The Fox and Goose
@foxandgoose.org
West Yorkshire's first community-owned pub. We celebrate local brewers. 7 Heptonstall Road, Hebden Bridge. HX7 6AZ. info@foxandgoose.org
Want to stay up to date with what's happening at the Fox?
Our lovely members and staff produce a quarterly newsletter. Just contact info@foxandgoose.org to subscribe by email.
Huge thanks to Katch Skinner for the Autumn newsletter sketch.
Our lovely members and staff produce a quarterly newsletter. Just contact info@foxandgoose.org to subscribe by email.
Huge thanks to Katch Skinner for the Autumn newsletter sketch.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Want to stay up to date with what's happening at the Fox?
Our lovely members and staff produce a quarterly newsletter. Just contact info@foxandgoose.org to subscribe by email.
Huge thanks to Katch Skinner for the Autumn newsletter sketch.
Our lovely members and staff produce a quarterly newsletter. Just contact info@foxandgoose.org to subscribe by email.
Huge thanks to Katch Skinner for the Autumn newsletter sketch.
We've just invested in the brilliant Calder Valley Community Land Trust's @cvclt1.bsky.social's Northfield Project as part of our cooperative's commitment to supporting our wider community.
You can see a video about the project here: youtu.be/4h87lTXFDMA #HebdenBridge #Heptonstall
You can see a video about the project here: youtu.be/4h87lTXFDMA #HebdenBridge #Heptonstall
Let's create an affordable rented home in Northfield, Heptonstall
YouTube video by Calder Valley Community Land Trust
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November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've just invested in the brilliant Calder Valley Community Land Trust's @cvclt1.bsky.social's Northfield Project as part of our cooperative's commitment to supporting our wider community.
You can see a video about the project here: youtu.be/4h87lTXFDMA #HebdenBridge #Heptonstall
You can see a video about the project here: youtu.be/4h87lTXFDMA #HebdenBridge #Heptonstall
2015 must have been a vintage year for new breweries.
This week, #Rochdale's Serious Brewing Company celebrates its 10th anniversary.
We're celebrating it too, with a range of their finest ales on this weekend, including their award winning Goldrush and Moonlight.
Happy birthday!
This week, #Rochdale's Serious Brewing Company celebrates its 10th anniversary.
We're celebrating it too, with a range of their finest ales on this weekend, including their award winning Goldrush and Moonlight.
Happy birthday!
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
2015 must have been a vintage year for new breweries.
This week, #Rochdale's Serious Brewing Company celebrates its 10th anniversary.
We're celebrating it too, with a range of their finest ales on this weekend, including their award winning Goldrush and Moonlight.
Happy birthday!
This week, #Rochdale's Serious Brewing Company celebrates its 10th anniversary.
We're celebrating it too, with a range of their finest ales on this weekend, including their award winning Goldrush and Moonlight.
Happy birthday!
If you've ever wondered about green hop beers and why they're so special, this piece on the 2025 green hop harvest is a great introduction. Thanks to @boakandbailey.bsky.social for signposting.
www.seanislegend.com/green-hop-beer
www.seanislegend.com/green-hop-beer
From Bine to Glass: Brewing with Green Hops | beer photography by Sean McEmerson
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2025 hop harvest, following fresh green hops from Hukins Hops in Kent to breweries like Five Points and Beak as they brew with them only hours after picking.
www.seanislegend.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
If you've ever wondered about green hop beers and why they're so special, this piece on the 2025 green hop harvest is a great introduction. Thanks to @boakandbailey.bsky.social for signposting.
www.seanislegend.com/green-hop-beer
www.seanislegend.com/green-hop-beer
Gale beer, #Yorkshire bog myrtle beer. No, we hadn't either.
"Gale beer provides an example of how radically changing lifestyles and environmental conditions can alter our food and drink in only a few decades of historical change." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
"Gale beer provides an example of how radically changing lifestyles and environmental conditions can alter our food and drink in only a few decades of historical change." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
The Going Through — Gale Beer, Saison’s Lost Yorkshire Cousin — Pellicle
It pours from an unmarked swing-necked brown bottle, a clear liquid with a light effervescence which disappears quickly in the glass. It smells like gingerbread, but tastes either sweet when young or ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Gale beer, #Yorkshire bog myrtle beer. No, we hadn't either.
