Vegan wine and cheese event in West London

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Vegan Chef Day and The Retreat Kitchen are hosting their very first Cheese and Wine Evening on August 17, 2018 in Richmond.

Missing Camembert? Lost without Brie? Get along and savour New Roots spectacular artisan vegan cheeses and wow your taste buds! You’ll sample five different plant-based cheeses and five different wines over the course of the evening, and learn all about pairing along the way.

Spaces are limited, so book your tickets early to avoid missing out. This Vegan Wine and Cheese Evening makes for a perfect date night alternative or a fun evening out with friends. It will be wine and cheese heaven!

New Roots cheeses are vegan, organic and gluten-free and will be available to buy and take away on the night.

Click here to buy tickets.

Drink list for Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest

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For a lot of people, summer means attending beer festivals.

For me, summer means attending vegan beer festivals! My series of Vegan Beer Fest UK events has become synonymous with this time of year and I’m thrilled to be heading back to Scotland next weekend for the third annual Glasgow Vegan Beer Fest.

Run in conjunction with Mono and William Bros, this event is set to be a rollicking Bank Holiday Sunday celebration of beer, cider, food, and karaoke!

Almost 25% of tickets have already been snapped up so book online now if you want a £4 advance ticket (£7 on the door).

We are excited about the food and karaoke, but of course it is all about the beer.

Check out the INCREDIBLE beer list for the Sunday August 5, 2018 event below:

On draft

  • WILLIAMS BROS – Birds & Bees – 4.3% ABV – Summer Ale – Brewed for the summer evenings when we down tools for the day and retire to the beer garden. This bright, golden ale is a blend of lager malt, Cascade, Amarillo & Nelson Sauvin hops with a late infusion of elderflower. Fruity, aromatic and deliciously refreshing
  • WILLIAMS BROS – Caesar Augustus – 4.0% ABV – Lager/IPA Hybrid – This Lager /IPA hybrid is a revolution in refreshment and flavour. All the crisp clean notes of the finest lager but with the discrete bitter finish of a well-balanced IPA. It’s not confused about what it wants’ to be, it’s just the best of both worlds
  • WILLIAMS BROS – March Of The Penguins – 4.8% ABV – Stout – This creamy dark stout, deep chocolate in colour has a nose of roast malts, coffee, liquorice & orange peel. The aromas carry on into the flavour with a smooth mouthfeel, rich malty start, fresh hoppy middle & a delicious lingering sweet orange after taste. Sure to get you marching again
  • BOON – Framboise – 5.0% ABV – Lambic – Boon Framboise is a blend of old & young lambics with added raspberries. It pours with a high-rise, pink fluffy head. Though obviously full of raspberries, the nose isn’t sweet. A sherberty character is in the forefront, along with a characteristic sour lambic smell & a tart raspberry hint. On the palate though, the raspberries almost taste fresh, and the faintest impression of wheat character. Boon Framboise is clean in the finish, leaving a gentle fizz and a hint of tartness
  • BURNT MILL – Steel Cut (GF) – 4.8% ABV – Gluten Free Pale – A gluten free pale ale brewed with a blend of oats, buckwheat, maize & sorghum to give the beer a smooth base. Dry-hopped during fermentation with Summer and Enigma hops
  • CLOUDWATER – DDH Pale Centennial Mosaic – 5.5% ABV – DDH Pale Ale – Centennial takes the lead in this 16 g/L double dry hopped Pale, backed up by Mosaic & Citra. The malt base includes Dextrin Malt, Flaked Oats & Wheat malt for body and texture
  • CROMARTY – Hit The Lip – 3.8% ABV – NZ Session – A summer session beer packed with juicy hoppy flavours of peach and pine. Let this nectar hit you in the lips and you’ll be lying back in fruity hoppy heaven!
  • DRYGATE – Anima – 4.5% ABV – Wit – Belgian tradition Glaswegian spice. Coriander seed, orange and lime. A refreshing Wit with a fruity twist
  • DRYGATE – 7 Peaks – 5.0% ABV – IPA – A riotous, uncompromising, and bold cacophony of mosaic hop aromatics on a crisp malt backbone
  • FALLEN – Local Motive – 3.9% ABV –Session IPA – A session beer turbo-charged it with Mosaic dry-hops. Easy-drinking but loads of flavour. Mango, citrus, earthy pine, stone fruits
  • FIERCE vs DEVIL’S PEAK – Imperial Café Racer – 8.5% ABV – Imperial Porter – Devil’s Peak brewery have taken Fierce’s deep, dark coffee porter to another level with rich roasted Kenyan espresso & Madagascan bourbon vanilla for a sweet little lift
  • FYNE ALES – Twilight Haze – 5.7% ABV –Vermont Ale – Twilight Haze is a hybrid fusion of traditional wheat beer and juicy new world IPA. Brewed with lots of wheat, orange peel and coriander, Twilight Haze was given a liberal dry-hopping with Mosaic, Citra and Calypso and left unfiltered and unfined to deliver big, bold, juicy flavours
  • MAGIC ROCK vs GIGANTIC – Robots vs. Clowns – 5.3% ABV – Oaty India Pale Lager – Golden promise along with two types of oats give a simple but smooth mouthfeel. De-bittered Mosaic hops were added in the kettle and then Amarillo was added to the FV before transfer. The beer was then fermented cold using lager yeast before undergoing an extended maturation of 6 weeks and further dry hop additions of Amarillo and Mosaic. Crisp, fruity and drinkable just as all lager should be
  • LOCH LOMOND – Southern Summit – 4.0% ABV – American Pale Ale – A tropical pale ale. A stone fruit aroma leads to a light citrus flavour that is rounded off with a clean & refreshing finish
  • OVERTONE – NEIPA – 4.5% ABV – New England IPA – Soft & juicy New England IPA made from a combo of Citra & Mosaic hops. Glasgow’s newest brewery
  • PILOT – Blue Lady – 5.0% ABV – Specialty Pale – A refreshingly floral pale, brewed with Edinburgh’s own Blue Lady blend, a variation on Earl Grey made with grapefruit oil and marigold flowers
  • TINY REBEL – Bucky – 4.8% ABV – Amber/Red Ale – Bucky is an American Amber hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic
  • TRACK – El Dorado Table Beer – 3.2% ABV – Table Beer – A lightly toasted malt base combines with the citrus and floral hop notes for a refreshing, beer with a light mouthfeel and plenty of hop punch!
  • UP FRONT – Funk Punch – 6.2% ABV – Bretted Fruit Saison – Cranberry & pomegranate bretted saison, brewed with De Ranke yeast & a blend of wild brett strains, left to age for 9 months & finished with organic cranberry juice & pomegranate molasses
  • UP FRONT – Funk Punch – 6.2% ABV – Bretted Fruit Saison – Cranberry & pomegranate bretted saison, brewed with De Ranke yeast & a blend of wild brett strains, left to age for 9 months & finished with organic cranberry juice & pomegranate molasses

