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SUMMARY:Landlord by Timothy Taylor's
DESCRIPTION:Our Ale Trailers have voted for todays “Beer of the Day” and they have chosen Landlord by Timothy Taylor’s. \nLandlord has won more awards than any other beer\, winning both CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Awards Gold Medal four times. \n\nLandlord\, Timothy Taylor’s\n\n\n· ABV: 4.3\n· Colour: Pale Amber\n· Aroma: Citrus\, Hoppy\, Fruity\n· Taste: Full\, Sweet\, Lingering Hop\n\n 
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/landlord-by-timothy-taylors-2/
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SUMMARY:White Rat by Ossett Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our first Beer of the Day for Cask Ale Week 2024 is White Rat by Ossett Brewery and has been chosen by Cask Marque Marque Assessor\, Martin Hilton. \nMartin Says: “I think it’s a great beer\, a white hazy pale cask ale that based upon my assessments over the year seems to be really consistent in flavour\, really respected by landlords and really cherished by pub goers”. \nOssett’s Head Brewer has shared some interesting facts about White Rat \n\nThis very pale\, hoppy ale is made from low colour malt. A combination of Cascade\, Columbus and Amarillo hops produce an intensely aromatic and resinous finish.\nWhite Rat was first brewed in September 2011. After a test brew (Lab Rat)\, White Rat was the first beer brewed at the Rat Brewery in Huddersfield\, and was designed specifically to match the drinking preferences of the regulars in the pub.\nOriginally the beer was brewed with Cascade and Amarillo\, and a smidgen of Admiral for bitterness\, but in 2012 when the it was just starting to build a reputation there was a shortage of some US varieties – including Amarillo! To flesh out what Amarillo we had\, we substituted in some Columbus and the recipe has remained the same to this day.\nIt was brewed as a tribute to some of the classic American pales\, with it’s high bitterness and intense citrus aroma\, and for some it was seen as a little extreme back in the day. However\, as tastes have evolved it has become a firm favourite.\nOriginally one brew of twenty casks was brewed each week\, but as its popularity grew that became two and soon four. To meet demand\, production moved to the larger brewery at Ossett and became an Ossett branded beer in 2020.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/white-rat-by-ossett-brewery/
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SUMMARY:Tuck by Lincoln Green Brewery
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the first day of October we have selected Tuck by Lincoln Green a rich\, smooth and well rounded porter.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/tuck-by-lincoln-green-brewery/
CATEGORIES:beer
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SUMMARY:Harvest Pale by Castle Rock Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our Beer of the Day winner for Saturday 30th September is Harvest Pale by Castle Rock Brewery. \nRefreshing\, multi-award-winning beer with delicate citrus character. Brewed with gently kilned malt and an aromatic blend of American hops. A beer with exceptional poise.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/harvest-pale-by-castle-rock-brewery/
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SUMMARY:Butcombe Original
DESCRIPTION:Our ninth Beer of the Day is Butcombe Brewing Co.’s Butcombe Original. \nThis beer recently broke into the UK’s top ten on-trade cask ales! \nDid you know that Amber ales make up three quarters of all casks sold in the UK? Butcombe’s Original Ale has a distinctive bitter\, clean and refreshing flavour which has been famous throughout the region since they created it in 1978.  It is also the second biggest cask ale in the South West! \n· ABV: 4.0%\n· Colour: Amber\n· Aroma: Malty\n· Taste: Bitter\, clean and refreshing
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/butcombe-original/
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SUMMARY:Old Peculier
DESCRIPTION:Today’s Beer of the Day judge is Mark Dredge\, beer writer and presenter. \nHis choice is the classic Theakston ale\, Old Peculier. He says: \n“I don’t think I’ve ever seen Old Peculier available on cask and not ordered it.  It’s one of the great British dark ales with its inviting aroma of chocolate\, dark malts\, cherries\, dark fruits and banana.  The body is lush and smooth\, with a delicious richness of malts that’s so satisfying to drink.  It’s an ultimate ale to drink in the pub on a cold evening. \nAbout Theakston Old Peculier \nTheakston Old Peculier is possibly one of the country’s most well-known and loved ales. The unique\, beautiful brew is often imitated but never matched and is sold literally all over the world. With countless awards to its credit\, it is something much admired by ale lovers and is the epitome of the greatest of the British brewing craft. \nIn the early years of the modern brewing era\, about two hundred years ago\, many brewers produced a dark\, strong ‘stock’ beer in the winter months\, to provide a base amount of fermented beer to add to beers brewed in the rather more volatile months of the summer. Old Peculier probably owes its origins to this. In the early years of its inception\, the beer would not have been branded by name as such\, but like most other beers from most breweries was probably referred to by the number of chalk crosses stamped on the wooden cask containing the beer. For many years even up to within living memory Old Peculier was represented on individual casks by four X’s\, XXXX. During late Victorian times\, the beer became affectionately referred to\, by locals\, as Yorkshire’s ‘Lunatic’s Broth’ referencing the unique flavour and strength characteristics of the beer and the possible effect of over-consumption! However it is thought that the nickname did not reflect well on the brewery or the town and so a more respectable name was required. \nThe town of Masham is most