Perfect Christmas Gift For A Real Ale Drinker
I will be dead straight with you – I love real ale…maybe a little too much, but we all have our vices!
It comes as no surprise that I have managed to track down the most perfect Christmas gift for a real ale drinker, I was on a bit of a mission. Mini Cask deliveries are just too expensive, and anyway, I have found something much better.
The Mr Beer Real Ale Homebrew Kit from Treathim.com has been a real hit in my house. It is a homebrew kit, but do not be put off by poor imitations. The West Coast Pale Ale kit is more than just chucking ingredients into a bucket and hoping for the best.
There are two stages to the brew - preparing the ‘wort’, the mix that is the base of the real ale, and after a week to ten days the bottling process, which will naturally carbonate your beer. This takes at least a week.
After a week waiting, I tried my first brew. It wasn’t bad, but a little flat. I left it a few more days and went back to another bottle. A very satisfying fizz when I opened the bottle was just what I wanted to hear.
The brew is better than most guest ales you get in pubs. I really mean that. This week, I have to work hard and finish these bottles off as I have another brew waiting to be bottled, ready for New Years Eve!
The fact I made this fab real ale all by myself is just brilliant. I totally recommend the kit, it’s technical enough to be a slight challenge, yet simple enough to be an enjoyable task.
The results speak for themselves, my real ale would hold it’s own against a lot of professionally brewed ales.
If you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a real ale drinker, you have just found it!
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