Ciders on tap

  • THISTLY CROSS – Cloudy – 5.5% ABV – Dry Cider – Medium dry farmhouse style cider
  • THISTLY CROSS – Elderflower – 4.0% ABV – Floral Cider – Sweet & floral cider infused with elderflower
  • THISTLY CROSS – Strawberry – 4.0% ABV – Fruit Cider – Sweet & fruity cider with pressed Scottish strawberries
  • THISTLY CROSS – Traditional – 4.0% ABV – Sweet Cider – Sweet session cider

Bottles & Cans

  • ALMASTY – Raspberry Saison – 5.0% ABV (33cl bottle) – Fruit Saison – Bursting out of the bottle with classic Belgian esters laced with masses of fruit
  • AUGUSTINER – Helles – 5.2% ABV (50cl bottle) – Helles – Made according to the German Purity law its made with all Bavarian hops and malt, then given a long secondary fermentation to make for a crisp, smooth beer with a lightly hoppy finish. It’s the ultimate summer beer and absurdly drinkable
  • BASQUELAND / NØGNE – Kveik Table Beer – 3.6% ABV (33cl bottle) – Kveik – The boys of Basqueland went to the Whats Brewing festival in Norway where they met up with the team from Nøgne – the pioneers of Scandinavian craft beer. Thus was born a collaboration, Kviek, named after a traditional Norwegian farmhouse yeast. This is a table beer made with Mosaic & Ella hops
  • BELLFIELD – Bohemian Pilsner – 4.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – GF Pilsner – A classic Czech pilsner style, featuring Saaz, a noble hop, pale with a light body, background bitterness and gentle floral tones leading to a soft finish. The Bohemian Pilsner was our first beer to go into production
  • BELLFIELD – Lawless Village IPA – 4.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – GF IPA – Named after our neighbourhood of Portobello. A copper coloured, aromatic beer brewed as a traditional American IPA made with pale crystal malts and Cascade and Centennial American hops for a modern, citrusy finish. Enjoy this renegade chilled with friends
  • BLACK ISLE – Goldfinch – 3.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – GF Session IPA – Goldfinch beer is bursting with citrusy zing. A multiple award winning beer, it’s a light, refreshingly hopped session IPA, & comes with the added bonus of being certified gluten-free
  • BURNING SKY / TWO ROADS – The Call – 5.0% ABV (33cl bottle) – NEIPA – New England ish IPA brewed with Two Roads Brewing from Stratford, Connecticut USA. Brewed using ingredients and techniques from both breweries to produce a juicy session IPA with double dry hopping to up the flavour
  • CAMDEN – Strawberry Hells Forever – 4.6% ABV (33cl can) – Strawberry Lager – We have a confession. Strawberry Hells isn’t really forever. Because we brew this beer with British strawberries, we can only make it in the summer. So while it’s tart, crisp and well rounded, it’s not around for long. We could have called it ‘Strawberry Hells sometimes’ but it didn’t have the same ring to it
  • DE LA SENNE – Taras Boulba – 4.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – Belgian IPA – Light blonde with 4.5% alc., generously hopped with the finest aromatic hops, giving it a very refreshing character and a scent reminiscent of citrus
  • DRY & BITTER – Great Gig In The Sky – 8.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – DIPA – Take on a modern Imperial IPA. They infused fruity American hops with Australian Galaxy hops with a double dry-hop to make this interstellar IPA reach even higher altitudes of hoppiness
  • DUPONT – Saison Dupont – 6.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – Saison – A coppery blonde beer, with aromas of fine hops, with marked bitterness, dry and very refreshing as it was originally. Coppery blond, the finest aromas and a strong bitterness transform this beer into a thirst-quencher with no equal, just the way it was created
  • FRANK BOON – Boon Oude Gueze – 7.0% ABV (37.5cl bottle) – Gueze – Discover the fruity grapefruit and cheese-like flavour with a touch of Muscat grapes. Let yourself be pleasantly surprised by the round body. The sour mellowness and touches of dry oak are characteristic. The colour is light-yellow/amber, crowned with a firm head. The aftertaste is long, dry and intense
