{"id":4110,"date":"2012-06-19T12:16:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T11:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2012-06-19T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T11:16:40","slug":"hastings-vegan-dining-club-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/19\/hastings-vegan-dining-club-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hastings Vegan Dining Club Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4105\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_4105\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-20.13.58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4105\" title=\"2012-06-15 20.13.58\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-20.13.58-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_4105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hastings Brewery&#39;s Pete Mason took us on a tour of the vegan brewery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grumpy Vegan isn&#8217;t one to suggest that he&#8217;s the centre of the universe (his friends might say so) but Hastings, where he lives, is clearly fast becoming a hotbed for all things Vegan.<\/p>\n<p>The Hastings Vegan Dining Club met last week at <a title=\"Hastings Brewery\" href=\"http:\/\/hastingsbrewery.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hastings Brewery<\/a>, which is a vegan micro brewery run by Kim and Pete.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was a pot luck with a brewery tour and, of course, free beer!<\/p>\n<p>Vegan friends, vegan food, vegan<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4106\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_4106\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-20.12.49.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4106\" title=\"2012-06-15 20.12.49\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-20.12.49-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_4106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We all took turns to smell the hops used to brew the beer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>beer&#8230;.what else would anyone want?<\/p>\n<p>Additional local vegan businesses present were the <a title=\"Bay Tree House\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baytreeveganhotel.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Tree House<\/a>, a family run vegan hotel, and <a title=\"1066 Cake Stand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1066cakestand.moonfruit.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\">1066 Cake Stand<\/a>, our local vegan bakery, who recently published their first cookbook, <em>1066 Cake Stand&#8217;s Compendium of Cakes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4109\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_4109\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-18.49.13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4109\" title=\"2012-06-15 18.49.13\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-18.49.13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_4109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who says vegans can&#39;t put on a spread!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some 20-odd vegans (well, we are all that way) followed Pete around the brewery as he explained how he and Kim brew beer.<\/p>\n<p>He shared exciting news that there might be soon our very own vegan micro-brewery, micro-pub!<\/p>\n<p>Really, what else would anyone want?<\/p>\n<p>Next up for the Hastings Vegan Dining Club is a barbecue at an<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4107\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_4107\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-19.52.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4107\" title=\"2012-06-15 19.52.18\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-15-19.52.18-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_4107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate cake topped with meringue crumbs baked by local vegan bakery, 1066 Cake Stand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>organic farm near Rye in July and a cream tea in Hastings Old Town on August Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Jealous?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grumpy Vegan isn&#8217;t one to suggest that he&#8217;s the centre of the universe (his friends might say so) but Hastings, where he lives, is clearly fast becoming a hotbed for all things Vegan. 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