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@Oliver Schick
I went to the Pig's Ear last night. It's still on tonight if you want to go. For some reason I'd never managed to get to a beer festival before, so having it just down the road was a good opportunity. Unfortunately, the documentation of which beers were vegan was pretty poor. Some of my friends were among the (volunteer) bar staff and tried to help me out but there didn't seem to be any information available, so they were only able to point me towards unfined beers. I didn't mind, as I like unfined beer. I have to stress that it still struck me as a great event, with lots of volunteer dedication, and I'll probably go again next year. They've promised to provide better info about the vegan beers on offer next time.
The first two selections weren't really to my taste. Pitfield's Wheat Christmas had cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in it, which didn't win me over. It was entirely my own fault for not reading about it in the festival booklet and not asking for a quick taste, though. Lesson learned. I'd gone for half pints, so it wasn't too bad. I can't remember the name of the pale ale I had in that round, but I didn't like it that much, either. Then I had a half of Kubla, another unfined pale ale, which was OK, and a half of Holy Mole (Bexar County). That was a very nice beer, I thought, and I had a whole pint of it to finish off the evening. A very unusual taste. You can read a couple of intricate descriptions of the flavour here. I only managed three pints in total as I spent most of the time chatting. Would go again.