"Gale beer provides an example of how radically changing lifestyles and environmental conditions can alter our food and drink in only a few decades of historical change." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
"Gale beer provides an example of how radically changing lifestyles and environmental conditions can alter our food and drink in only a few decades of historical change." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
Last weekend, one of the directors had promising results from initial trials investigating the concept of the 'homeopathic hair of the dog'.
It's another exciting low/no application, in addition to them being very nice to drink when you really don't need any alcohol. Currently on. 👇
It's another exciting low/no application, in addition to them being very nice to drink when you really don't need any alcohol. Currently on. 👇
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Last weekend, one of the directors had promising results from initial trials investigating the concept of the 'homeopathic hair of the dog'.
It's another exciting low/no application, in addition to them being very nice to drink when you really don't need any alcohol. Currently on. 👇
It's another exciting low/no application, in addition to them being very nice to drink when you really don't need any alcohol. Currently on. 👇
Excited for the day when we can make Fox and Goose t-shirts from the proteins in brewers yeast. cen.acs.org/materials/Br...
Brewing waste: The solution to sustainable fashion?
Biodegradable fibers spun from yeast protein avoid the resource use and pollution of cotton, wool, and polyester
cen.acs.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Excited for the day when we can make Fox and Goose t-shirts from the proteins in brewers yeast. cen.acs.org/materials/Br...
We leave no stone unturned in our quest for tasty brews for you. In this example travelling for 58 whole minutes to Hetton in the Yorkshire Dales.
The object of our quest, the Dark Horse Brewery, our prize, their Hetton Pale and Nightjar brews.
The object of our quest, the Dark Horse Brewery, our prize, their Hetton Pale and Nightjar brews.
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We leave no stone unturned in our quest for tasty brews for you. In this example travelling for 58 whole minutes to Hetton in the Yorkshire Dales.
The object of our quest, the Dark Horse Brewery, our prize, their Hetton Pale and Nightjar brews.
The object of our quest, the Dark Horse Brewery, our prize, their Hetton Pale and Nightjar brews.
No queuing at the bar, don't order cocktails, no table reservations and always buy your round.
@pelliclemag.com's Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette will shortly be carved upon stone tablets and placed above the entrance to the toilets.
@pelliclemag.com's Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette will shortly be carved upon stone tablets and placed above the entrance to the toilets.
The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
No queuing at the bar, don't order cocktails, no table reservations and always buy your round.
@pelliclemag.com's Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette will shortly be carved upon stone tablets and placed above the entrance to the toilets.
@pelliclemag.com's Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette will shortly be carved upon stone tablets and placed above the entrance to the toilets.
Like trees, fresh air and a nice view? Got some spare time on Fridays? You could do worse than...
If you're free on Fridays, we would be delighted if you could volunteer at our Daisy Bank Community Tree Nursery in Mytholmroyd 🌱
We're growing local provenance trees for hedgerow and woodland planting projects as well as local Natural Flood Management schemes.
www.eventbrite.com/e/daisy-bank...
We're growing local provenance trees for hedgerow and woodland planting projects as well as local Natural Flood Management schemes.
www.eventbrite.com/e/daisy-bank...
Daisy Bank Community Tree Nursery Volunteer Day
Join us for our weekly Friday community tree nursery volunteer day, sharing skills & time outside growing trees at Daisy Bank in Mytholmroyd
www.eventbrite.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Like trees, fresh air and a nice view? Got some spare time on Fridays? You could do worse than...
In case you're wondering, our town #HebdenBridge isn't in a national park. Something mulled on by @jpspencer.bsky.social in this post.
Not the first time a designation has been proposed for the South Pennines; an area named after an @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social map. 🙃
Not the first time a designation has been proposed for the South Pennines; an area named after an @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social map. 🙃
Only one upland area of England remains an unprotected landscape. So why is the South Pennines area between Leeds and Manchester a tricky area to deal with?
Read more about the unique history of the place and what it means for the future in the post below.
open.substack.com/pub/futureno...
Read more about the unique history of the place and what it means for the future in the post below.
open.substack.com/pub/futureno...
A new national park for the Pennines?
Only one upland area of England is not a protected landscape
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In case you're wondering, our town #HebdenBridge isn't in a national park. Something mulled on by @jpspencer.bsky.social in this post.
