Tag Archives: cask ale

Cask Ale Tasting at Cigar City Brewing

As Cask Ale Week begins in England (or so I am told), the celebration began early in Tampa Bay.   A charitable event by Whole Foods Market was brought into the realm of craft beer at Cigar City Brewing on Saturday, offering a selection of cask ales along with several other kegs, and food provided [...]

A Fast Cask

This week Marston’s revealed what could be the next generation of cask ale: the Fast Cask. The hope is that this will revolutionise the quality and availability of cask ale.

Beer School – Serving Temperature

Try to match these slogans with the beer brand they have been used for: “Cold as the Rockies”, “Cold. Wet. Delicious”, or how about “A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer and the best cold beer is Victoria Bitter”. Okay, so that last one wasn’t all that challenging, but it illustrates the [...]

An embarrassment of riches – Part 2

I, for one, appreciate reading that someone in the mainstream can appreciate beer for the beverage that it is and acknowledge that not all beer-drinkers are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals with a beer bong and a popped collar.

Gotham Cask Festival

With the start of fall just around the corner and the evenings already starting to cool, it is time again for New Yorkers to get out and enjoy the bounty that the craft beer world has to offer them.