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SUMMARY:JW Lees
DESCRIPTION:We are kicking off Cask Ale Week 2024 with our first Brewery of the day – JW Lees – a firm national favourite that dates back to 1828. \nLocated in Middleton\, Manchester\, JW Lees is renowned for its commitment to producing high quality traditional ales and maintaining its status as a family owned and independent brewery. \nJW Lees diverse range of ales each offer unique flavour profiles and characteristics. Some of their most popular ales include: \nJW Lees Bitter– This is the brewery’s flagship beer\, a classic British bitter known for its balanced flavour\, featuring a malty sweetness and mild hoppy bitterness. \nManchester Pale Ale (MPA) – MPA is a contemporary pale ale that offers a modern twist on traditional brewing. It’s a hoppy and fruity beer with a distinctively crisp finish. \nMoonraker – A golden ale with a light refreshing taste\, Moonraker is known for its citrusy and floral notes\, making it a popular choice during the summer months. \nAnd whilst tradition forms a large part of the brewer’s DNA\, so does a thirst for experimentation. Over the years the introduction of annual seasonal ales programme\, collaborations with other renowned brewers\, and more recently\, the birth of the Boilerhouse range demonstrate JW Lees’ dedication to the spirit of innovation. \nJW Lees’ Boilerhouse small batch brew range is an excellent example of how the 200 year old brewer is adapting to the evolving tastes of modern beer enthusiasts by offering a selection of innovative and exciting craft-style ales alongside their classic offerings. \nWhether you’re a fan of traditional British bitters or more adventurous craft brews\, JW Lees has something to offer every beer lover.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/jw-lees-2/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240920
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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/
CATEGORIES:beer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240921
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SUMMARY:Timothy Taylor's Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Today’s Cask Ale Week Brewery of the day is Yorkshire based Timothy Taylor’s Brewery. \nTimothy Taylor’s is one of the UK’s oldest family-owned breweries with over 160 years’ heritage of brewing award-winning ales\, with their Landlord winning more awards than any other beer\, winning both CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Awards Gold Medal four times. Established in 1858 when Timothy Taylor began brewing in Keighley\, the company remains in the family and is the last independent brewery of its type left in West Yorkshire. \nFor even more insight into what makes Timothy Taylor’s Beers So Special – this article is a great read  https://www.timothytaylor.co.uk/news/what-makes-timothy-taylors-beers-so-special \n 
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/timothy-taylors-brewery/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240922
DTSTAMP:20240921T083718Z
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SUMMARY:Adnams Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Brewery of the Day number 3 for Cask Ale Week 2024 is Adnams Brewery. \nAdnams has a long and colourful history. We’re proud of our Southwold roots\, which help give us the strength and confidence to grow and evolve\, keeping us fresh and innovative. \nWe love what we do\, and we’ve done it for a while now – 150 years to be exact. We are distinctive brewers\, distillers\, wine merchants\, retailers\, publicans\, and hoteliers. \nWe craft well-loved premium beers and spirits\, and work with some wonderful producers to bring you the best wines in the world. Our stores\, hotels\, pubs\, and inns reflect our individuality and the personality of our incredible teams. Our focus\, and theirs\, is to create memorable moments and to give our customers experiences that delight.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/adnams-brewery/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240923
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SUMMARY:Bowland Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Day 4 – We have chosen Bowland Brewery. \nAles Of Outstanding Natural Beauty are brewed beneath the chimney at Holmes Mill in Clitheroe. Behind the famous Beer Hall at Holmes Mill\, a dedicated team of artisan brewers craft a collection of cask beers inspired by the outstandingly beautiful landscape of Bowland. \nBowland Brewery started life as a microbrewery on the edge of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty\, making a selection of beers named after the scenery and wildlife of this picturesque corner of Lancashire. As the reputation of Bowland Brewery cask and bottled beers spread\, demand increased from further afield requiring a relocation to larger premises at Holmes Mill in 2015. \n\nThe brewery is visible through large floor to ceiling glass windows at the back of Bowland Beer Hall\, our award-winning tap house which boasts one of the longest bars in the UK with 42 cask hand pull ales \nThis month we celebrate 10 years since joining