The dividends = A set of diverse ideas with an English inspired (pub/tavern) stout being the first… "Sometimes you just get inspired. After a recent trip to England I came back with alot of ideas. This is the first one, an English style Stout that is creamy, roasty and smooth. Its 4.9% and on cask served through a beer engine at cellar temperature…always lots of good Real Ale on here served in proper imperial pints" Separately, was not thrilled about the hop bill on Witches Thimble, and have skipped this in the past; nonetheless, was finally coerced into a 1/2 pint per the NERAX/UK inspiration: Brass Castle, who typically applies & incorporates 'US tactics' Backbeat Massachusetts, USA 6xBeer Engines (Angram) 5xActive Cask-conditioned Visit: September 7, 2023 English Stout (Dark British Beer): 15W40 Cask Tapped: September 4, 2023 Modelled After: Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Post UK Trip) ABV: 4.9% Aspirator: Yes Sparkler: No Proper Pint English IPA: Witches Thimble Cask Tapped: September 2, 2023 Modelled After: Brass Castle Blue Bell (Pre UK Trip) ABV: 4.5% Aspirator: Yes Sparkler: No Half Pint Sidenotes: A Brief Discussion Over… NERAX/Pete attending the next (Jan. 2024) Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting to scout, as a way to expand & better represent the US selection in the UK (e.g. GBBF) The Thames Side Collaboration The Euston Tap Setup: Real ale dispensed via Cask Taps that have a side-pull appearance with a sparkler add-on This has been covered before + Pete Brown touched on this awhile back (2010 Article) Exclusive: the Euston Tap: A Sneak Preview - Pete Brown The Next Quarterly Event (Next Week) PET-Conditioned Casks Andy Day’s Barley Wine @ GBBF + Stateside (Clean Approach) + a positive discussion on ‘The Wick’ ---
Had the pleasure of visiting Euston Tap. It's certainly unusual. The ratio of taps to square footage of interior seating is definitely different from most norms. I don't know the technicalities of how their cask beer is dispensed without being pulled. The Adnams "Irish red" I had there was great.
My guess would be the casks are stored higher up and the dispense via the sidepull faucets is a gravity pour. Cheers!
Re: Euston Tap – The cellar is below ground, which entails a crawl space ladder: most of the equipment had to be reassembled upon installation …They use the ‘Scottish air pressure system’ 2017:
It seems like the method of dispense via tall fonts in Scotland has been in decline for some time: "Air pressure is a dispense system employed almost exclusively in Scotland, where it is the predominant traditional method. An electrical compressor keeps a tank filled with air pressure of between one and two atmospheres. This pressurized air is used to force the beer up to the counter dispensers. In Scotland, the system is very much in retreat, with conventional handpumps replacing tall fonts in many outlets. An obvious, somewhat ethical problem with this method of dispense [tall font] is that the cutomer has no simple way of knowing whether a font is a keg or cask-conditioned beer." — Cellarmanship. Patrick O'Neill CAMRA Books (2011)” Cheers!
A Decocted and Pitch Lined Holzfaß High Point (Ramstein) New Jersey, USA 1xGerman Gravity Dispense Cask Tapped/Spigoted: September 9, 2023 Visit: September 9, 2023 Märzen: Oktoberfest ABV: 6.5% Immersed: No
I visited The Referend (Kutztown, PA) yesterday. Had two of their cask beers from their beer engine: A Day in the Country. Spontaneously fermented golden ale aged 14 months in oak puncheons, conditioned on homegrown rhubarb, spruce tips, elderflower blossoms, and lemon balm Berliner Messe - Gloria (DDH Talus). Spontaneously fermented pale wheat ale, dry hopped with Citra, Mosiac, & Simcoe, then dry hopped with Talus
@zid - The iteration is/was richer, smoother, and mellower due to the dispense: ↓CO2 + ↑°F… An intensity that developed and built upon the residual sugars without becoming under-attenuated, given a heightened malt bill, besides a calm/evocative – fermentable – acceptance on diacetyl. Notwithstanding, the concealed noble hop effects over the subdued ‘resin-lined’ impacts, which preceded the (deep) grain taxations
My reviews here: A Day In The Country | The Referend Bier Blendery | BeerAdvocate Berliner Messe: Gloria (DDH Talus) | The Referend Bier Blendery | BeerAdvocate Enjoyed the "A Day in the County" more. Both worked as cask beers even if they weren't the typical styles you'd see in this delivery method
“…there is a wrong way to promote traditional ale by not knowing the tradition. Whether it's brewing, sipping, drinking, traditional ale is always difficult to maintain its beautiful orthodox culture…Consumer perception of Cask Ale is mostly about experimental beer with special flavors, rather than traditional flavors of traditional raw materials… --- ---Loosely Transcribed---
...a designated spot for Yards per the availability & ‘real ale’ collaboration/s (i.e. English IPA)…they are currently working on another one Prohibition Taproom Pennsylvania, USA 1xActive Beer Engines (Angram) Keg-conditioned Tapped: September 15, 2023 Pub Visit: September 16, 2023 American IPA: CASK IPA Brewery: Yards ABV: 7% Aspirator: No Immersed: No Sparkler: No
Pitched with Pine & Vegetable Oil - Event: OKTOBERFEST 2023 Host: Human Robot Pennsylvania, USA 2xGerman Gravity Dispense(s) Cask(s) Tapped/Spigoted: September 16, 2023 Visit: September 16, 2023 Festbier: Festbier Brewery: Human Robot Grains: German Pilsner & Munich Hops: German Hersbrucker Yeast: House ABV: 5.6% Oktoberfest/Märzen: Oktoberfest Märzen (1930’s mash regimen) Brewery: Human Robot Grains: Vienna, Munich, and Farbmalz Hops: German Hersbrucker Yeast: House ABV: 5.6%
