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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/beginners-kits/beer/woodfordes-microbrewery/complete-woodfordes-starter-equipment-set.html
Buying a second box of Wherry, already having the kit, would have worked out at 50p per pint. But I went straight to malt extract brewing for my second one, which involved more kit. A huge stock pot for a start! But the end result is leaps and bounds beyond the Wherry kit which is already a good beer. I also use Greg Hughes' 'Home Brew Beer' book.
If you do try this out (and you should) then don't be quick to drink your efforts. Give it a fortnight to ferment (some instructions say 1 week but better to leave it a bit for the yeast to fully work itself out) then 5 weeks to condition at room temperature. I was trying my first batch after 2-3 weeks and it didn't taste right. After 5 weeks it was fine, and improved again after that. I only used the barrel on my first go and have bottled ever since as I don't have any way to chill a barrel! Bottling needs extra gear and it is a nuisance to clean and sterilize them all but I recently bought a bottle stand washer and it is fab! Plus you get to label them and give them to your pals!
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Also, anything owned by Marstons tends to be pretty shit too. Ringwood, Wychwood, Banks'
Smaller commerical breweries and independents are where the good stuff is at.
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I've had to be more careful recently since discovering this - I know the waitrose ones are all vegetarian friendly.
But as for others, I don't know. It's a shame because there are vegetarian alternatives for finings that work really well. One local market chap switched to them because, although slightly more expensive (I think he said that anyway!) he said a lot of his customers were vegetarians, and it seemed a shame to not cater over such a small thing.
Might be different with larger breweries though...
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Bass.
Drink that, shit like water!
I know.
I wonder if there is a list of ales and beers that are suitable for vegetarians? Some say on the label, some say not suitable, most have nothing...
I'd hate to lose these great flavours. Giving up meat and haribo was easy, but I fucking love a nice beer. I never used to until I had (believe it or not) a hobgoblin and thought, "this has flavour".
Then Europe just blew my tits off.
I think, by definition, wheat beer cannot - it contains wheat, not just barley, hops and water.
But if it helps me find beer with no finings, I hadn't considered that.
the purity law started stating beer could only have 3 ingredients. It was before they knew yeast existed.
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But if it means no finings...
Which I doubt. Sigh.
If you know of any ales and beers that are "safe", please feel free to let me know.
Also, I might pm you about brewing and stuff.
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