With the cost of living crisis hitting us, more homeowners are adding their own pub to their gardens.
With the average cost of a pint now over £4 across the UK and over £5 in London it’s no surprise Brits are looking for ways to save on the cost of their entertainment.
By building your own garden pub you can save on the cost of the booze with a pint from the local supermarket costing just £1.38.
So it's easy to see how much is saved by having your favourite tipple at home, plus there's the added advantage of no expensive taxis home or waiting at a bus stop, for a bus that might not even turn up!
During the pandemic the popularity of having your own pub in your garden exploded, estimates put the number of over more two million back garden pubs and bars that are now in operation.
Many of these bars are DIY builds featuring fully functioning bars with sound systems, pool tables, darts boards, real fires, and a huge range of drinks for friends and family.
The owners even name their bars with many owners having a bar sign featuring their bar name and a tongue in cheek design.
To recognise the best of the best Pubshedradio.uk, Twofatblokes.co.uk & the Facebook group Garden Shed Pubs & Nightclubs run a competition for back garden publicans to enter their bar for the converted title Pub Shed of The Year 2022 plus various other prizes for first, second and third places.
With 1,066 entries this year the judges selected their top three which go to a public vote via their voting platform https://pubshedoftheyear.co.uk Each bar is shown on the site for visitors from across the UK to vote for their favourite between 14th and 28th October 2022.
The final winner of PSOTY2022 will be broadcast live on Pubshedradio.uk the partner of Twofatblokes.co.uk.
None of the finalist will know if they are the winners until the live on air announcement., Ashley Turner the owner of twofatblokes.co.uk, DJ Tommy Funka the owner of Pub Shed Radio & Nick St.John from Garden Shed Pubs & Nightclubs will knock on the door of the winners Pub Shed Of The Year on the night of 12th November complete with a DJ rig to broadcast live to the nation!
The three finalist for the public vote are
The Dog & Ball - Portsmouth
The Stagger Inn - Manchester
The Tiger - Minehead
Two Fat Blokes Bar Sign Emporium Ran by Ashley Turner is a small company of two somewhat rotund men who, following redundancy in February 2021, launched their own company to make and sell bar signs to fellow back garden publicans. All profits made from selling Pub Shed Radio merchandise is gifted to Pub Shed Radio to help keep the radio station free and on air.
Pub Shed Radio is a not-for-profit ad free radio station running for the last three years by DJ MRJ and DJ Tommy Funka, it broadcasts on the internet at http://pubshedradio.uk and via Alexa every evening and all weekend with DJs broadcasting from their own garden pubs. All the shows are hugely interactive via the groups Shoutbox on Facebook,
The DJs are all semi-professionals who have daytime jobs and then run a typical two hour show in the evening. Music styles to suit all. The DJs all pay to play to keep the station on air for free.
Garden Shed Pubs & Nightclubs Facebook Group. The group started 4 years ago with the aim of getting like minded people help and advise on how to build and obtain everything they needed to build their own garden bar. Fast-forward 4 years and the group has 286,000 active members with help and advice from experts in building, electrics, beer pups etc. The group has inspired many many people to build their own with ideas picked up from the group.
A pub in the garden sounds like a great idea for celebrating Christmas with your friends and family members.