  • HITACHINO NEST – White Ale – 4.0% ABV (35cl can) – Wit – This White Ale is brewed with wheat malt, and flavored with coriander, orange peel and nutmeg
  • MAGIC ROCK – Fantasma – 6.5% ABV (33cl can) – Gluten free IPA – A dank and juicy IPA using Golden Promise, wheat and Cara Munich malts in the mash for a sweetly smooth body. For the hops we judiciously bittered with Magnum in the kettle followed by Citra T90 in both the whirlpool and in dry-hopping. The aroma/flavour is fruit-filled, dank and resinous, with plenty of tropical mango giving a moreish drinkability. Fermented with our house American ale yeast (WLP001) for a refreshingly clean finish, this IPA is also our first gluten-free beer using Brewers Clarex®
  • MIKELLER – Drink’in The Sun – 0.3% ABV (35cl can) – Low/No alcohol – Rich and hoppy with nice tropical fruit notes to take your mind off the lack of alcohol!
  • NORTHERN MONK – Heathen – 7.2% ABV (44cl can) – IPA – The American-bred Citra hops made their entrance into the industry with a bang, taking the craft brewing scene by storm with their otherworldly tropical fruit flavour and aroma. Our take on this juicy hop takes the best of its exceptional characteristics to brew a bold yet balanced IPA. A simple base of British pale malt is coloured by small kettle additions of our UK and US hops blend for a soft, fruity bitterness
  • ORVAL – Orval – 6.2% ABV (33cl bottle) – Low/No alcohol – A world-class Belgian Trappist pale ale. Famous for its beautiful “Belgian lace” left on the glass from its huge head, this orangey-amber coloured ale is as complex as they come. It’s smooth yet crisp, tart yet dry. It carries with it flavours of lemon rind, freshly-cut hay, notes of spice and aromas of flowers and lemon
  • SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER – Helles Lagerbier – 4.3% ABV (50cl bottle) – Smoked Lager – Brewed with fine Bavarian aroma hops from the area around the city of Nürnberg. It’s lagered in century old caves underneath the historic Schlenkerla brewery and maltings. Schlenkerla Helles is boiled in the same copper kettles and bottom fermented by the same yeast as the historic Schlenkerla Smokebeer. Its subtle smokiness without using smoke malt makes “Helles Schlenkerla Lager” a unique representative of the classic lager beer style “Bavarian Helles”
  • STILLWATER – Classique – 6.0% ABV (35cl can) – Farmhouse Ale – A postmodern deconstruction of the American industrial lager made with naughty ingredients like corn and rice, completed with pilsner malt and lots of your favorite old-school American hops and farmhouse ale yeast.. “your Grandfather’s new beer”
  • STONE BREWING (USA) – Tangerine Express – 6.7% ABV (35cl can) – Tropical IPA – An india pale ale packed with whole tangerine & pineapple. A tropical IPA that transports you to a hop-induced state
  • TINY REBEL – Gin & Juice – 4.5% ABV (33cl bottle) – Botanical Pale – Bucket loads of juniper berries, citrus peel and aromatic spices give the beer a delicious, dry note, which is balanced out by the juicy fruit flavours from some punchy hops. It’s like an afterparty in your mouth!
  • TRACK – Half Dome – 5.3% ABV (33cl bottle) – American Pale Ale – They added lime zest to the kettle and the dry hop to give it a little extra edge & hopped it extensively with Ekuanot, Vic Secret & Galaxy. The big punchy hops give way to a delicate citrus finish. A totally crushable killa
  • UP FRONT – Ahab – 6.0% ABV (33cl can) – Stout – A complex, deep & rich fusion of dark malts w/ the fruity hop finish of an American Stout. Roasted chocolate & coffee malt notes, balanced w/ a fruity & spicy hop finish. Unfined, unfiltered & vegan friendly
  • UP FRONT – Ismael – 6.0% ABV (33cl can) – IPA – Showcases the subtly sweet malt characteristics, heady hop notes & robust bitterness of an American IPA. Bitter, floral, piney, resinous, fruity & dank with a clean and crisp malt backbone. Unfined, unfiltered, & vegan friendly
  • WILLIAMS BROS – Roisin – 4.2% ABV (33cl bottle) – Tayberry Ale – We brew a light, crisp blonde ale and add bucket loads of fresh Tayberries into cold tank & leave the two to mingle for 3 weeks. Róisin pours champagne pink with sweet hop & berry aromas which also carry through to the taste, with a satisfyingly lightly tart finish

