The Brewpub Goes Vegan | VinePair

Illustration: Kaitlin Brito

In the grease-splattered annals of consumption, cold beer has proven to be a worthy accomplice to chicken wings, burgers, pizza, and other pleasures of tipsy sustenance. Now as Beyond Meat sausages go mainstream, and nearly 10 million Americans follow a plant-based diet, bars and breweries are embracing a meat-free mindset.

Vegan pop-ups are pulling up to breweries to offer plant-based takes on comfort food, while brewpubs are building food programs around dairy-free pizzas, pastas, and plant-based burgers. Sports and craft beer bars are also no longer having a cow, serving inclusive food that appeals to everyone.

I take a bite out of the trend for VinePair.