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Since 1997 Cask Marque has been ensuring that the cask ale you drink in pubs in the UK is in perfect condition.
Our 50 qualified assessors make over 20,000 visits to pubs each year in England, Scotland, Wales, Europe and even America to check the temperature, appearance, aroma and taste of Britain’s favourite drink.
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Dea Latis Beer & Breakfast Matching
Women in beer group Dea Latis held a beer and breakfast matching event at the Parcel Yard, Kings Cross, London, on Friday, December 7, with guests voting on matches selected by Kathy Britton of Oldershaw Brewery. For more information see dealatis.org.uk and follow...
Women & Beer – BBC Inside Out
Here's the feature about women and beer that I researched, produced and presented for BBC1's Inside Out Programme. It was broadcast on Monday 18th October 2010 at 1930. Let me know what you think 🙂 If you'd like to help us in our mission to bring beer to women,...
Promoting your award
Congratulations on becoming Cask Marque accredited! Now you have your Cask Marque plaque and point of sale how do you go about promoting it? We would recommend using some of the ideas on this check list to get the maximum publicity from your award. If you have used...
PR templates for pubs
How should you PR? Contacting the local press is one of the easiest ways to get some free advertising for your pub and to make it even easier we have provided a couple of press templates where the work is virtually done for you. All you have to do is: 1. Click on the...
What is cask ale?
What is cask ale - It is known popularly as "real ale" thanks to more than a quarter-century of feverish and dedicated activity by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). But a brewer and a connoisseur will prefer the term "cask-conditioned beer", for it best expresses the...
Tasting Beer
Tasting beer is not just about being able to say 'this pint is good' or 'this pint is bad'. It is important to be able to identify individual flavours which are present in the beer. There are 1000s of different beers available in British pubs and it is impossible to...
Beer Temperature
Most beers have an ideal serving temperature, but as a general rule, the temperature at which to serve a beer is correlated to the strength of the beer. As beers go up in alcohol, they are generally drunk at a warmer temperature. This is because stronger beers often...
Favourite Beers
If you have downloaded our CaskFinder app you may have noticed that you can vote for your favourite beer. So far 55,775 votes have been made for your favourite beers. We have only included those with 30 votes or more. Below are the top 100 beers with their % rating,...
Cask vs Keg?
Cask beer, also known as real beer, cask ale, cask conditioned beer and real ale is what we are all passionate about, but what’s the difference between cask and lager or keg ales? Cask Beer: This is a fresh, unpasteurised product which needs...
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