You can RSVP and invite friends over on the Facebook event page.

Book tickets online here.

A monumental shift in thinking

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Yesterday felt like one of the most significant days of my life.

I hosted City Vegan Lunch Market on Guildhall Yard in the City of London. The City of London is also known as the square mile and is the financial, trading, and banking heart of the UK capital.

I was nervous ahead of this event, but not in the usual way.

Every event I put on takes a lot of hard work and I often find myself nervous about every aspect running smoothly.

This City event had me fearing something else. What if nobody came? What if a fully vegan lunch time market in an area known for extreme wealth and steak lunches just wasn’t ready for what we had lined up?

My fears weren’t just based on my own own feelings being hurt.

A failed event in the City would see all of our traders losing money. It would feel like veganism just wasn’t at the level we thought it was. And it would have made me feel like I wasn’t able to pull it off for the animals.

But you wanna know something incredible?

People did come to this market and they came in huge numbers.

A large number of our traders sold out of food completely and all of them had an incredible trading day.

This is the part of the blog post where I get a bit sappy.

During the height of the market yesterday, when there were hundreds of City workers scrambling for vegan lunch, I had to take myself around the corner and have a little cry. I was deeply and profoundly overwhelmed by emotion.

I spend almost every waking hour consumed by the job of promoting veganism as a fun and accessible lifestyle that can make a difference and redress the immense suffering we inflect on non-human animals. This job is not your typical job and it can be gruelling.

Like a lot of old school vegan activists and organisers, I have lived through many years (decades in my case) of seeing tiny advances being battled for and won. We have put every ounce of energy we have left into saving animals and it takes its toll on us physically, financially and emotionally.

We used to journey across London to support local health food stores that just happened to have some vegan products. We have petitioned mainstream markets for decades to increase their vegan offerings. We have put together grassroots events in towns, cities and villages all over the UK to support each other. When they was nowhere else to socialise, we opened our dining rooms and back gardens to each other for informal gatherings.

Along with Josh, I ran London Vegan Potluck every month for four years just so vegans and vegan-friendly people could have a space to meet on a regular basis. There was very little else. This was all before vegan markets and parties had taken over London.

We also ran London Vegan Drinks (which is still going!) every month for four years. VegFestUK has been with us for much longer than a decade. Animal Aid, The Vegan Society, and Viva! Campaigns have done immeasurably crucial work to plant the seeds of compassion that we are now watching blossom in 2018. Veggies Catering have traveled all over the UK to feed people food, knowledge, and understanding.

During some of these years it did feel like we were making slow progress but that veganism would always be seen as a ‘weird’ thing outsiders did just to be different or difficult.

But I’m here to tell you that all of those years of blood, sweat, and tears have changed the consciousness of the UK public for the better and for good.

City Vegan Lunch Market was the most stark and startling example I have seen of how accepted veganism has become.

Hundreds and hundreds of office workers waited patiently in the scorching heat for vegan food when they had animal products waiting for them in shops, cafés, restaurants, and supermarkets all over the neighbourhood.

Hundreds and hundreds of office workers enthusiastically devoured pizza, burgers, curries, ice cream, salads, wraps, donuts, and ramen and all of it was vegan.