Not the first time a designation has been proposed for the South Pennines; an area named after an @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social map. 🙃
Not the first time a designation has been proposed for the South Pennines; an area named after an @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social map. 🙃
Reposted by The Fox and Goose
Freedom to roam? What's next? @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social looks back - and ahead - here gritstonecoop.co.uk/gritblog/cam... Come and join us to hear more, Hebden Bridge Nov 29 @ramblers.org.uk @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Freedom to roam? What's next? @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social looks back - and ahead - here gritstonecoop.co.uk/gritblog/cam... Come and join us to hear more, Hebden Bridge Nov 29 @ramblers.org.uk @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
Treat yourselves to some harrowing antics at the Fox this #Halloween weekend, or simply accept it as an elaborate justification to drink nice beer in a costume.
We have goings on going on this Friday and Sunday, should you dare to join us.
#HebdenBridge
We have goings on going on this Friday and Sunday, should you dare to join us.
#HebdenBridge
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Treat yourselves to some harrowing antics at the Fox this #Halloween weekend, or simply accept it as an elaborate justification to drink nice beer in a costume.
We have goings on going on this Friday and Sunday, should you dare to join us.
#HebdenBridge
We have goings on going on this Friday and Sunday, should you dare to join us.
#HebdenBridge
We used to love an apple day at the Fox not sure we've got one this year, which is a shame given that it's been a bumper year for them.
If you've ever wondered about the flavour of yours, this is a nice guide to why they taste like they do. 🍎🍏
If you've ever wondered about the flavour of yours, this is a nice guide to why they taste like they do. 🍎🍏
Why are some apples as sweet as honey while others make your face pucker? 🍎
Dive into the chemistry behind apple sweetness, tartness, and aroma in this graphic!
👉 Read more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/16/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
Dive into the chemistry behind apple sweetness, tartness, and aroma in this graphic!
👉 Read more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/16/a...
#ChemSky 🧪
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
We used to love an apple day at the Fox not sure we've got one this year, which is a shame given that it's been a bumper year for them.
If you've ever wondered about the flavour of yours, this is a nice guide to why they taste like they do. 🍎🍏
If you've ever wondered about the flavour of yours, this is a nice guide to why they taste like they do. 🍎🍏
Another day dawns in Hebbywood, West Yorkshire's hottest location for the production of moving pictures.
If you're feeling the chill after gawping at drones and celebs all day, come and get your chops around this warming Parkin Stout from @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social
If you're feeling the chill after gawping at drones and celebs all day, come and get your chops around this warming Parkin Stout from @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another day dawns in Hebbywood, West Yorkshire's hottest location for the production of moving pictures.
If you're feeling the chill after gawping at drones and celebs all day, come and get your chops around this warming Parkin Stout from @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social
If you're feeling the chill after gawping at drones and celebs all day, come and get your chops around this warming Parkin Stout from @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social
This October the pub's showcasing local mixed media abstract painter and poet, Florence Hutchinson.
Florence works instinctually and spontaneously, drawn by emotion or a fragment of a memory. She also writes visceral poetry about folklore, strange local history, motherhood, botany and horror.
Florence works instinctually and spontaneously, drawn by emotion or a fragment of a memory. She also writes visceral poetry about folklore, strange local history, motherhood, botany and horror.
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This October the pub's showcasing local mixed media abstract painter and poet, Florence Hutchinson.
Florence works instinctually and spontaneously, drawn by emotion or a fragment of a memory. She also writes visceral poetry about folklore, strange local history, motherhood, botany and horror.
Florence works instinctually and spontaneously, drawn by emotion or a fragment of a memory. She also writes visceral poetry about folklore, strange local history, motherhood, botany and horror.
Looking forward to the arrival of this Green Hop Bitter from @runawaybrewery.bsky.social and @trackbrewingco.bsky.social featuring Fuggles, Prima Donna and Hersbrucker hops grown and harvested in Manchester of all places!
A bumper harvest this year, by all accounts.
A bumper harvest this year, by all accounts.
October 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Looking forward to the arrival of this Green Hop Bitter from @runawaybrewery.bsky.social and @trackbrewingco.bsky.social featuring Fuggles, Prima Donna and Hersbrucker hops grown and harvested in Manchester of all places!
A bumper harvest this year, by all accounts.
A bumper harvest this year, by all accounts.
Can't think of a better place to spend a wet weekend than the pub. And to mark the end of #Oktoberfest we have a range of German style beers making their way to the pumps. Come down and try something different.
October 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Can't think of a better place to spend a wet weekend than the pub. And to mark the end of #Oktoberfest we have a range of German style beers making their way to the pumps. Come down and try something different.
