Beer list for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest

We have talked about the food and the music, but here is the real news surrounding Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest.

The beer list.

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This list will be handed out as a tick sheet to all attendees, with room to make notes on your favourites.

Tickets are just £4 in advance (plus tiny booking fee) or £7 on the door if we have room. Day session or night session, take your pick or come to both!

Now the beer.

Cask

  • Barneys Red Rye 4.5% ABV – Six types of grain and a mix of hops. Copper coloured, with a clean, crisp & fruity taste
  • Cromarty Whiteout 3.8% ABV – A seriously hopped up IPA brewed with modern classic hops such as Citra, Motueka and Mosaic
  • Drygate Dark Skies 4.2% ABV – Good solid stout with chocolate and coffee notes
  • Fallen New World Odyssey 4.1% ABV – Refreshing, easy drinking lager-style beer with a fruity aroma and slightly spicy citrusy flavour
  • Jaw Brew Fathom 4% ABV – Dense dark ale with a rich and satisfying flavour
  • Loch Lomond Southern Summit 4% ABV – Light blonde but highly hopped with summit and citra hops
  • Pilot Orange/Green 5.1% ABV – American hops bring the green, Orange peel brings the orange to this beautiful citrusy pale
  • Stewart Jack Black 3.7% ABV – Light crisp session pale ale with citrus and tropical fruit aromas and a smooth hoppy finish
  • Tempest Cascadian 3.9% ABV – Light and punchy session beer with citrus and pine aromas with balanced bitterness
  • Thistly Cross Traditional Cider 4.4% ABV – A refreshing full body, fruity & aromatic, with a clean apple finish
  • Top Out Altbier 4.5% ABV – A German classic with a Scottish twist. Malty/nutty flavour with bitter-sweet finish
  • Tryst Chocolate Coconut Porter 5% ABV – Velvety chocolate porter enhanced with toasted coconut
  • Windswept Marooned 5.2% ABV – Blackcurrant wheat beer with summer fruit aromas, tart flavours and sweet malt

Keg

  • Williams Joker IPA 5% ABV – Complex layer of malts and blended hops, golden in the glass, fruity on the nose with hints of cedar
  • Williams Caesar Augustus 4.1% ABV – A lager /IPA hybrid with crisp clean lager notes but with an IPA bitter finish
  • Williams Draught 4% ABV – Scottish craft lager with a refreshing citrus twist

