Although alcohol sales in pubs are declining, the real ale percentage of that is on the increase.

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Figures from the real ale lobby group show 11 breweries opened in Wales over 12 months, with six of them in pubs.

BBC: A pint of real ale being poured

At the nearby New Plough, I met some real ale campaigners.

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The number of microbreweries in Wales is set to carry on rising as the pub industry deals with continued closures, says the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra).

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In its inaugural year, more than 4, 500 pints of beer and 800 pints of cider and perry were served during the three-day Camra Real Ale Festival in Douglas.

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Real ale campaigners and the brewers - both large and micro - had raised concerns over the impact of the beer tax escalator, which imposed an automatic annual above-inflation increase on a pint.

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They going remove real ale from pubs next?

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In 1992 taxes on British micro-brewers were slashed by 50% and it sparked an industry revival that continues to this day: 71 breweries opened in Britain in 2009 alone, taking the total to 711, according to the Campaign for Real Ale, a pressure group.

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But while the British real ale movement of the same era harked back to a bygone age, American brewers of the same era were associated from its outset with the west coast counterculture, according to Maureen Ogle, author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer.

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In theory, ginger-containing products such as ginger ale, ginger snaps, and other products could reduce nausea, too, but only if they contained real ginger root, not just ginger flavoring.

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