Stroud Brewery (organic vegan beers from Gloucestershire)
Stroud Brewery is one of England’s most pioneering breweries. Both vegan (no bone or fish finings) and organic, it works closely with community projects in Gloucestershire, and are proud to use ingredients that reverse the damage to depleted soil (twice as many birds, insects and plants live on organic farms).
These beers are brewed in Stroud, known as the ‘Convent Garden of the Cotswolds’, known for its artistic community amid steep valleys. Another name for it is ‘Notting Hill with wellies!’
- Pop ring-pulls back over holes before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped. Set up a recycling program to raise money for your community!
- If you buy other beers, avoid ones wrapped in those plastic beer rings, as they trap wildlife and birds (if you see any littered, rip up the holes and securely bin them).
You can find Stroud Brewing beers in many shops and supermarkets, pubs and restaurants. Or buy online (including mixed cases):
- Easy Peasy (a light session ale with floral aromas and citrus from organic elderflowers & lemons)
- Nettle Ale (a crispy herbal pale ale, with the zing of field-grown organic nettles)
- Budding (a pale ale with citrus notes and grassy bitterness)
- Hop Drop Hazy Ale (a tropical fruit explosion)
- I.P.A. (a juicy beer with organic hops)
- LOL (a light crisp lager, brewed with organic hops)
- Tom Long (an amber session bitter with caramel notes & spicy orange)
This is one of England’s few vegan stouts on the market, with a silky blend of dark roast malt. Although Guinness is now vegan, it’s not local (it’s not even Irish, it was founded by a Protestant who wouldn’t let the Irish government use the harp logo, that’s why it faces the other way). Today it’s owned by a multi-national.
Belhaven stout is also not vegan (filtered with animal ingredients).