unusual from an ecclesiastical point of view unlike most churches in the country which are attached to the local diocese\, Masham was given a particular status\, a ‘Court of the Peculier’ as opposed to ‘Court of the Ordinary’. This relates back to medieval times where the ‘living’ of Masham was given to the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in York as repayment for the negotiated release by the Knights Templar from imprisonment in the Middle East during the Crusades\, of the owner of the ‘living’ of Masham\, Roger de Mowbray. The Archbishop\, however was not overjoyed with this arrangement as he was responsible for administrating the law and the journey to Masham involved travelling through thick forests inhabited by cut-throats and vagabonds. His solution was therefore to free Masham from ‘All the customs and claims of his Archdeacons and officials’ and the Peculier Court of Masham was established to administer the law. Peculier is the Norman French word meaning particular rather than odd. The Chairman of the court was known as the Official and had a seal to mark his approval or decision. There is no record of the original seal but the seal in use today was created by King George III in 1747 and is thought to be based on a much earlier original. \nSo reflecting the unique status of the town of Masham and that of Mr. Theakston’s much admired strong beer\, the name of Old Peculier was deemed a much more suitable solution. At first the spelling of Peculier was with an A rather than an E. This was done to politely draw a distinction between the Court and the beer but over time the spelling of Peculier with an E has become the established version \nUsing the finest of ingredients\, Theakston Old Peculier is the alchemy of the famous Theakston twin-strain yeast\, pure Yorkshire Dales water\, the finest malting barley\, top quality English hops and the alignment of the brewing vessels and processes in the Victorian tower brewery\, the home of Theakston’s in Masham since its foundation nearly 200 years ago. \nThe beer has wondrous qualities. The aroma of subtle fruity black cherry and banana overtones develops into a delightful\, warming\, fruity flavour\, with beautifully balanced sweetness tempered with a mixture of bitter hops blended with the majestic Fuggle fruit hop. Brewed at an original gravity of 10.57 degrees\, the original mashtun\, installed in the ‘new’ brewery in 1875\, creates from the mash\, the amount of fermentable and un-fermentable sugars to ensure that the correct balance of residual sweetness is retained at the splendid\, heart-warming 5.6% ABV. \nWhilst very well-known for many years\, locally\, Theakston Old Peculier’s national and international reputation began in the late 1960s with the re-discovered enthusiasm for traditional cask ale at a time when keg ale was all the rage. At the same time a campaigning group now numbering close to 200K members advocating a return to top fermented cask conditioned beer\, the Campaign for Real Ale adopted Theakston’s Old Peculier as an exemplar of how proper beer should be brewed and presented. The popularity of Old Peculier spread like wild fire and is now sold in countries in every continent of the planet (except Antarctica!). Indeed there is an ‘Old Peculier Appreciation Society based in California\, some years ago the Canadian Veterans International Rugby Team was called the Old Peculiers. We even have a UK based Hockey club called the Old Peculiers. \nToday\, Theakston Old Peculier is the title sponsor of the world’s leading Crime Writers Festival attracting the greatest crime writers to a four-day extravaganza staged in close by Harrogate \nFor nearly 200 years and throughout the ever changing market in which beer trends come and go\, Theakston Old Peculier surely is one of the Britain’s greatest brewing treasures and which can demonstrate beyond doubt passing the true test of time. \nThe beer: \nFull tasting notes : Theakston Old Peculier is a beautiful\, yet very simple beer\, brewed using a very generous blend of finest pale\, crystal and black malt with two bitter hops\, Progress and Challenger combined with the majestic and noble ‘Fuggle’ hop to produce a beer of awesome full-bodied flavour with subtle cherry and rich fruit overtones. It tasted superb when accompanied by rich stews\, strong cheeses and sweet puddings \nCyclops definition \nBitter 2\nSweet 3 \nSee Deep dark ruby\nSmell Fruity\, mellow\, warming\nTaste Rich\, full – bodied\, fruity \nStyle Premium ale 5.6% \nShort description: One of the world’s great beers – smooth\, strong and mellow \nDescriptor: The beer that made Masham famous – rich\, dark and smooth tasting\, with a character all of its own. Brewed using the traditional Fuggle hop\, Old Peculier is our best known beer and has a large and enthusiastic following all over Britain and around the world \n 
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/old-peculier/
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SUMMARY:Sussex Best
DESCRIPTION:Today’s Beer of the Day judge is Rebecca Pate\, Beer Sommelier and Cask Marque’s very own Social Media Manager. \nHer choice is legendary Sussex Best from Harvey’s Brewery. She said: \n“I’m delighted to be the one to nominate Harvey’s Best because it’s a popular beer with a legendary status. I was lucky enough to spend some time in Lewes this summer\, where I fell in love with this beer all over again. \nSussex Best is a balanced beer with a prominent hop character. At 4.0% ABV\, it makes for a easy-drinking beer that you can enjoy all afternoon long.” \nAbout Sussex Best\nA superbly balanced bitter with prominent hop character. Using a blend of four local hops\, water filtered through the Sussex Downs over 30 years\, and Harvey’s unique 60 year old yeast strain\, Harvey’s Best Bitter is the embodiment of Sussex. \nFind out more here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/sussex-best/
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SUMMARY:Railway Porter by Five Points Brewing Co.
