Green Hop & Outdoor in Autumn Guide
Two new Green Hop Beers from Canterbury Brewers & Distillers
We are excited to get to the hop fields in the next few weeks to pick fresh hops direct from the field and bring them back to The Foundry to brew with. We’re making our famous Seriously Saison-a 4.5% brew that celebrates the best of the summer and has a robust flavour to match! Huge quantities of the East Kent Goldings green hops, fresh from Syndale Hop Gardens give a powerful punch of the true flavours and aromas of the summer season. We use Belgian saison yeast which adds earthy sweetness and toffied-banana to give some complexity and poise. It finishes with a high bitterness from all those lovely hops. Heed this…..this is our biggest, hoppiest beer of the summer, consider it a warning.
We are also proudly producing a green hop beer with Canterbury Christ Church University with fresh heritage hops grown in the city campus grounds! A glorious mix of East Kent Goldings, Canterbury White Bine, BRAMLING cross and Early Prolific hops will make for the distinctive Holy Academia. We can’t wait for people to come and enjoy both our green hop beers this year….aiming for 27th September 💪🏼
Pick Your Own Apples at Castle Farm
The Castle Farm Apple Orchards will be open for pick your own on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays!
Our pretty little orchard has the freshest, sweetest and juiciest apples - The Norfolk Royal - a heritage variety not found elsewhere! We have a dedicated car park next to the orchard, and it’s free to enter – just pay for what you pick. No pre-booking required. Well behaved dogs on a lead are welcome!
Open from Friday 6th September and every Friday - Sunday, from 10am -5pm until we have picked out of apples.
For more information head to Visit Us - PYO APPLES - Castle Farm Shop (castlefarmkent.co.uk)
September at The Cooks Tale
India Culinary Tour: India Tour
2 for 1 on Tapas: Tapas Lunch| The Cooks Tale formerly The Ambrette
2 for 1 on Sunday Roast: Sunday Roast The Cooks Tale formerly The Ambrette
Mumbai Dabbawala Nights: Mumbai Dabbawala The Cooks Tale formerly The Ambrette
2 for 1 on Afternoon Tea: Afternoon Tea | The Cooks Tale formerly The Ambrette
8 Course Special in September: Farm to Fork: https://www.thecookstale.co.uk/farmtofork
Bottomless Thalis: Bottomless Thali Thursdays (thecookstale.co.uk)
Musical Fridays: https://www.thecookstale.co.uk/livelocalmusic/
In Partnership with Canterbury's Street Vendors and Businesses: https://www.thecookstale.co.uk/canterburyexperiences
Where to find Designs on Silk in September
Designs on Silk will be at Coolings Nurseries, Rushmore Hill Knockholt, TN14 7NN from Friday 13th until Sunday 15th September.
This is a craft show with Keep it Local in the large greenhouse which is open from 10am until 4pm each day. This will be my only visit there this year.
Green Hop Beers from Goody Ales
We will be brewing our two award winners Green Hop Beers:
Good Harvest 3.8% golden ale
Goodness Gracious Me Green Hop 4.8% IPA
New Product from Kent Glass Engraving
KGE have seen a busy summer with orders coming in for our Glassscape Products.
Our glasses depict the feeling of summer hobbies and fun activities for the whole family. Whether that's birdwatching, cycling, sailing, or going to visit one of Kent's beautiful heritage sites.
Green Hop time at McCanns & Twisted Wheel
It's green hop time at the brewery, which is always a fun thing, picking some bines from Hukins hop farm in the morning and then adding them to the wort around lunchtime before all the visitors go off for a bit of lunch and some 'sampling' in the taproom, and then a couple of weeks later we'll have that ultra special beer ready for sale.
"Wake me up in September" is going to be a 4% Blonde, green hopped with what we believe to be the best Fuggles on the Planet. You can see a teaser of the artwork above.
Introducing two Green Hopped ales from Moot
Firecrest - This pale ale is packed with Green Kentish Ernest from Hukin Hops in Tenterden. They bring fresh apricots and grapefruit to this full bodied beer with a subtle hint of spice.