the James’ Places family. As we continue to grow in size and ambition\, we remain firmly true to our roots – never compromising on quality or our ethos to create outstanding ales inspired by outstanding surroundings for beer drinkers everywhere. \nGreat beer that does good! We are continually inspired by and committed to the beautiful part of the country which we live and brew in\, so here at Bowland Brewery we are always looking at ways to give a little back to support both our community and our environment. \nFrom giving our spent grains to local farmers to feed their cows\, to using our very own honey from our new hives in our Bumble Honey Beer\, we are dedicated to the landscape from which we draw inspiration. \nWe are also committed to supporting local causes from across the Forrest of Bowland Area of Outstanding National Beauty. From sponsoring local events like the Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Festival to creating a special ale for the Ribble Valley Pub Walk to raise much needed funds for East Lancashire Hospice.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/bowland-brewery/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240923
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SUMMARY:Best Bitter by Long Man Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our fourth Beer of the Day for Cask Ale Week is Best Bitter by Long Man Brewery\, which has been chosen by Mark Dredge\, Beer Writer and TV Presenter. \nMark says:“This is my favourite local ale. The brewery is on a farm which grows barley using regenerative farming\, and that barley gives this beer a rich malt flavour\, with English hops adding a lovely bitterness. It’s a classic Sussex Best Bitter”. \nLong Man\, Best Bitter is perfectly balanced with a complex bittersweet malty taste\, fragrant hops and a characteristic long deep finish. A traditional Sussex style Best Bitter. \nTasting Notes: \n\nABV: 4.0\nColour: Amber\nAroma: Fruity\, Malty\, Spicy\nTaste: Full\, Hoppy\, Dry Finish
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/best-bitter-by-long-man-brewery/
CATEGORIES:beer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240924
DTSTAMP:20240923T083636Z
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SUMMARY:Okell's Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Brewery of the Day on 23rd September 2024 is Okell’s Brewery based in the Isle of Man. \nFounded in 1850 by Dr William Okell who was a man that believed in quality pure beer! \nThe impressive Heritage Collection of beers have stood the test of time and taste\, from world famous Bitter and award-winning IPA\, to Manx Pale Ale which started out as a special but just kept coming back into brewing by popular demand! \nAll of the cask beers are pure-brewed\, fresh\, natural\, full of flavour and character and\, served with care in attentive pubs\, are Pure Perfection. \nwww.okells.co.uk
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/okells-brewery/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTSTAMP:20240927T081158Z
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SUMMARY:Theakston Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our 6th Brewery of the Day for National Cask Ale Week 2024 is Theakston Brewery.\n\n\n\nT&R Theakston Ltd.  is one of the UK’s most prominent family brewing companies\, with a quality reputation extending almost 200 years since the company was founded by Robert Theakston in 1827. The company today is still controlled and managed by members of the original family guided by the same brewing ethos which has been forever their quality hallmark. Theakston cask beers are available and enjoyed throughout the UK and include a range of award-winning ales of which Theakston Old Peculier\, Theakston Best and Theakston Lightfoot are best known. \nRecent developments however include the runaway success launch of a new lower strength cask ale\, Theakston Quencher\, a light amber beer brewed especially to taste fulsome and rounded at the lower ABV\, meeting a growing demand for this style of beer. More newly developed cask ales are in the pipeline for next year including the roll out of the exciting Theakston Peculier IPA\, equally successfully trialled earlier this summer. \nA combination of quality and innovation has driven a 10% growth in Theakston cask ales this year alone\, underpinning the company’s confidence in the future of cask beer and the growing demand for their own range’
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/theakston-brewery-2/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240926
DTSTAMP:20240927T081341Z
