Hmm, is the next new 'gimmick' selling uncarbonated beer to your beer customers? If so, my 'vote' is this will be a short lived thing. Cheers!
Less of a gimmick and more of a trying to emulate a very old style / method of serving. Not going to work for 99.99% of beers out there, but for young lambic or lambic inspired beers, it can really be quite nice. Had both Cantillon and Boon lambics served still from the barrel and both were lovely. The feel of the beer goes way into the wine side of things, using the acidity and the extremely low finishing gravity to provide the balance. That said, not 100% sure what the Referend is doing with this would be appropriate in the "Cask" conversation, as there is no secondary fermentation happening.
James covered this awhile back, as applied to spontaneous fermentation: “It is our aim to explore the full spectrum of carbonation levels afforded to us…Breweries in America are only recently recovering from the prevailing idea that a still beer is a flat beer, a flawed beer that failed to carbonate in spite of the brewer's intentions” The Referend Bier Blendery | Still Life
Didn’t correlate with the above, so a second post to address what is fairly common stateside & what Deven & Avara alluded to in an earlier post
Unfortunately no. (some day though). Ages ago, they both sold unblended lambic in bag in the boxes and a few made it to Philly area during the 2010 Lambic Summit. edit to my original comment, I meant "still, as it was from the barrel", not "still, straight from the barrel". sorry for any confusion.
I am with you here. From my perspective Cask Ale is a beer that is naturally carbonated within the serving vessel (e.g., a firkin). Cheers!
Introductory Notes: Pete will be stillaging at NERAX (i.e. cellarman), and is bringing 4 real ales: two being collaborations. Harkins will also be on the floor to stir up conversation + part of an industry panel/discussion to discuss cask treatment. Albeit, that panel is not accessible to the general public. Moreover, plans on hosting NERAX North - discussed in an earlier post - are in the near future…when construction is finalized Outside of NERAX - there is an impending collaboration with Airline --- Backbeat Massachusetts, USA 6xBeer Engines 5xActive Cask-conditioned Cask Tapped: March 24, 2023 Visit: March 25, 2023 Burton Ale: Fay’s Fancy ABV: 4.3% Aspirator: Yes Sparkler: No Pints: 1 Visuals: 6 English-style Pale Ale (ESB): Above the Norm ABV: 4.9% Aspirator: Yes Sparkler: No Pints: 1 Visuals: 1 --- Burton Ale: ESB:
--- Details: Pre-sale tickets are done with, so...in-person - Cask Fest at Away Days Brewing Tickets, Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 11:30 AM | Eventbrite
Gentile has the occasional gravity tapping…hoped they’d apply that to the ‘Boddingtons Pub Ale’ replica with BB; however, they decided on the cask emulator -
“The idea that it’s just older clientele drinking cask and the younger clientele not drinking it is not true anymore. There’s also a lot of discussion about the fact a lot of customers don’t actually know the difference between cask and keg" - Fergus Fitzgerald Adnams ‘Cask’s challenges are linked with the post-Covid recovery’ Fitzgerald emphases cask within two days over the three day window, discusses the investment made in cellar management & training across team members (e.g. sales team capability/knowledge), current market + the detrimental effects on the category, when ‘real ale’ goes wrong…
With all the innovation in brewing in the US, I wonder if someone could recreate the cask experience but increase shelf stability. And I don't mean using cask breathers or nitro.