Bottles & Cans

  • Beavertown Quelle (can) 4.1% ABV – A clean, crisp farmhouse pale packing a pale ale dry hop punch
  • Beavertown Gamma Ray (can) 5.4% ABV – Huge hop flavour rammed with juicy malts and tropical mango/grapefruit aromas
  • Beavertown Holy Cowbell (can) 5.6% ABV – Dark chocolate-like base beer piled on with the tropics of summit and centennial hops
  • Boundary American Pale Ale (bottle) 3.5% ABV – Fruity floral nose with dry hoppy flavour
  • Boundary IPA (bottle) 7% ABV – Clear, dark golden IPA with crisp hoppy body
  • Brewdog Dead Pony Club (can) 3.8% ABV – Packed with US hops and massive citrus aromas of lemongrass and lime zest
  • Burning Sky Easy Answers (bottle) 6% ABV – Clean drinking IPA with good body, subdued bitterness. and piney aromas
  • Buxton Axe Edge (bottle) 6.8% ABV – Full-flavoured IPA with mandarin orange, schnapps, pineapple, & juicy tropical fruits flavours
  • Cromarty Rogue Wave (bottle) 5.7% ABV – Extra pale ale with a mass of hop flavours to quench your thirst
  • Drygate Crossing the Rubicon (can) 6.9% ABV – Pale golden IPA with tropical fruit & citrus notes and bitter finish
  • Drygate Chimera (can) 5.9% ABV – Light, crisp, deceptively bitter with flowering fruit aromas
  • Drygate Disco Forklift Truck (can) 5% ABV – Juicy pale ale loaded with US hops and mango. Sweet with soft/bitter undertones
  • Fallen Just The Ticket (bottle) 4% ABV – Hoppy and pale, brewed with NZ and US hops to make a refreshing light beer
  • Fallen Grapevine (bottle) 5.4% ABV – Big tropical and citrus fruit flavours and aromas develop into a lasting bitterness
  • Fallen Local Motive (bottle) 3.9% ABV – Turbo charged with Mosaic dry-hops. Easy-drinking but loads of flavour
  • Fourpure Juicebox (can) 5.9% ABV – Fresh orange zest and aromatic hops with intense flavours of mango, papaya and bitter orange
  • Jaw Brew Reef Beer (bottle) 4.2% ABV – Beer with a piquant bite
  • Jaw Brew Wave Beer (bottle) 4.7% ABV – Smooth crisp and creamy wheat beer
  • Jaw Brew Glide Beer (bottle) 4.6% ABV – Biscuity sweetness and gentle hops
  • Jaw Brew Surf Beer (bottle) 4.3% ABV – Delightfully crisp and refreshing summer beer
  • Lagunita IPA (bottle) 6.2% ABV – Well-rounded IPA. Caramel Malt barley provides the richness that mellows out the twang of the hops
  • Mad Hatter A Night Out (bottle) 6.6% ABV – Papaya Peach, Coconut & Chilli IPA. This is an IPA for sunny days
  • Mad Hatter Through A Stout Darkly (bottle) 9.7% ABV – A luxurious well-balanced Imperial Stout
  • Mad Hatter Pitch Funk (bottle) 4.3% ABV – Cloudy, yellow beer with spicy citrus, lemon and fruit flavours with a biscuity finish
  • Marble Damage Plan (bottle) 7.1% ABV – Fresh West Coast IPA with juicy tropical notes of pink grapefruit, papaya & mango
  • Moor Agent of Evil (can) 7% ABV – Big bold dark coffee chocolate malt with a burst of citrus hops to cut through
  • Sam Smith Raspberry beer (bottle) 5.1% ABV – Handcrafted complex ale blended with organic raspberry
  • Sam Smith Apricot Beer (bottle) 5.1% ABV – Handcrafted complex ale blended with organic apricot
  • Sierra Nevada Porter (bottle) 5.6% ABV – American style Porter featuring roasted notes of black coffee and cocoa
  • Speyside Dava Way IPA (bottle) 4% ABV – Fresh and flowery, full-flavoured pale ale from the Moray coast
  • Stewart Hollyrood (bottle) 5% ABV – Pale colour with fresh citrus aroma and tangy grapefruit flavours
  • Tiny Rebel Clwb Tropicana (bottle) 5.5% ABV – American hops, amplified by Peach, Passionfruit, Pineapple and Mango flavours
  • Tiny Rebel In & Around the Mouth (bottle) 6% ABV – IPA with spicy, citrussy, tropical and piney flavours
  • Top Out Schmankerl (bottle) 4.9% ABV – Bavarian style wheat beer with medium sweet flavour with warm spice finish
  • Top Out Altbier (bottle) 4.5% ABV – A German classic with a Scottish twist. Malty/nutty flavour with bitter-sweet finish
  • Up Front Ahab (can) 6% ABV – A complex, deep and rich fusion of dark malts with the fruity hop finish of an American Stout
  • Up Front Ishmael (can) 6% ABV – Subtly sweet malt characteristics, heady hop notes & robust bitterness of an American IPA
  • Windswept APA (bottle) 5% ABV – Award-winning IPA with smooth malts and a tangy grapefruit finish
  • Windswept Weizen (bottle) 5.2% ABV – A cloudy effervescent hefeweizen bursting with bananas and caramel

Wow. That is a list and a half.

Get your tickets now!

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New vegan café in Sheffield

Move over London, step aside Manchester and get ready to be challenged for your vegan crown, Glasgow.

Sheffield is quickly becoming a plant based city to be noticed.

I have already written about vegan grocery store The Incredible Nutshell, as well as Steel City Cakes and Burger Lolz, and now the South Yorkshire city is impressing with the grand opening of Make No Bones.

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How rad is that sign?!

Make No Bones has run a vegan food truck for quite a while, but now has taken the leap into bricks and mortar.

The sample menu on their website lists delicacies such as Tempeh Bacon & Avocado Sub, Ultimate Nachos and Jerk Tofu, Rice & Peas.

Sounds like my kinda place.

I have big plans to get there ASAP but in the meantime please do post glowing reviews in the comments below to inspire me to make the trip. If you get there before me, tell them FGV loves them and is on his way!

Follow Make No Bones on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Vegan hot dogs at Pride

This news makes me smile… and it makes me hungry.

If you go to Southampton Pride this weekend (Sunday August 28, 2016) you can buy and eat vegan hot dogs.

