The participants on the CaskFinder app Ale Trail have been encouraged to taste beers and give their feedback on how they rate them on a score of 1 to 5. The top beer in 2013 to date is Marstons Old Empire which overall received a 95% rating. Thornbridge have two beers...
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...
Most people in our trade are now aware of the increased interest by the consumer in cask ale reflected by a strong revival in market share – 5% growth versus a 2% decline in beer. Cask beer now represents 45.3% of total ale volume and 16.4% of total draught beers. It...
In an evening designed to span political divisions, Dea Latis, the industry’s beer and women forum, this week hosted the first-ever beer tasting designed for women MPs at the House of Commons. A lively crowd of over 50 women (and some brave men) were guests of...
A Cambridgeshire man has become to first to visit 1,000 pubs as part of Cask Marque’s World’s Biggest Ale Trail. The Ale Trail is one of the features of the Cask Marque phone app (CaskFinder), which pinpoints cask ale pubs across the country. Users can ‘scan’ the Cask...