People could be heard raving about the food. People could be heard talking excitedly about the market. Dozens of people asked me if I could make this market a monthly or even weekly event.

After decades of working to improve the visibility and accessibility of veganism in order to help lessen animal suffering, there I was surrounded by more people than I could count who all were excited to buy vegan food in the middle of the City of London in a 100% vegan market.

My mind raced with the memory of the thousands of vegan activists and event goers I have met over the years. I thought about the years people have given up in the name of animal protection. I remembered all of the pioneers who put their own interests on the back burner in order to support vegans and protect animals.

And it all became to much for me. I walked behind a wall and the tears wouldn’t stop. I sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.

It is very rare to be somewhere when measurable change occurs, but I witnessed it yesterday with my own eyes. Even a few years ago I would have been laughed out of the City of London for suggesting such a market but there I was hosting a fully vegan lunch market on Guildhall Yard.

This market wasn’t just a fun event. It was a signpost. It was a signifier of how vegan activists have managed to shape the consciousness of an entire country of people. We have fought and struggled and this market was a victory.

It was a sign of just how far we have come and shows that our society has been irreversibly changed when it comes to thinking about veganism. I did not see one raised eyebrow. I did not hear one single snide remark. Bacon jokes? Nothing.

Listen. We still have a lot of work to do to make the world somewhere even close to completely compassionate, but this is a moment where we can give each other a hug and take some time to reflect on success.

Heck, maybe you wanna cry a few tears by thinking of all the dedicated people who have made this possible and all the animals they ave saved from suffering along the way.

Extra note: a victory like this means nothing without recognising the incredible contributions of minority vegans who help us everyday and who contend with multiple oppressions within our society but still work to improve outcomes for non-human animals. City Vegan Lunch Market was also an opportunity for us to celebrate businesses owned and run by people from marginalised groups including women of colour, LGBTQ+ community members, disabled people, and BME people. Extreme gratitude to these business owners who took part in our event.

Jumbo personalised cookies

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Have you been dreaming of a giant 12″ vegan cookie featuring your name?

Well, perhaps you have the ability to predict the future because Ms. Cupcake of Brixton has just launched a brand new giant, personalised cookie service!

Legendary vegan bakery Ms. Cupcake is now selling London’s first personalised giant vegan cookie, which comes delivered in a pizza box!

The USA-style cookie is made to a giant 12” and has launched with two flavours – the classic choc chip and irresisitible red velvet.

Each cookie can be personalised with a hand-written message and you can choose multiple icing colours to be piped around the edge. The bakery is launching them with an introductory sale price of £20.00 until August 12th. The price after that will be £25.00.

There is an additional service of adding an edible picture at extra cost.

Delivery is available across London, or customers can choose to collect from the Brixton shop. Get all the cookie ordering details online here.

I’m so excited to hear about this new giant cookie development.

To order, customers can call the Ms. Cupcake office on 0203 086 8933 (option 3) or email info@mscupcake.co.uk. They require at least five full days notice in order to process your giant cookie order.

You can also follow Ms. Cupcake on Instagram.

Vegan comedy

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Ever thought vegans are generally humourless bores?

Well, get ready to have that stereotype shattered.

https://twitter.com/veganluke/status/1010550089193066496

Luke Poulton’s is a funny vegan and his stand up comedy show is about being Autistic and his love of movies/bad movies, with characters and sketches also thrown into the mix.

You Don’t Look Autistic is being presented as part of the Camden Fringe festival and Luke has shows on Monday August 13 and Tuesday August 14, 2018 and tickets are priced at just £5.

Click here now to book your tickets.

You can also follow Luke on Twitter and Facebook.

Help horses

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A petition has been launched online asking the UK Government to create a new independent body to protect racehorses from abuse and death.

The British Horseracing Authority is responsible for race horse welfare, but around 200 horses die each year due to racing in Britain.

The petition is urging the Government to set up an independent regulatory body, with horse welfare as its only interest, which will take meaningful action to stop horses dying.

Please click here to sign and take a moment to share the link.

Beer list for Coventry Vegan Beer Fest

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I have rarely been as excited for an event as I am for the first-ever Coventry Vegan Beer Fest.

Taking place in the gorgeous FarGo Village, the event this Saturday (July 28, 2018) is set to be a whole lot of fun.

We have stunning food being served by Temple of Seitan and PhungKay, a discount special and Follow Your Heart giveaway at on-site vegan grocery store The Green Unicorn, a karaoke performance space, and special menu items from on-site café Totally Vegan.

Oh yeah, there is also the beer.

Check out this INCREDIBLE line up to be served on the day.

