If you are wondering how to tell a great pint from an average or a duff one, then here are some tips. 1. Unless advertised as being hazy, cask beer should be clear and bright in appearance in the glass, this even applies to the dark milds and stouts. 2. Always look...
In Pete Brown’s first book, ‘Man Walks into a Pub’, the author makes an observation about beers brewed specifically for women. “Every now and again some brewer will have another punt at a beer targeted at women. They never work. It’s not that women don’t drink...
As a natural, live product with a limited shelf life, if a pub does not sell enough cask ale, the beer becomes old and loses its freshness. It is essential that pubs only stock as many ales as they can guarantee good throughput on. To maintain beer quality, cask ale...
Can you make more profit from beer – In pubs beer typically represents 63% of wet sales (AC Neilsen) but do we spend any real time ensuring that we give total customer satisfaction in this area? Beer quality and range can affect sales by 3% and improve yields by...
Ensuring your beers are top quality is crucial to every pub to boost sales and there are often common issues that are affecting pubs. Fobbing, temperature and head are the three most common issues affecting beer quality. Research shows that the most common faults on...
A day in the life of a cask, let me introduce myself. I am a 9 gallon cask and life began in France. None of my friends are English as production has now stopped in England. You could call us immigrants. Today we are all made of stainless steel and I think I cost...
