The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is to host the first ever Twitter beer tasting event in celebration of National Cask Ale Week, which kicks off today.
Beer expert Roger Protz will lead the online tasting event tonight via the Twitter feed Realalelive.
Pub-goers can then follow Roger's Protz's comments on the real ales and discuss what they like or dislike about the beers.
CAMRA will allow participants the opportunity to ask Protz questions on each of the beers and their respective breweries.
CAMRA has selected five popular draught real ales in advance, which are available in a number of pubs across the UK to ensure that as many people as possible are able to participate from the comfort of their local pub.
The real ales that have been selected and the running order for the event are as follows:
• 7:30pm Fuller's (London), Discovery
• 7:45pm Fuller's (London), London Pride
• 8:00pm Short Break
• 8:15pm Wells and Young's (Bedford), Bombardier
• 8:30pm Young's (Bedford), Special
• 8:45pm Hall and Woodhouse (Dorset), Tanglefoot
"The 'RealAleLive' Twitter tasting is a new way to make trying real ale fun and interactive," said CAMRA marketing manager Tony Jerome.
"CAMRA has seen a huge growth in the number of men and women trying real ale over the last 12 months and believes that 'Real ale live' will encourage even more people to give it a try at the beginning of National Cask Ale Week.
"If it is a success then perhaps brewers can copy the format and do their own Twitter tastings in the future to help grow this sector."
• Follow the tasting at www.twitter.com/Realalelive