Real Ales - Stupid Question

The bartender sounds like a dick, but I have no idea what a real ale is.

 

Your order was perfectly fine. The bartender was either a dick, stupid, or didn't know they had that as an offering on the menu. Sounds like bad service though.

Real ale is just another term for cask ale.

 

Real Ale is a brewery, but I'm not sure if that's what they were referring to on the board.

 

That bartender was a dick. Real ale is also cask ale. Sounds like they had something on cask if they refer to hand pump.

 

The bartender was a moron, or was just messing with you. Either way that is some shitty customer service. You should have responded, "No I would have liked to have spent my real money here, but I guess it is welcome." Then walked out.

 

Bartender was an idiot and a dick, most likely.

 

Real Ale is a brewery in Texas. Not sure if they are distributed in your area. Sounds like a jerk of a bartender regardless. I hope his tip reflected it.

 

Stupid bar tender. Real ale = cask ale. Can be any style. Next time ask for what is on cask.

 

Real Ale only comes from Texas and the UK. You must have been confused.

 

I've been really into beer for about 3 years and still don't understand most of all this beer stuff. But yeah Real Ale is a brewery that's about an hour north of me in San Antonio. I barely know what a cask is myself. Don't sweat it.

 

How the fuck does he not know what beers are offered when they are RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM?

I mean, was he working there for a total of five minutes and didn't have time to look at the beer menu? Did he not see "real ale" right there?

 

Real ale is cask ale and is typically carbonated naturally and served at cellar temps. The guy must have been having an off day... you can make your own "real" ale at home by under carbing home brew in the bottle. The idea is huge across the pond.

 

According to Tasting Beer, real ale is simply beer that is naturally fermented by yeast; being in a cask isn't a necessity.

 

Real Ales was a Brewery in Chelsea MI for about a year in 1982.

Then there is CAMRA in Britain. Campaign for Real Ale.

Real Ale is living stuff, and is served from a cask, not a keg. Handpumps or gravity dispense are used. Bottle conditioned beer is Real Ale.

 

I don't recall reading that in Mosher's book. You do need some sort of container, like a cask or bottle.

Here's a quote from Tasting Beer, page 102.

The British Beer preservation society the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) defines real ale as "a natural product brewed using traditional ingredients and left to mature in the cask (container) from which it is served in the pub through a process called secondary fermentation."

 

Did it say red ale?