On the taps

Twisted Barrel Ale – Sine Qua Non – 4.50% ABV – Session IPA  – Dry, easy drinking IPA with citrus and pine flavour and light biscuit malt character
Twisted Barrel Ale – Naido – 5.00% ABV – New England Pale – A juicy, New England style pale ale with a soft body and classic stone fruit and citrus flavour
Twisted Barrel Ale – Raspberry Ripple Sour – 3.50% ABV – Ice Cream Sour – Oats and vanilla pods combine for an ice cream like body, combined with the tart sweetness of raspberries
Twisted Barrel Ale – Beast of a Midlands Mild – 3.50% ABV – Vanilla Mild – A traditional dark mild, made with a variety of malts for a complex, roasted body, fermented with vanilla pods for a smooth, creamy finish
Twisted Barrel Ale – Wrapped in Amarillo – 6.00% ABV – New England IPA – a soft body and smooth mouthfeel provide the base for an explosion of orange and peach flavour
Twisted Barrel Ale – Saison From A Hoppy Place – 5.00% ABV – Dry Hop Saison – A delicate, light and refreshing saison, brewed with Citra, Ahtanum and Huell Melon hops. Lashings of strawberry, mango and grapefruit pair delightfully with the spicy pepperiness of the Belgian yeast for a supremely easy drinking Summer brew
Twisted Barrel Ale – Call of Korriban – 5.50% ABV – Black IPA – Subtle roasted malt backrgound, classic West Coast style bitterness and an orange, grapefruit hit from the combination of Amarillo and Cascade hops
Twisted Barrel Ale – Detroit Sour City – 4.00% ABV – Dry Hop Sour – A dry, refreshing Berliner Weiss style kettle sour, with lemon sherbet character from the lactobacillus and a juicy, mango flavour from the Mosaic dry hop
Twisted Barrel Ale – Doom of Valyria – 6.00% ABV – Rye Porter – A strong, light brown porter, brewed with heaps of Dark Crystal and Rye malts for a spicy, sweet flavour
Twisted Barrel Ale – When The Fever Broke – 4.50% ABV – Peach & Apricot Sour – Refreshing, dry kettle sour with an intense stone fruit flavour and soft, creamy finish
Bone Machine – Funny Bone – 4.00% ABV – Gruit Pale – floral ale brewed with hibiscus, elderflower and lavender
Burnt Mill – Pintle – 4.30% ABV – American Pale Ale – Pale ale brewed with Cascade and Citra hops, with a restrained bitterness and dry finish
Chorlton – Amarillo Sour – 5.40% ABV – Dry Hop Sour – Hybrid of a traditional Germanic sour beer and a hoppy pale ale
Cloudwater – IPA Citra Enigma – 6.50% ABV – IPA – Hazy IPA brewed with Citra and Enigma, soft body and juicy mouthfeeel
Raw Talent – Citra IPA – 7.40% ABV – IPA – Citra and Amarillo hopped strong pale, fermented with sweet citrus rinds
Salopian – Midnight Express – 5.20% ABV – Stout – Pitch black with a complex tapestry of dark malts laden with mocha, bitter cocoa and oats
Kirkstall – Virtuous – 4.50% ABV – Gluten free Session IPA – Fruity undertones with a classic bitter finish
One Mile End – Wisdom – 4.60% ABV – Gluten free Lager – Beautifully crisp, full bodied and packed with German hops with notes of fruity honeydew melon
Redwell – Kofra – 5.90% ABV – Gluten free Stout – Roasty stout with bitter coffee notes and a sweet finish
Hogans – Draught Cider – 4.50% ABV – Gluten free Medium Dry Cider – distinctive appley aroma and peaty notes
Hogans – Wild Elder – 4.00% ABV – Gluten free Elderflower Cider – Locally foraged elderflower blended with a bittersweet and delicately refreshing cider
Weihenstephan – Hefeweiss – 5.40% ABV – Wheat Beer – Golden yellow wheat beer, with a full body, hints of clove and smooth banana flavour
Weihenstephan – Helles – 5.10% ABV – Lager – Yellow lager with mild hoppy note and fresh spicy taste
Frizzenti – Prosecco – 11% ABV – Wine – Lightly carbonated delicate white Italian wine (Prosecco)

Neon Raptor – Fly The Nest – 4.00% ABV – Pale Ale – A modern, juicy American pale ale brewed in collaboration with students at Nottingham University Brewing Science MSc
Neon Raptor – Atlas Crash – 5.90% ABV – IPA – Soft, delicate, smooth and juicy pale ale
Neon Raptor – Somewhere I Belong – 6.80% ABV – Coconut Porter – Dark, rich porter brewed with seven malts and flaked oats, matured and conditioned on huge amounts of toasted coconut
Neon Raptor – Very Naughty Luggage – 8.20% ABV – DIPA – Fruity, dank double IPA

