Vegan beer article

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The brand new issue of Vegan Life magazine features an impressive story about vegan beer. As a lover of compassionate drinking, of course I pushed my snout into the article with my views on drinking kindly.

veganlife issue 4What is not fab is the more-than-unfortunate subheading for the story on the magazine cover. Drink up, lads? Really? I’m not going to try and explain why this is problematic. You get it, right?

The publishers have been grilled on social media about the blatant sexism and rightly so, with the author of the article even expressing his disappointment with the choice of words.

If you can get past that gruesome mistake, Oliver Coningham has compiled a nifty introduction to vegan beer and I want to thank him for including London Vegan Beer Fest in his article.

You can check out Vegan Life online.

Read more about London Vegan Beer Fest 2015 here.

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Eat, drink and dance

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Quick announcement.

If you come to London Vegan Drinks on Saturday April 4, 2015 you will be able to order from the following plant-based menu:

  • Curry pasties
  • Giant samosas
  • Thali
  • Fry’s Chicken-style burger
  • Fry’s Traditional burger
  • Moroccan tagine
  • Patatas bravas
  • Flat bread pizza

Of course we also have our 100% vegan bar all night and DJs Supa B and Swagatha Fistie keeping the crowd dancing until 2am.

Come early from 6pm for a table and food. Full details and directions here.

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Vegan spotting

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Last week found me working at the massive trade show known as IFE. This international exhibition for food and drink manufacturers showcased approximately 1500 stands and was spread across two giant halls at the ExCel centre in east London.

I took time out of working to have a sniff around the halls to discover some vegan products.

Check out the photos below. Anything take your fancy?

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Tesco vegan label

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This impressed me. Not the products themselves, rather the label.

A recent trip to Tesco was interrupted by a sighting of the word ‘vegan’ shouting at me from behind a closed freezer door. It appears not only are Tesco product developers smartening up to the demand for plant-based foods, they have also realised the ‘v’ word is a desirable thing to place front and centre of a packet.

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Design your own pizza

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Use your vegan voice to help shape the future of vegan pizza.

Brighton-based pizza restaurant Morelli Zorelli already serves vegan pizza but they want your help in expanding their plant-based range.

The sourdough base specialists have a full-time vegan pepperoni pizza on the menu and most vegetarian items can be veganised with Cheezly at no extra cost.

All of this is awesome, but it gets better.

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New pie on the block

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New  vegan pie alert. New vegan pie alert.

I had a tasty encounter over the weekend. An encounter of the vegan pie kind.

Meat alternative company VBites (nee Redwood) were showcasing their brand new vegan pie during the Vegfest Brighton event and of course I made it my business to snap one up.

Here is what my Beef Style and Horseradish pie looked like: 

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Pizza and beer

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I’m currently in the southern seaside town of Brighton for the annual Vegfest celebrations and I’m investing some time into getting to know some local vegan food.

One plant-based food experience came courtesy of a pizza restaurant called Pizza Face that delivered vegan food and beer to my hotel room.

Check out the photo below.

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Best breakfast

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People in the UK love a cooked breakfast and the number one question I get asked by readers is concerned with that very topic.

Who serves a vegan version of a full English breakfast?

Vegans in Leeds will know the answer to this query. Yep, check out my recent breakfast at Global Tribe Cafe in Leeds city centre.

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Brighton weekender

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If you have been living under a rock, I have two things to say to you:

1. What’s it like under there? I’ve always imagined it to be very snug.

2. VegfestUK Brighton is happening this weekend!

VegfestUK is mammoth and legendary. Attendees this year are set to enjoy more than 150 stands showcasing vegan food, products, activist groups, charities and more. Vegan comedians are going to attempt to make the crowd laugh and there will be plenty of vegan beer and cider doing the rounds.

I think there might be just a few of the 10 000 or so tickets remaining, so be very quick and book now.

Of course I didn’t want to be left out of proceedings, so I am setting up a very low key DIY postcard shop at stall Q16 on the ground floor. Please drop in to buy a few cards, pick up my event flyers, sign up to my email list and have a chat.

Postcards for sale

I will also be hosting a fabulous LGBT Social on Sunday at 1pm as part of Vegfest celebrations. Click here to read more.

And…. there is more.

I am a judge on the new product showcase. I get to be all judgemental! Click here to read about it.

See you soon, Brighton!

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