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SUMMARY:Palmer's Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our 7th Brewery of the Day for National Cask Ale Week 2024 is Palmers Brewery.\n\n\n\nPalmers Brewery‘s ales are brewed in one of Britain’s oldest and prettiest breweries and have been since 1794. The only thatched brewery in the UK\, Palmers sits adjacent to the river Brit just a mile from Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. All their fine ales are brewed using water from their own naturally rising spring.\n\n\n\nTheir Head Brewer uses only the finest Maris Otter malt and carefully selected whole leaf hops to produce ales in a way they have been made for generations. The Palmers historic brewhouse has a traditional mash tun\, an open top copper\, along with top fermentation\, this is the way ale should be brewed.\n\n\n\nThis year\, Palmers Brewery celebrated 230 years of brewing in Bridport. They launched their 230th Anniversary ale to coincide with Cask Ale Week 2024. Their 230th Anniversary Ale Trail can be found on CaskFinder.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/palmers-brewery/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240926
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SUMMARY:Steerage Pale Ale by Titanic Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our seventh Beer of the Day judge for Cask Ale Week is Andy Slee\, Chief Executive of Society of Independent Brewers – SIBA.\nHis choice is the fantastic Steerage from Titanic Brewery\nAndy says:\n“A hidden gem. Simply a wonderful light quaffable beer for any occasion”.\nSteerage\, Titanic Brewery\n· ABV: 3.8\n· Colour: Golden\n· Aroma: Sweet Malt\n· Taste: Sweet\, Refreshing
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/steerage-pale-ale-by-titanic-brewery/
CATEGORIES:beer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240927
DTSTAMP:20240927T105554Z
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SUMMARY:Plum Porter by Titanic Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our eighth Beer of the Day judge for Cask Ale Week is Kenny Brunton\, Co-Founder of Real Ale Finder App\nHis choice is the fantastic Plum Porter from Titanic Brewery! \nKenny says:\n“It’s been our favourite beer for many years and we look out for it and will travel to enjoy some. It’s actually part of the reason we built Real Ale Finder\, to find out where it’s on now. In fact many of the Bods are on the app” \n🍻Porter\, Titanic Brewery🍻\n· ABV: 4.9\n· Colour: Deep Red\n· Aroma: Fruit\, Plum\, Raisin\n· Taste: Plum\, Vanilla\nTitanic certainly are popular this Cask Ale Week as Steerage was yesterday’s #beeroftheday!
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/plum-porter-by-titanic-brewery/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T170000
DTSTAMP:20240927T081550Z
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SUMMARY:Hook Norton Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our 8th Brewery of the Day for National Cask Ale Week 2024 is Hook Norton Brewery.\n\n\n\n Hook Norton Brewery is a proudly independent 6th generation family brewery crafting the finest ales\, lagers and stouts in Oxfordshire since 1849.\n\n\nTheir real ales are made with four natural ingredients\, malted barley\, hops\, yeast and spring water. Although these ingredients are very simple\, in the hands of their skilled Head Brewer\, James Clarke\, they come together to produce colours\, aromas and tastes that make their quality real ale and beers among the most popular in the country.\n\n\nWell done to Hook Norton!
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/hook-norton-brewery-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240928
DTSTAMP:20240927T083805Z
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SUMMARY:St Austell Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Day 9 of Cask Ale Week’s Brewery of the Day is St Austell Brewery. \nSt Austell produce a range of award-winning beers crafted in our historic brewery that began in 1851. The founder\, Walter Hicks mortgaged his farm for £1\,500 to set up a new family business in St Austell and it is still family owned to date. \nOver the past decade they have won over 250 awards and they credit their success the passion and talent of the exceptional brewing team. Balancing tradition with innovation\, the best raw materials and high standards. \n 
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/st-austell-brewery/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240929
DTSTAMP:20240928T094654Z
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SUMMARY:Arkell's Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our 10th Brewery of the Day for National Cask Ale Week 2024 is Arkell’s Brewery.\n\n\n\n Arkells Brewery‘s beer is still brewed in much the same way as it was when John Arkell first made it in 1843 and the brewery buildings seem untouched by the passing years. If you speak to any of the staff about the company it is clear that everyone is still as fiercely proud of its local and family roots as John Arkell was himself.\n\n\n\nBut Arkell’s has not achieved its unique position as Swindon’s oldest company and one of the oldest traditional breweries still operating in Britain today\, simply by standing still.\n\n\n\nThe company has remained true to the principles of loyalty\, quality and tradition set down by its founder 180 years ago\, but it has also adapted brilliantly to the changing world around it. Some things never change at Arkell’s\, but it is the ability to change effectively when change is necessary that has been at the cornerstone of the brewery’s success story over the last 180 years.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/arkells-brewery-2/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240930