Renegade – Session IPA – 4.20% ABV – Session IPA – Brewed with Citra and Mosaic for a smack of tropical fruit and a well balancd bitterness
Renegade – Tropic Like Its Hot – 4.70% ABV – Pineapple Pale – Pale ale brewed with pineapple. Hoppy, bitter, crisp and refreshing
Renegade – Vienna Lager – 4.80% ABV – Lager – Complex hop aroma with balanced maltiness
Renegade – Dead Men Brew No Ales – 6.00% ABV – Black IPA – Surprisingly light in body, with tropical hops and a roasted malt background

Three Hills – Small Steps Prototype – 3.00% ABV – Pale Ale – Ultra fruity and juicy for the ABV! Fermented with New England IPA yeast and dry hopped with 10g/l Chinook, Citra and Mosaic BBC.
Three Hills – South Pacific Wheat – 5.50% ABV – Wheat Beer – A vibrant and refreshing Wheat beer using two hops hailing from the South Pacific region: Nelson Sauvin and Vic Secret.
Three Hills – Braybrooke Keller Lager – 4.80% ABV – Lager – Brewed to the purity law using all German hops, malt and yeast. Lght amber in colour, refreshing with a rich malt body.
Three Hills – Elderflower Saison – 5.20% ABV – Saison – A delicately infused Saison brewed in collaboration with Jelley’s Vodka Distilleries.
Three Hills – Bretted – IPA 6.00% ABV – IPA – Fermented with New England IPA yeast then Brettanomyces. Beautiful citrus, tropic tang with a delicate funkiness.
Three Hills – Black: Salted Caramel – 9.00% ABV – Imperial Stout – An imperial stout brewed with additions of treacle, demerara sugar and caramel flavour. Viscous, rich with a boozy hit and loads of stout umami.

Can and bottles

Renegade – Craft Lager – 4.50% ABV – Lager – Crisp, clean and refreshing, brewed with Progress and Fuggles hops and matured for six weeks
Renegade – Tropic Like Its Hot – 4.70% ABV – Pineapple Pale – Pale ale brewed with pineapple. Hoppy, bitter, crisp and refreshing
Renegade – Vienna Lager – 4.80% ABV – Lager – Complex hop aroma with balanced maltiness
Renegade – Dead Men Brew No Ales – 6.00% ABV – Black IPA – Surprisingly light in body, with tropical hops and a roasted malt background
Renegade – West Coast Pale Ale – 5.10% ABV – Pale Ale – Shedloads of Summit, Cascade, Chinook and Columbus result in a hop bomb of a beer
Renegade – Whitness The Citrus – 4.50% ABV – Tangerine Wheat Beer – Uplifting juicy brew with freshly cut grass aroma and mouth watering citrus flavour
Renegade – Mashed and Wired – 4.10% ABV Coffee Pale Ale – Crisp and light on the pallette, with immediate coffee hit and rich earthiness
Twisted Barrel – Detroit Sour City – 4.00% ABV – Dry Hop Sour – A dry, refreshing Berliner Weiss style kettle sour, with lemon sherbet character from the lactobacillus and a juicy, mango flavour from the Mosaic dry hop
Twisted Barrel – The Great Went – 4.50% ABV – Hefeweizen – A classic German wheat beer with banana and clove flavour
Twisted Barrel – Kazan – 5.50% ABV – Pale Ale – An incredibly juicy, easy drinking American pale
Twisted Barrel – I Am The Muffin – 5.50% ABV – Belgian Blonde – Traditional Belgian blonde with bubblegum aroma, floral body and tropical finish
Twisted Barrel – Sine Qua Non – 4.50% ABV – Session IPA Dry – easy drinking IPA with citrus and pine flavour and light biscuit malt character
Three Hills – Super Thai PA – 5.50% ABV – Pale Ale – An aromatic and light Pale Ale infused with double the amount of Lemongrass, Ginger, and Kaffir Lime.
Three Hills – Sekhmet Rye Amber – 5.50% ABV – Rye Beer – Sweet malt body underpinned by a herbal, woody and spicy pallete. Hopped with EKG and Willamette. One for the traditionalists.
Three Hills – Pepperberry Saison – 5.50% ABV – Saison – A fruity and spicy Saison infused with Strawberries and Pink peppercorns.
Three Hills – Trium Florum – 6.00% ABV – Saison – Farmhouse Saison infused with a blend of Hibiscus, Marigold & Elderflower. The appearance is bright pink and palette delicately floral, fruity and spicy.
Dark Revolution – Sonic – 4.90% ABV – Small IPA – brewed with Citra and Ekuanot hops
Oude – Boon Gueze – 7.00% ABV – Lambic – Blend of aged lambics, fruity grapefruit and ginger flavour with a hint of Muscat grapes
Hogans – Dry Cider – 5.80% ABV – Gluten free Cider – Deep gold, slightly sparkling, dry cider
Hogans – High Sobriety – 1.00% ABV – Low Alcohol Gluten free Cider – Light, refreshing and gently sparkling low alcohol cider
Bumble Bee – Hard Cider – 4.50% ABV – Gluten free Cider – Medium dry, lightly sparkling cider
Bumble Bee – Regatta – 4.00% ABV – Gluten free Strawberry & Mint Cider – Lightly sparkling cider twisted with strawberries and a hint of mint
Magic Rock – Fantasma – 6.50% ABV – Gluten free IPA – Dank and juicy Citra IPA
Arbor – Simcoe – 4.00% ABV – Gluten free Pale Ale – Balanced pale with pine and citrus flavour
Brass Castle – Hoptical Illusion – 4.30% ABV – Gluten free Pale Ale – Hop forward, gluten free pale beer
Mongozo – Pilsner – 5.00% ABV – Gluten free Lager – Traditional style Czech pilsner brewed to a gluten free recipe
Nirvana – Chakra – 1.00% ABV – Low Alcohol IPA – American hopped pale with hints of passionfruit and pine and a light bitter finish
Nirvana – Tantra – 0.00% ABV – Alcohol Free Pale Ale
Nirvana – Kosmic – 0.00% ABV – Alcohol Free Stout – rich malt flavour
Nirvana – Karma – 0.50% ABV – Alcohol Free Pale Ale – light, refreshing pale ale with classic citrus and floral hop aromas
Erdinger – Weissbrau – 0.50% ABV – Alcohol Free Wheat – Aromatic, full bodied German style wheat beer
Fit Beer – 66 – 0.30% ABV – Alcohol Free Lager – Natural isotonic lager, full of B vitamins and only 66 calories per bottle