Even better? The vegan hot dog stand is being run by volunteers who are all vegan and all the proceeds from the stall are being donated to Southampton Pride. 

I’m a bit teary knowing that kindhearted people do things like this. I adore that they are supporting the LGBTQ community without contributing to animal harm.

This is resisting oppression without resorting to another form of oppression!

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I asked Hannah of Hannah Banana Bakery (who is one of the volunteers) what is on the menu and she told me:

We have homemade salsa, mayo, mustard, homemade coleslaw, fried onions, and ketchup. 100% of the money goes to the Pride event as we are all unpaid vegan volunteers on our stall. General event info is on the Pride website. We are on the stall outside “The Stage Door” bar on West Marlands Road all day until we sell out!

People, get along to support this wonderful initiative and eat up!

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Vegan relish

Here’s a super quick blog post to let you know about a supermarket find that has me grinning.

All of these are #vegan and all are on offer in Waitrose right now.

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How terrific do these look?!

All three bottles were spotted in my local Waitrose and all were on special offer.

Which one would you start with?

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IVJFD 2016 with Black Cat

As you know, the 3rd annual International Vegan Junk Food Day is taking place on Monday August 29, 2016.

You can read all about this marvellous festival here.

I’m thrilled to announce the first participant in this year’s celebration is Black Cat Café of Hackney.

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The café is opening special hours just for #ivjfd16 (between 4:30pm and 10:00pm) and the menu they have lined up is going to make you drool and the super cheap price is going to make you clap with happiness.

(Read this and book straight away – last year’s International Vegan Junk Food Day booked out solid in record time)

For just £15.50 you get to choose 1 main, 2 sides and 1 dessert if booked in advance via info@blackcatcafe.co.uk (so do it now!).

There are also prices for single items if you fancy dropping in during the special opening hours, but you really should get the meal deal and secure your food.

MAINS (£7.50)

  • The fishless burger: ale nori battered cod, remoulade, tartar sauce, rocket
  • Jack fruit quesadillas: slow cooked jackfruit in rich chilli mole, guacamole, carrot and onion escabeche, melted cheese.
  • Black Cat classic beef style burger: seitan and soya mince patty, cheddar cheese, rasher, beefsteak tomatoes, butter lettuce, house made pickles and basil garlic mayo.
  • Curry hot dogs: tofu sausage, mango chutney, onion relish, wholegrain mustard, curried home made ketchup

SIDES (£3.50)

  • Deli potato salad: new potatoes, gherkins, garden peas, diced carrots, chives, house made herby mayo.
  • Hand cut herby potato wedges: raw garlic, vinegar 
  • Hackney Salad: mixed leaves, olives, tomatoes agave mustard dressing.
  • Crunchy slaw: thinly sliced cabbage, red onions, fresh chilly, coriander, sesame seeds, fresh mint and coriander

Dessert (£4)

  • Ice Cream Boat: chocolate and vanilla ice cream, banana, crushed biscuits, chocolate orange sauce, whipped cream
  • Cake (selection in the fridge)

How about that menu?!

Email Black Cat Café right this second to secure your meal for International Vegan Junk Food Day 2016. Be sure to use #ivjfd16 across social media to share your good time eating adventures on August 29, 2016.

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Goodie bag review

The huge opening of GreenBay Supermarket has passed us by but I wanted to go back and say a BIG thank you to the sponsors who made the fantastic goodie bags possible for the invited guests of the sneak preview.

Click on the video below to see the contents of the bag.

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Amazing! What’s your favourite item?

Lots of love and thanks to Vegan Life MagazineMoo Free Chocolates, Pudology, Sheese, Coconut Collaborative, Rebel Kitchen Mylks and Fry’s Family Foods.

Good times and yay for sponsors!

Buy all the above and a whole lot more at GreenBay in West London.

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Kebabs with FGV

You’ve heard all about the incredible vegan döner kebabs being served up by What The Pitta in Shoreditch, you’ve drooled over the countless Instagram posts flooding your phone and you’ve made a promise to yourself to get to this brand new food venture ASAP.

Well, friends. The time has come.

Monday-Deal

Join food lover extraordinaire Fat Gay Vegan (that’s me!) for a night of kebabs and socialising as he celebrates the launch of What The Pitta with a Monday night party that will be the talk of the town.

Between 6pm and 9pm on Monday August 22, 2016, What The Pitta will be launching an exclusive Monday night meal deal.