DTSTAMP:20240929T135626Z
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SUMMARY:Greene King Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Our 11th and last Brewery of the Day for National Cask Ale Week 2024 is Greene King Brewery.\n\n\n Greene King Brewery has been crafting quality beers from its historic breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar for over 200 years and is the #1 Cask Ale brewer in the UK.\n\n\nThe Westgate brewery\, in Bury St Edmunds\, has been the home of Greene King since 1799 and its leading cask ales are brewed here\, including Greene King IPA\, Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale\, as well as a broad range of seasonal and speciality beers.\n\n\nThe Belhaven Brewery is nestled in Dunbar on the beautiful East Lothian coast. As Scotland’s oldest working brewery\, established in 1719\, Belhaven brews several nation favourites\, including Belhaven 80 Shilling.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/greene-king-brewery/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260917T014246Z
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Timothy Taylor
DESCRIPTION:There aren’t many breweries that can look back on more than 165 years of history and still feel like they’re moving forward. Timothy Taylor’s is one of them. Founded in Keighley in 1858 and brewing at Knowle Spring since 1863\, it has remained fiercely independent and family-owned through five generations. That’s quite an achievement in itself\, but what we really love is that Taylor’s has never treated its heritage as an excuse to stand still. It has built an incredibly loyal following over the years\, grown from a Yorkshire favourite into a name recognised in pubs across the country\, and continues to invest in the brewery and\, importantly\, in cask. \nAnd this month there’s a new look to go with it. Taylor’s has unveiled its first major brand refresh in more than a decade\, with a rather lovely British racing green taking centre stage across its pump clips\, glassware and bottles. We think they’ve got the balance just right: it feels fresh and contemporary without losing any of the character that makes Taylor’s\, well\, Taylor’s. The brewery says the aim is to carry the best of its 168-year history forward – and that feels particularly fitting during Cask Ale Week. \nThere was another reason Timothy Taylor’s caught our attention this week. Writing in The Good Food Guide\, beer writer Pete Brown makes a brilliant case for cask as Britain’s “original craft beer” – fresh\, living beer that isn’t truly finished until it reaches the pub. His visit to Taylor’s gets right to the heart of why this brewery has earned such a following: an almost obsessive attention to detail and a determination to do things properly rather than simply doing what’s easiest. At a time when we’re encouraging more people to discover just how special great cask beer can be\, we can’t think of a more fitting Brewery of the Day. \nDiscover more: Visit the Timothy Taylor’s website and read Pete Brown’s excellent “Cask ale: Britain’s original craft beer” in The Good Food Guide.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/timothy-taylor/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTSTAMP:20260917T014526Z
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Adnams
DESCRIPTION:There can’t be many breweries where you can talk about 14th-century ale wives\, Victorian brewing brothers\, a yeast rescued from the aftermath of a wartime air raid and one of Britain’s most pioneering sustainable breweries – all without leaving the same little corner of Southwold. Welcome to Adnams\, our Brewery of the Day. \nBeer has been brewed on this site since at least 1345\, with George and Ernest Adnams arriving in Southwold and buying the Sole Bay Brewery in 1872. More than 150 years later\, Adnams is still independent\, still brewing in the heart of the town and still finding new ways to move forward. Sustainability has become a huge part of that story – from its energy-efficient brewhouse to the extraordinary grass-roofed distribution centre just outside Southwold\, which celebrated its 20th birthday this week. And while Adnams has gone on to make everything from gin and whisky to alcohol-free beer\, there’s something we particularly like about where its attention is turning right now: cask. \nIn fact\, Adnams says it sees a “great opportunity in cask” and wants to encourage more people to discover it. Its newly refreshed beer range includes rather brilliant cylindrical pump clips designed to stand out at the bar – but perhaps the best evidence of its love for cask is what the brewers have been up to for this year’s Cask Ale Week. They’ve gone back into the archives and revived Extra\, the beer crowned Champion Beer of Britain in 1993. Head Brewer Dan Gooderham tracked down former Adnams brewers\, talked to the people who remembered it and delved into old records to understand what made the original so special. They even discovered that the Fuggles selected for this year’s brew came from the same Kent grower Adnams used in the 1990s. We love that: more than 150 years of brewing history\, but still curious\, still innovating and still getting genuinely excited about putting great cask beer on the bar. Happy Brewery of the Day\, Adnams! \nDiscover more: Visit the Adnams website and read more about the remarkable return of Extra for Cask Ale Week in Beer Today.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/adnams-2/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: JW Lees
