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What Ails Cask Ale? (Part One)
(Reproduced courtesy of Pete Brown. Follow him here.) The latest edition of the Cask Report has prompted quite the debate around the plight and possible future of cask. I didn’t write the Report this year (well, only bits of it) but I did do the research behind it....
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Wheat Beer!
The Cask Marque Guide To Beer Styles:I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has...
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Stouts & Porters!
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not...
Ale Enthusiasts bound together by Cask Marque Ale Trail
A group of ale enthusiasts brought together by Cask Marque’s ‘Ale Trail’ have forged a firm friendship after becoming Ale Ambassadors for the brand. Drinkers are awarded ‘Ale Ambassador’ status by Cask Marque when they scan 500 or more Cask Marque...
BBPA Annual Dinner Award Winners Announced
St Austell Brewery, Joseph Holt, S.A. Brain, Molson Coors and Ian Payne MBE scooped up the honours at this year’s British Beer & Pub Association Annual Awards, presented at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner in London; a celebration of Britain’s beer and pub industry. ...
Cloudwater Brewery returns to Cask
Cloudwater Brewery announced last week that it was bringing back production of cask beer. The brewery had chosen to dispense with cask a couple of years ago and instead to concentrate on keg, in a move that was widely debated in the beer industry. The...
Nicholsons Pubs Launch Autumn Showcase
Nicholson’s Pubs have announced the launch of their third annual Autumn Beer Showcase, a month-long event championing all things beer. Running from 24th September to 4th November, it will allow hop heads and guests the chance to try some of Britain’s best...
Formation of ‘Independent Brewers of Europe’
The independent craft brewing associations of nine European countries have announced successful discussions towards the formation of a new body, the Independent Brewers of Europe (IBE), whose aim is to work together to promote and advance the mutual interests of their...
Cask Report 2018-19
ownload the Cask Report 2018-19 and read about the action plan to tackle cask's decline in sales. One of the key points in the report is TEMPERATURE Research found that 85% of licensees interviewed say they take pride in cask ale and getting it...
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