Understandable how quickly things like this could escalate.
#OtD 2 Oct 1766 the Nottingham Great Cheese Riot began. Angry at the excessive price of cheese, a mob formed who seized it and began wheeling or carrying the cheeses away, bowling over the mayor with a cheese. The army put down rioting 2 days later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9225...
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Understandable how quickly things like this could escalate.
The Good Beer Guide 2026 has landed! Love that our entry foregrounds our "warm welcome to locals and visitors alike", thank you @camraofficial.bsky.social.
It's lovely recognition for all of our team, especially our cellarman Andrew for sourcing, handling, and serving great real ale. Cheers! 🍻
It's lovely recognition for all of our team, especially our cellarman Andrew for sourcing, handling, and serving great real ale. Cheers! 🍻
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Good Beer Guide 2026 has landed! Love that our entry foregrounds our "warm welcome to locals and visitors alike", thank you @camraofficial.bsky.social.
It's lovely recognition for all of our team, especially our cellarman Andrew for sourcing, handling, and serving great real ale. Cheers! 🍻
It's lovely recognition for all of our team, especially our cellarman Andrew for sourcing, handling, and serving great real ale. Cheers! 🍻
Much to appreciate here. Firstly that cask ale has made it into @slowfoodhq.bsky.social's Ark of Taste, secondly that there is such a thing as the Ark of Taste.
We very much agree that cask ale is special stuff. beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...
We very much agree that cask ale is special stuff. beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...
Cask beer is embraced by Slow Food Movement - Beer Today
The Slow Food Movement has recognised the significance of Cask Beer, through the work of members of the Mid-Chilterns branch of CAMRA
beertoday.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Much to appreciate here. Firstly that cask ale has made it into @slowfoodhq.bsky.social's Ark of Taste, secondly that there is such a thing as the Ark of Taste.
We very much agree that cask ale is special stuff. beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...
We very much agree that cask ale is special stuff. beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...
#HebdenBridge: come for the history. Stay for a pint.
With its steep hills, fast-flowing streams and access to major textile markets, Hebden Bridge was an ideal site for the development of water-powered weaving mills and the town rapidly grew during the 19th and 20th centuries. Once served by a pack horse route over the hills
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#HebdenBridge: come for the history. Stay for a pint.
What are you up to this weekend? The weather doesn't look too shabby if you fancy a stroll.
Among many beers, this weekend we have these two beauties from Anthology over in Leeds.
On cask, Canapé a west coast table beer, on keg, Canopy, a west coast pale.
We assume both refer to Fleetwood.
Among many beers, this weekend we have these two beauties from Anthology over in Leeds.
On cask, Canapé a west coast table beer, on keg, Canopy, a west coast pale.
We assume both refer to Fleetwood.
September 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
What are you up to this weekend? The weather doesn't look too shabby if you fancy a stroll.
Among many beers, this weekend we have these two beauties from Anthology over in Leeds.
On cask, Canapé a west coast table beer, on keg, Canopy, a west coast pale.
We assume both refer to Fleetwood.
Among many beers, this weekend we have these two beauties from Anthology over in Leeds.
On cask, Canapé a west coast table beer, on keg, Canopy, a west coast pale.
We assume both refer to Fleetwood.
New government announcement today would see more powers for communities to take over high street assets like pubs. Very curious to see the small print and what is expected to change www.gov.uk/government/n...
Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride
Local communities will be handed new powers to revitalise their high streets and restore pride in their towns.
www.gov.uk
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
New government announcement today would see more powers for communities to take over high street assets like pubs. Very curious to see the small print and what is expected to change www.gov.uk/government/n...
This week in music at the Fox and Goose #HebdenBridge.
Tuesday: Hebden Bridge Ukuleles, 7-9pm
Thursday: Irish session, 8-11pm
Sunday: Blues jam, 3-8pm
Come get some.
Tuesday: Hebden Bridge Ukuleles, 7-9pm
Thursday: Irish session, 8-11pm
Sunday: Blues jam, 3-8pm
Come get some.
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This week in music at the Fox and Goose #HebdenBridge.
Tuesday: Hebden Bridge Ukuleles, 7-9pm
Thursday: Irish session, 8-11pm
Sunday: Blues jam, 3-8pm
Come get some.
Tuesday: Hebden Bridge Ukuleles, 7-9pm
Thursday: Irish session, 8-11pm
Sunday: Blues jam, 3-8pm
Come get some.