ok not all home brewers do it in sheds, but some do, this great video about Americans who want to get quality beer into their lives.
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Win some beer to drink in your shed
To celebrate St George’s Day, Drink of England, Wells Bombardier is undertaking a nationwide hunt for the Champion of England. And to celebrate readersheds.co.uk inclusion on the list of champions, our patriotic friends at Bombardier have given us four cases of the lovely Wells Bombardier to give away. So we are going to split it… Continue reading Win some beer to drink in your shed
Beer of the Week – Get ready for St David’s day
Hopefully I will be posting more again about my 2nd favorite pastime – drinking real ale…. Weatherpersons (love them or hate them) have got a good range of Welsh beers on at the moment ready for our Patrons saints day on Sunday. out of my patriotic nature, I have sampled a few.. As usual the… Continue reading Beer of the Week – Get ready for St David’s day
Beer brewing in the shed – Beer of the year
BBC up north east, reports (around 20 mins in) Emma Milne sets out on a pub crawl with a difference – this time round the breweries set up in sheds in back gardens in Darlington We mentioned the beer sheddies before but its great to see them in action. They have their own Beer of… Continue reading Beer brewing in the shed – Beer of the year
Shed + sheddies x beer = Shed Homebrew Heaven
A great little story from the Journal in N’castle The equation couldn’t be simpler. While men and sheds have always been an irresistible combination, inserting brewing enthusiasm into the formula results in Paradise. John Winterburn, John Anderson, Pete Fenwick, Ian Jackson, Trevor Danes, John Penman and another half-dozen ale stalwarts scattered from Hartlepool to Gainford… Continue reading Shed + sheddies x beer = Shed Homebrew Heaven
Win a copy of Brew your own British Ale
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.
Not my beer of the week – 99p Greene king IPA
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,… Continue reading Not my beer of the week – 99p Greene king IPA
Beer of the week : Wetherspoons beer festival
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. [flickr]photo:3027512888[/flickr][flickr]photo:3027511676[/flickr][flickr]photo:3024766265[/flickr][flickr]photo:3025592400[/flickr][flickr]photo:3009689221[/flickr][flickr]photo:3010524254[/flickr][flickr]photo:3009688335[/flickr][flickr]photo:3005990076[/flickr][flickr]photo:3005900652[/flickr][flickr]photo:3007239493[/flickr][flickr]photo:3005900024[/flickr][flickr]photo:3002752522[/flickr][flickr]photo:3002751986[/flickr][flickr]photo:3000029655[/flickr][flickr]photo:2989292912[/flickr][flickr]photo:2989292346[/flickr] Anyway you… Continue reading Beer of the week : Wetherspoons beer festival
Beer of the Week – It’s not all dark
Keep wanting to do another one of these posts from my Beer of the Week Group [flickr]photo:2926490590[/flickr] [flickr]photo:2921357004[/flickr] [flickr]photo:2878708403[/flickr] [flickr]photo:2904722093[/flickr] anyway two dates for the diary The Worlds Biggest Real Ale festival 20th October to 16th November Oct-O-Bar-Fest 08 Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th October 2008.
Champion Beer of Wales Competition 2008 announced
Congrats to the otley brewing company they won the Champion beer of Wales 2008 with their excellant but strong 08 Overall Winner – Otley O8 Runner Up – Brains SA Gold Third place Brains Dark Arfur Daley has a video of them hearing they won. Category Winners Mild Winner – Brains Dark Runner up –… Continue reading Champion Beer of Wales Competition 2008 announced