Hart Brewery Green Hop Hoe Down

Hart Breweries Green Hop Hoedown 4th October

Hart's latest open brewery day was to celebrate the launch of their new beer 'Green Hop'. On the morning the weather looked less than promising with heavy downpours forecast but as we were promised undercover seating and the fact that previous open days have been extremely good fun we ventured out. A good decision because even though we got there at the same time as the aforementioned downpours we were greeted by some lovely food stalls and the Hart Brewery gazebo with plenty of inside and outside (undercover)seating.There was also live music going on all day from local bands playing in the actual brewery itself.
First stop the amazing Buffins and cupcakes of The Blakesley Hill Cakes Company.What a cheery sight in all that rain .A Buffin for those of you who don't know is a beer flavoured muffin filled with a variety of goodies .
On offer today was one specially created in homage to Hart's Green Hop.The One Legged Buffin had wild rabbit,apple,thyme and of course Green Hops in it. This was alongside some of the old favourites such as Hart No3 Buffin and Hart No9 Buffin each beer based with delicious fillings. They also had their beautiful cupcakes with them.All totally hard to resist...so we
didn't and duly bought plenty for later.

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Another food stall that caught my eye was the newly formed Devine Betty's.They too were selling beer flavoured treats.These also we couldn't resist as the smell emanating from the tent was delicious. We tried each one of the hot delights they had on offer and were suitably pleased with all of them. The Hart's Porter and Cheese Soup was absolutely amazing. The beer not overpowering and the cheese plentiful. We also tried the Pork Belly and Beans with Opal Wheat Beer Bread and The No8 Slow Cooked Beef Brisket in Brioche Bun with Dill Slaw. All extremely tasty and just right for this chilly wet day.
There were also stalls selling hot sausages and The Garden Deli with delights they had brought along from their deli just around the corner.

 The Beer .Well as  a fan already of Hart Beer I was looking forward to trying the Green Hop.I was a little worried that it might not be to my taste as I don't usually like over hoppy beers but I wasn't disappointed. It has a quite refreshing taste without the bitter after taste that some hoppy beers have and also wasn't too high in alcohol content.
All in all despite the bad weather start (it brightened up later) it was again a very enjoyable day out.This is the third time I've been to one of the open days and each one has had a buzzing atmosphere with good food ,good music and of course fantastic local beer!!