Our friends at Camra of course the people that are Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers’, like us sheddies!

Has given us a copy of the 3rd edition of the excellent Brew Your Own British Real Ale

You can win a copy here.

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I am thinking of getting one of these Starter kits from brewityourself.

But it costs £60, and brews 40 pints, so £1.50 a pint (if it works) of course you can reuse the gear again… but with wetherspons selling IPA at 99p a pint… is it worthwhile for a sheddie like me to brew my own?

Here’s what the kit contains.

This beginners pack comes complete with an award winning Woodfordes Wherry Beer Kit and every you need to turn it into 40 pints of premium real ale.

If you’re looking for the best beer making kit on the market – this is it!

It comes complete with all the equipment you need, plus a 3KG Woodfordes beer kit.

If you’re buying this as a gift, you can be confident that you can present it in the morning and they’ll be brewing in the afternoon!

This beginners kit includes

* 25 Litre brewing bin
* paddle
* Syphon
* Steriliser
* Hydrometer
* Woodfordes Wherry beer kit
* 40 pint barrel

Which hopefully will be everything a total novice like me would need.

Have you sheddies any tips for a numpty like me?

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My first pint of the new year and I was disappointed.

It was the 99p Greene king IPA over at my local JD Wetherspoon, I know it will prove popular in these credit crunch times, but it was too cold..and tasteless (I have had GK IPA before and it was drinkable) .. but not today, maybe it was new year flush or maybe it was the bitter taste of paying 99p!

I am sticking to the guest ales from now on, not that Iam made of money but it pays to get a half decent pint.

on the plus side I had they £2.99 Ham, eggs & chips and it was very good.

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I don’t post enough about my other love on this blog as much as I would like – Real Ale that is……

I have been partaking in the wetherspoons beer festival for the last week or so around the pubs of Cardiff, and have had some great beer… here is a selection.

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Anyway you can Vote for your favorites over at their website.

My task for 2009 is to brew my own in the shed, so any tips welcome..

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Not done one of these for ages, but as there seems to be more and more shedpubs and I like my beer

Here is my list of my favourite beers for the last number of weeks.

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remember you can add your favourite beers to my flickr group Beer of the Week.,

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