Simon Varney

German Beer Festival at The Snooty Fox

Monday 24th October to Sunday the 30th of October come and enjoy The Snooty Fox’s German Beer Festival!

german beer festival week

Beers

We’re going to have some fantastic German beers on tap including:
ABK Hell 5% –

This is a light, bright and very satisfying beer.

ABK Weiss 5.3% –
The Weissbier is a lively and a full-bodied beer. With a wonderful honey yellow colour.
Bitburger Pilsner 4.8% –
Boasting a light taste and a lasting foam head with extra-fine bubbles.
Bitburger Drive 0% –
Drive has all the genuine character of their much-loved pilsner: light, bright and refreshing with balanced flavour.
Konig 4.9%  –
An elegant effervescence gives way to malty sweetness.
Kostritzer Black Lager 4.8% –
An authentic smooth and full-bodied dark lager with a touch of sweetness.
Benediktiner Weiss 5.4% –
A refreshing and assertive Weissbier exhibiting a rich and supple elegance
Benediktiner Hell 5% –
A full-bodied lager with a slightly full-bodied and intense flavour.
Lowenbrau 5.2% –
Wonderfully refreshing and slightly bitter taste.
*Correct at the time of publishing.

Music

Live music on Friday and Saturday from an Oompah Band and Similar Jones

Food (TBC)

Kasespatzle – spaetzle pasta with cheese sauce topped with crispy fried onions.

Brezel and beer cheese sauce – pretzel with a german beer cheese sauce
Simple and easy just need some decent pretzels

Currywurst and fries – bratwurst or bockwurst sausage cooked till crispy skin then sliced and covered in sauce with fries

Bratwurst or Bockwurst – german sausage in a roll with sauerkraut and mustard

Schnitzel – pork schnitzel on pretzel bun with apple sauce or sauerkraut

Sauerkraut soup – a hearty broth with sauerkraut, diced veg smokey german ham served with warm bread

German meat and cheese board – etc

Subject to availability.

Weetabix Northamptonshire Food Awards 2022/23 Finalists!

We’re really excited to announce The Snooty Fox has been shortlisted in the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022/23 for ‘Booker Dining Venue of the Year’!

We’re up against some great establishments and the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony and dinner on the 12th of October.

food and drink awards northamptonshire

For those with a good memory, last year you may remember we were joint winners in this category with The Pig & Waffle winning gold alongside The Falcon at Castle Ashby. The Red Lion also received joint silver in this category.

Being shortlisted for these awards recognises the hardwork our team constantly put in in these challenging times.

25% off Champagne and fizz!

Latest offer at greedy gordons

Check out our latest special offer! The Sparkling Special – 25% off fizz and champagne at all Greedy Gordons Pubs. Available Sunday to Thursday between 4pm and 7pm. So what are you waiting for? Nows the time to celebrate!
Enjoy champagne or fizz at The Red Lion – Cranford, The Snooty Fox – Lowick, The Pig & Waffle – Grafton Underwood.

Great British Pub Awards 2022 Finalists

We are thrilled to announce that The Red Lion are finalists for the 2022 Great British Pub Awards. Our team are all very excited by this news. Although we’re in contention for this top prize, we couldn’t have done it without a lot of hard work and dedication from our entire team.

The winner of the Best Country/Rural Pub will be announced on the 4th of October in Manchester.

great british finalists

We’re the only Northamptonshire finalists so please get behind us and keep supporting your favourite country pub The Red Lion Cranford.

Have you thought about treating someone to a Greedy Gordons voucher? Valid to use across our pub group our vouchers are the perfect gift. You can purchase them here

 

Lockdown Lobsters

The Snooty Fox Lobsters

lobster at the snooty fox

Ever wondered how that mouth watering lobster served in The Snooty Fox gets to your plate?

The story starts in a picturesque corner of the UK on the North Welsh coast. Local lobster fisherman Sion Williams (who wrote the rules for the Welsh fisheries) was the subject of a photoshoot for Jude Edginton in a series about sustainable fishing. The date was 17th March 2020 and little did either know that the UK along with the rest of the world was about to go into lockdown.

A bond quickly formed between the unlikely duo, with Sion also facing financial disaster – heavy storms had been preventing him from making his catch, and now Covid 19 meant his export to China and Europe was closed, leaving him with no route to market.
welsh coastline

At the time 90% of the shellfish caught in Welsh waters were exported, making Sion very vulnerable to situations outside the UK’s control. Sion told Jude: “Shortening the supply chains reduces carbon footprint. It make no sense exporting high quality seafood that is high in nutrients all over Europe and half way around the world when we could be eating it and benefiting economically and health wise consuming it within the UK.”

Sion Lockdown Lobsters

The pair hatched a unique plan with a mission to sell Sion’s catch to London, with the view to shorten supply chains for the better. At first using word of mouth and Whatsapp groups they started to take orders from Jude’s network in London. The plan was to sell to neighbours and friends and then went viral on social media.

“Suddenly strangers got hold of this and were just sending me emails saying they had deposited money for lobsters into my account with their address.” Says Jude. “We then had the problem of collecting the Lobsters and delivering them live under global pandemic heavy lockdown. We opted for drop off points with the Giraffe House in Regents Park being a popular choice. 30 People lined up with masks as lobsters were passed out of the back of the car.”

Since then tons upon tons of lobsters have been sold and Lockdown Lobsters is now a fully limited company. They now ship lobsters next day to anyone from sea to front door in the UK within 24 hrs. The mission for Lockdown Lobsters is to continue beyond the pandemic. Through Sion’s network, they hope to work with other fishermen to maximise the opportunity of shortening supply chain and get the UK eating affordable and fresh native lobsters.

Lockdown Lobsters have gone from strength to strength and now supply restaurants across the UK including The Snooty Fox in Lowick.

Sion Williams is a third generation lobster fisherman, and his father still helps him get his boat out every day at a small natural cove on the Lynn Peninsular. He is on the Welsh Government’s Fisheries Management Group and a director of the Welsh Fishermen’s Association. He also works closely with Fisheries Enforcement to protect Welsh seas, and Bangor University on lobster and crab management projects.

Jude Edginton is a London based portrait photographer. Clients include Channel 4, The BBC, Adidas, Nike, Microsoft, Mobil 1, The Times Magazine, Shortlist, ESPN The Magazine, The Sunday Times, The New York Times. His subjects range from Gogglebox stars to Noel Gallagher and from Thierry Henry to Boris Johnson. He is a winner of the Picture Editor awards Magazine Photographer Of The Year and has twice been nominated for the British Press awards. judeedginton.com