Quetzal - A red ale brewed with Kent goldings. Notes of caramel and biscuit with a rich hop character and a little honey and spice
Musket & Loddington Folk & Harvest Festival - 7th September
Come and join us for the annual Folk & Harvest Festival at Loddington Farm, Maidstone from 11am - 8pm. There will be Morris dancing, live music, face painting, harvest ceremony at the Old Man Tree, food stalls and amazing Musket beer!
Supporting local charities: Shepway Community Larder, Anthony Nolan, Dandelion Time, Space 2 Be Me, Fusion and others.
Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/...
*New Product from Myatts of Mockbeggar*
Raspberry Fizz produced by Myatts of Mockbeggar is a limited edition sparkling wine made using 100% raspberries from our farm.
Yes, that’s right, there are no grapes in this wine!
Grab yourself a bottle or two online at www.myattfizz.com
September is Hops, Cobnut and Squash Time!
The seasonal offerings at the Farmers Markets are constantly changing and September is no different. Along with seasonal game on offer there's also cobnuts, summer squashes and hops too.
Farmers markets are a good way to eat seasonally and eat locally and the dates of our farmers markets for September are as follows:
Lenham Country Market - Sunday 8th September
Chislehurst Farmers Market - Sunday 15th September
Hall Place Saturday Farmers Market - Saturday 21st September
West Malling Farmers Market - Sunday 22nd September
Hall Place Bexley Sunday Farmers Market - Sunday 6th October
To find out more about our farmers market details are on our website along with a list of stallholders attending each farmers market: www.myfarmersmarket.co.uk or phone 07775736116 for more details:
Discover Broadstairs with a Quiz Trail, where Princess Katherine of Greece was schooled
A young lady, Katherine, was educated in England in the 1920s - at a boarding school in Broadstairs and then later at North Foreland Lodge, a private boarding school for girls. Prior to this she had lived an unsettled childhood moving between Greece, Switzerland, Sicily and Florence. The child was Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. Due to her place in the Greek royal family, she was widely related to much of the European royal families - including being the cousin of the late Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Greek royal family went into exile at times, and it was a tumultuous era for them - throughout her life Katherine remained close to the Greek and British Royal Families. Princess Katherine and the future Queen Elizabeth II were bridesmaids at the wedding of her first cousin, Princess Marina, to Prince George in 1934. Princess Katherine was later a guest at Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding in 1947. When she died in 2007, at the age of 94, Princess Katherine was the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
You can learn so many more facts about Broadstairs with a Quiz Trail. Order online at www.quiztrail.co.uk
GADDS' Green Hop Launch Day 2024 = Saturday 21st September!
We'll be launching our Green Hop Ale on Saturday the 21st of September.
Live music from GADDZUKES at 2pm and comfort food from Wrap-a-Roast (to soak up that Green Hop goodness) will be served all day.
Shepherd Neame has just unveiled its limited edition green hop ale Hop Pocket (4.5% ABV).
Beer is usually brewed with dried hops, but Hop Pocket is made using fresh green hops which go from farm to brewhouse in a matter of hours, giving it a delicious aroma and earthy kick.
Shepherd Neame’s Shift Brewer Scott Wilkins (image attached) and Filtration Operative Dan Sadler travelled the short distance from the Faversham Brewery to Parsonage Farm, Boughton-under-Blean on August 19 to select and help pick the first hops of the year for the brew with farmer Antony Rudgard-Redsell.
The beer is available from selected Shepherd Neame pubs across Kent, London and the South East while stocks last. https://www.shepherdneame.co.u...
Harvest Season & Festival
It Is that magical time again down on Woolton Farm, where our hundreds of acres of orchards are bursting with life, filled with both amazing colours and of course numerous varieties of apples.
Just in time to be picked, pressed, and made into our whimsically crafted, award-winning Kentish Pip ciders!
We will be celebrating this joyous time of the year with one last seasonal celebration from our 14th century barn, with our Harvest Cider and Beer Festival (Sep 27-29).
Perfect for guests of all ages (dogs welcomed), featuring live music all weekend long, garden games, face painting, and many other fun activities!