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Ale Pythons

Ale Pythons

When pubs apply for the Cask Marque Award we test unannounced the temperature, appearance, aroma and taste of each cask beer on sale. Brewers recommend 11-13°C and we allow a tolerance of 1°C each side in order to be able to score full marks. 90% of the pubs which...
Views of the Industry Insider

Views of the Industry Insider

When Cask Marque was set up in 1998 to promote the cask category within the industry we quickly discovered over a third of the pubs in the UK were serving poor quality beer. The question at the time was how could you grow the cask market if customers were frequently...
Cask Marque spreads its wings

Cask Marque spreads its wings

8th June 2012 – With over 8,000 pubs in the UK achieving the Cask Marque award, demand for the scheme is spreading into Europe and America. This week The Bombardier in Paris achieved the award with its owners, Charles Wells, investing not only updating the...
A day in the life of a cask

A day in the life of a cask

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...
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