DESCRIPTION:Today’s Beer of the Day has been chosen by judge\, Jonny Garrett.  Jonny is a London-based beer writer\, author\, and filmmaker. As well as writing regularly for Good Beer Hunting\, he is the founder of YouTube’s Craft Beer Channel. \nHis choice is the delicious Railway Porter from The Five Points Brewing Company. \nHe said:\n“For me\, autumn is about porter – beers that smell like firesides\, warm oak\, hot coffee and dark chocolate. Those are the notes I get from Five Point’s beautiful Railway Porter\, which is given a velvety smooth texture from the natural carbonation of cask. There’s no place I’d rather be on a blustery October day than in the pub\, with a pint of Railway in front of me and the prospect of a few more.” \nAbout Railway Porter:\nA classic\, robust London style porter.  Smooth and full-bodied\, bursting with aromas of dark\, bitter chocolate\, and roasted coffee. Brewed with 100% British ingredients\, including Goldings from Hukins Hops\, and an array of seven different malts. \nFind out more by visiting here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/railway-porter-by-five-points-brewing-co/
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SUMMARY:6X by Wadworth Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Today’s judge is Cask Marque’s newest team member\, Mark Tinsley. \nMark has chosen 6X\, which is Wadworth Brewery’s iconic ale.  First brewed on 5th December 1923. Wadworth are celebrating 6X’s centenary all year with events activities and prizes. \nThere’s a fun fact about how it got it’s name too…\nOriginally 6%\, Coopers would mark XXXXXX on the wooden casks to indicate the beer’s strength. One day a ‘lazy’ Cooper simply wrote ‘6’ followed by a single ‘X’ on the cask and that’s how it got its name! \nFind out more here. 
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/6x-by-wadworth-brewery/
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SUMMARY:Salopian Lemon Dream
DESCRIPTION:Our Beer of the Day for Day 3 of Cask Ale Week is Lemon Dream from Salopian. \nLemon Dream made its debut in 2001 and has become one of our most loved beers as it is both a great gateway for drinkers entering the world of cask\, alongside being a staple with more practised drinkers\, thanks to being a very refreshing and easy drinking golden ale. Each batch is brewed with 260 hand cut lemons which add beautifully subtle zesty aromas and a citrus filled fruity finish. \nTrevor Hourican from Salopian commented “We are thrilled for Lemon Dream to be chosen as beer of the day during Cask Ale week – cask is the beating heart of Salopian and this week provides a wonderful spotlight on our national drink and its unique dispense that can only be enjoyed fully in the pub with friends. We look forward to raising a glass or two later”
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/salopian-lemon-dream/
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SUMMARY:Timothy Taylor's Landlord
DESCRIPTION:Our Beer of the Day judge for day two of Cask Ale Week is Cask Marque Assessor\, Graeme Hall. \nSimon says: \n“It stands out across the country.  It’s well balanced\, sweet\, nice hoppiness and suitable for everyone who likes cask” \nSome facts about Landlord: \n• It has won both CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Awards Gold Medal a record four times.\n• Holds the unique distinction of being the first beer in Britain ever to hold the CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry International Awards Supreme Champion simultaneously (1999-2000).\n• The ale was based on Taylor’s BB – a beer occasionally brewed in the 1930s to a Superior Bitter recipe and launched onto the market in 1953 as Competition Ale. The competition was for local drinkers to come up with a suitable name for the new beer. It was eventually won by a local steward from the Keighley Drill Hall Club who won a £500 prize for naming it Landlord. \nFind out more by visiting here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/landlord-by-timothy-taylors/
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SUMMARY:Arkell's 3B
DESCRIPTION:Today’s Beer of the Day is 3B by Arkell’s Brewery. \nBeer of of the Day judge for the first day of Cask Ale Week is Simon Martin\, Founder of the Real Ale Guide on YouTube. \nSimon says: \n“The reason I chose 3B is not only for it’s historical relevance to British cask ale\, but for taste” \n3B is Arkell’s best selling and oldest brand. They’ve been brewing it since 1910! A classic English best bitter\, originally known as Arkell’s Best Bitter Beer and affectionately known as BBB or 3B by customers ever since. A copper coloured ale with a pleasant fruity and malty nose. It has a lingering bittersweet flavour of balanced Maris Otter malt\, traditional Fuggles\, and Golding hops. ABV: 4%. \nFind out more by visiting here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/arkells-3b/
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