll Melon only to give it a fruity, hoppy aroma
Päle – 4.1% ABV (keg) – a hoppy American style Pale Ale with the flavour of Summer with UK & US hops
Street Weiss – 5.2% ABV (keg) – a hefeweizen with banana and melon notes

If this impressive beer list tickles your fancy, you also be delighted to know we have seven superstar vegan street food vendors. Read about the food line up here. So much food!

London Vegan Beer Fest takes place at Hackney Downs Studios between 11am and 8pm on Saturday July 15, 2017. You can RSVP and invite friends over on the Facebook event page.

Extra notes:

Take part in Charioke (charity + karaoke) at London Vegan Beer Fest. If you enjoy singing or have a good time watching those that sing, please toss a few coins into our collection bucket. All money raised is being donated directly to Isla Urbana, a charity building clean water collection infrastructure in Mexico.

LVBF Hangover Special gives you 10% discount at 7 leading vegan businesses around London on Sunday July 16, 2017 if you are still wearing your London Vegan Beer Fest wristband. See the full list of participating businesses.