For just £9 you will get:

– a döner kebab

– a cold drink

– a piece of baklava

I’m not sure where else in London you are going to get a deal like this. We are even paying the booking fee for you. All you pay is £9 for a wrap, a drink and a sweet when you book online.

Amazing value, indeed!

This launch event is strictly ticketed only and space is limited to 100. Book your ticket now and we will see you on Monday. Fat Gay Vegan will be on hand across the three hours of the event to check you in and hand you a meal deal token. Swap the token at What The Pitta for food, drink and sweets then join the party.

BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW FOR JUST £9!

Once you have your online ticket, you can drop in anytime between 6pm and 9pm on Monday August 22, 2016. Stay for as long as you like, or grab your food and run. It’s up to you!

Follow What The Pitta on Instagram.

Click here to RSVP to the Facebook event and invite friends.

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Buy vegan beer online

If you are a vegan in the UK and you’ve been to a vegan event, chances are you know about Pitfield Brewery.

Pitfield is a company that is everywhere in the vegan scene.

Whether they are running the exclusive bar at VegfestUK London or driving long distances to serve at small vegan events around the country, Pitfield staff are well known to us plant consumers who enjoy a tipple.

But now you don’t have to wait for Pitfield to roll their kegs into your town as you can shop for beer via their brand new online shop!

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All of your favourites are available and you get a discount when you buy 6 bottles. Get one of everything!

Click here to shop online now.

Extra note: Pitfield head brewer Andy is running the beer bar at Manchester Vegan Beer Fest in September, so you can expect quite a bit of their good stuff as well as plenty of local beers. Click here to buy tickets.

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Copenhagen 2016

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You know, I’ve got no excuse to go on holiday to Copenhagen again. There are so many new vegan places in Berlin that I’ve failed to tell you about (though that will soon be rectified, I promise!), yet here I am trotting off to Denmark again.

Anyway, the good news is that since my last visit a year ago, Copenhagen’s vegan selection has improved considerably. In addition to seeing more vegan options in non-vegan places, there are a few new all-vegan restaurants too (and they’re not of the faddy health food variety that dominated previously). Here’s the low-down on two of them.

I think our favourite new place was Souls. Located on a quiet but pretty square in the residential area of Østerbro, Souls is a real step up for vegan fare in Denmark.

We had two sandwiches, and they were not only huge but incredibly tasty too. Photographed here you can see a “Soulful BBQ” which includes grilled mushrooms and tofu, and the Kidney Bean which includes something like Mexican-style refried beans and guacamole, among other ingredients. One sandwich (or “sanger” in their Australian parlance) is plenty of food for one person, but you can order some sweet potato fries now, if you have room.

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They also have a (US-style) pancake brunch, which we never made it to, much to our regret!

We also visited Café N which has a wide range of food available. They have some tasty croissants (the best vegan croissants I’ve had, maybe) and enjoyable sandwiches and sides, as well as full-plate meals (and the portions are generous here, too). You can see a big sandwich crammed full of mushrooms and tofu, with some chunky fries and home-made mayonnaise dip artfully blurred in the background.

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My only complaint about Café N is that they stop taking orders at 9pm, but their website doesn’t mention this (just says they close at 10pm). Come on guys, it’s easy to put that information on there! The staff were very friendly and directed us to another restaurant that had some so-so vegan options, but it was still disappointing, especially as we could have got there earlier if we’d known.

Anyway, those are my latest recommendations for Copenhagen. I hope the city continues to expand for vegans… maybe one day it will catch up to Berlin!

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Listen to this

Here is a musical interlude to break up your dreary day. Or to add extra value to your already awesome day. You pick!

Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest is just over a week away so I’m thrilled to finally be able to announce some news I was holding under my hat.

Attendees at the 12pm – 5pm daytime session will have the pleasure of not one but two live musical sets by irresistible Scottish band The Swizzle Sisters.

I adore the sound of this folk country band and the fact they are all animal lovers just makes it a sweeter deal to have them on board for the event (Patti and Paula are both longtime vegans while Maggie is veggie – our job is to turn her on the day!).

Have a listen to one of my favourite songs by the band.

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You can like The Swizzle Sisters on Facebook. A limited quantity of the band’s CDs will be sold on the day at the merch stand.

Buy cheap advance tickets for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest online now for just £4 plus small booking fee.

Read about the special Mono food menu for the event here.

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