That’s a solid selection with something for everyone including cider, low alcohol beer, and alcohol free beer.

The two beer areas, as well as the hot food and karaoke, are only available for ticket holders. Twisted Barrel Brewery and Tap Room will not be open to the public on the day.

Advance tickets are just £4 plus tiny booking fee. Book online now.

If we have tickets remaining on the day, they will be £7.

Book now and save!

Vegan mega venue in Sheffield

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Have you all heard about Church, the new mega vegan venue is Sheffield?

A few week ago I reported on legendary vegan eatery Make No Bones closing up their old location in preparation for moving to a new spot.

Well, the new spot is open and it is taking the city by storm.

Say hello to Church.

Church is much more than just a vegan restaurant, although when it’s Make No Bones doing the cooking you really don’t need any other motivation to visit.

Located in the Neepsend area of Sheffield, Church houses the following:

  • the Church bar serves beers, wines and their unique spin on classic cocktails
  • as mentioned, Make No Bones serve their legendary cuisine from 10am until 9pm daily
  • Church is also a live music and event space
  • a selection of items from the Drop Dead fashion label are sold on site
  • it is also an arcade bar featuring games and consoles

Church is certainly getting lots of praise online from satisfied punters and the venue is also drawing a lot of attention from music fans due to the fact it is owned by Oliver Sykes of band Bring Me The Horizon.

Congratulations to Oliver, Make No Bones, and the entire Church team for bringing this incredible venue to life.

You can follow Church on Instagram and see the venue’s exact location online thanks to Google Maps.

EXTRA NOTE: Church is located just a few steps from where we host Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest each year. You can buy tickets for that event online here.

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Veggie pot brand now all vegan

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You have probably seen the Bol pots in supermarkets.

This company has made a number of vegan soup, salad, and veg pots in a range that included non-vegan pots.

But that has all changed this week.

All Bol pots are now 100% vegan. How amazing is that?

You can check out the entire Bol range on their website.

City Vegan Lunch Market

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Fat Gay Vegan has teamed up with Visit the City of London and OneCity to bring an unforgettable vegan food market to the heart of London.

City workers and food enthusiasts can join vegan blogger and marketeer Fat Gay Vegan as he presents one of the best street food line ups ever seen in London.

City Vegan Lunch Market is your rare chance to enjoy an outdoor vegan street food extravaganza in the City of London. This is the first ever vegan market in the City of London financial district.

Announced food traders so far:

This event is free entry and is housed in the courtyard of historic Guildhall.

Taking place in Guildhall Yard (see location here https://goo.gl/maps/FhPDej3dvBC2 thanks to Google Maps) on Thursday July 26, 2018 between 11am and 2:30pm.

RSVP and invite friends over on the Facebook event page.