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 200 years old\, seven generations of the same family and currently having the biggest year in its history – JW Lees is clearly not ready to start acting its age. Manchester’s oldest operating brewery has been brewing at Greengate in Middleton since 1828\, when retired cotton manufacturer John Lees decided that\, rather than putting his feet up\, he’d start a brewery. We’re rather glad he did. Almost two centuries later\, the family is still at the helm\, the beer is still being brewed at Greengate and JW Lees has grown into a brilliant part of North West pub and brewing culture. \nAnd there’s plenty to celebrate right now. JW Lees has just reported record sales of £105.6 million\, with draught beer sales up 3.7% – helped along by one particularly nostalgic comeback. Last year\, JW Lees brought Boddingtons Cask back to Manchester after a 13-year absence\, and the response has been extraordinary. By this summer it was pouring in around 400 pubs nationally and accounted for an estimated 15% of the brewery’s total production. We absolutely love that a beer with so much history can come back and find a whole new audience alongside the people who remember it first time around. And while all that nostalgia is flowing\, behind a little green door at Greengate you’ll find The Boilerhouse – JW Lees’ small-batch brewery\, where almost 200 years of brewing experience gets permission to play with new styles\, collaborations and ideas. \nThat mix of old favourites and new discoveries feels very Cask Ale Week to us. JW Lees is closing in on its 200th birthday with a growing business\, busy pubs\, a seventh generation involved in the family firm and absolutely no intention of standing still. They’re celebrating Cask Ale Week too\, including cask tasting flights at Founder’s Hall in Manchester – a sort of beer-lover’s pick ‘n’ mix and a very good excuse to discover something new. Nearly two centuries of brewing knowledge\, a brilliantly successful blast from Manchester’s beery past and cask still right at the heart of it all. Cheers to JW Lees! \nDiscover more: Visit the JW Lees website and read The Morning Advertiser’s fascinating feature on the revival of heritage ales and the return of Boddingtons.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/jw-lees-3/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Beer of the Day: Bradfield Brewery Farmers Blonde
DESCRIPTION:From Two Doors Down to one very good pint. Day Three’s Beer of the Day has been chosen by actor\, writer and comedian Kieran Hodgson\, best known to millions as Gordon in BBC sitcom Two Doors Down. His pick? A proper Yorkshire favourite: Farmers Blonde from Bradfield Brewery. \nAnd what a lovely pint to choose. At 4.0%\, Farmers Blonde is pale\, bright\, citrusy and packed with summery fruit aromas – the sort of wonderfully refreshing\, easy-drinking cask beer that can disappear rather quicker than you intended. It also comes with a brilliantly Yorkshire backstory. Bradfield Brewery started life on a working dairy farm in 2005\, and Farmers Blonde was named after the Blonde d’Aquitaine breed of cattle. The beer proved rather popular – today it’s Bradfield’s flagship ale\, while the brewery has gone from milking 100 cows a day to brewing more than 100\,000 pints a week. Now that’s what we call diversification. \nSo today we’re following Kieran’s lead. Find yourself a handpull with that famous blonde cow on it and order a Farmers Blonde. If you’re already a cask drinker\, there’s every chance you’ll understand why it has such a following. And if you’re just beginning to explore cask? This bright\, fruity\, refreshing Yorkshire blonde is a very good place to start. Cheers\, Kieran – excellent choice.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/bradfield-brewery-farmers-blonde/
CATEGORIES:beer
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Palmers
DESCRIPTION:If you were asked to imagine the perfect home for cask ale\, you might come up with an old thatched brewery beside a river\, a mile from the Jurassic Coast\, with its own spring\, a working Victorian waterwheel and more than 230 years of brewing history. The brilliant thing is\, you don’t have to imagine it – it exists. Welcome to Palmers Brewery in Bridport\, where there has been continuous brewing on the same site since 1794. Still independent\, still family-run and now with the fifth generation of the Palmer family involved\, this is a brewery where history isn’t something hanging on the wall – it’s still very much at work. \nAnd for beer lovers\, the Old Brewery is rather special. Palmers is the UK’s only thatched brewery\, and inside you’ll still find a traditional mash tun and open copper\, while a huge waterwheel dating from 1879 remains in working order. The ales are made with water from Palmers’ own natural spring\, Maris Otter malt and whole-leaf hops\, before being cask conditioned. But this isn’t brewing preserved in aspic: modern brewing knowledge and quality control work alongside all that wonderful old kit. Palmers is particularly serious about what happens between brewery and glass too\, investing in cellar training\, storage and transport to make sure its cask reaches the drinker as it should. Cask Marque has apparently described them as “obsessive” about quality. We suspect Palmers took that as a compliment. \nAnd more than 230 years after the first brew\, the place is still full of life. Palmers now has 53 pubs across the West Country\, as well as supplying free houses\, and this September its Beer Festival returns to the historic brewery itself\, raising money for the Palmers Brewery Community Fund. We love the whole picture: a fiercely independent family brewery\, beautiful pubs\, a waterwheel that has been turning since Queen Victoria was on the throne and live cask ale still being brewed on the site where the story began. If you want to show someone that cask isn’t simply part of Britain’s brewing history but a living\, breathing part of its future\, Palmers is a pretty wonderful place to start. \nDiscover more: Visit Palmers Brewery and read about this year’s Palmers Brewery Beer Festival in Bridport.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/palmers/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Robinsons
DESCRIPTION:How do you take nearly 200 years of brewing history and get it ready for the next 200? Robinsons has just had a pretty good go at answering that. After 187 years of brewing in the heart of Stockport\, this much-loved family brewery has made one of the biggest moves in its history – literally – moving brewing from its historic Hillgate home into a fantastic new £8.4 million brewhouse at Bredbury. It’s a bold new chapter for a brewery that began life at the Unicorn Inn in 1838 and is now in its sixth generation of family ownership\, with around 250 pubs across the North West and North Wales. \nFor beer drinkers\, the really exciting bit is what’s happening inside. The new brewery brings brewing and packaging together under one roof\, with brilliant new technology sitting alongside generations of brewing know-how. It’s more efficient\, more sustainable and built for the future – and cask is very much part of that future. In fact\, cask makes up an impressive 28% of beer sold in Robinsons pubs\, around five times the on-trade average\, and its cask volumes grew by around 5% in the latest reported year. Earlier this year\, Cask Marque founder Paul Nunny and the Cask Marque board went for a look behind the scenes and came away seriously impressed\, with Paul describing the scale of the investment and innovation as “genuinely impressive”. We suspect there may have been a few envious brewers peering at the new kit too. \nAnd that’s why we’re so excited to make Robinsons our Brewery of the Day. Moving a brewery with this much history could have been all about protecting the past. Instead\, Robinsons has made it about what comes next. There’s new kit\, new possibilities and a whole new chapter being written – while the family\, the pubs and that commitment to a properly kept pint of cask remain firmly at the heart of it. Nearly two centuries in\, Robinsons isn’t slowing down. It’s just fired up a brand-new brewery. Now that really is something worth raising a pint to. \nDiscover more: Visit the Robinsons Brewery website and take a look at Paul Nunny and Cask Marque’s visit to the new brewery on LinkedIn.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/robinsons/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Wadworth
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve been drinking cask for a while\, there’s a good chance Wadworth already means something to you – a familiar pump clip\, a favourite pub or perhaps a pint of 6X that brings back a few memories. And if it doesn’t? Well\, that’s what Cask Ale Week is for. Wadworth has been brewing in Devizes since 1875\, is still independent and family-run five generations later\, and has built the sort of following that includes one particularly dedicated fan who reckoned he’d enjoyed around 45\,000 pints of 6X by his 50th birthday. That’s not a typo. 45\,000. \nBut the really exciting thing is that new drinkers are joining the party. Fresh figures reported this month put 6X among Britain’s three fastest-growing major cask brands by value\, with Wadworth saying it’s seeing younger drinkers increasingly attracted to beers with real history and provenance. Meanwhile\, at its Folly Road Brewhouse\, the brewers have the freedom to play with new styles and flavours alongside the beers generations of drinkers grew up with. \nAnd that’s rather the point of Cask Ale Week. You don’t need to have been drinking a beer for 30 years to enjoy one with 150 years of stories behind it. So if you spot a Wadworth pump clip this week\, give it a go. You might discover an old favourite – even if it’s completely new to you. And if you do love it\, you’ve only got another 44\,999 pints to go. \nDiscover more: Visit Wadworth and read The Morning Advertiser’s feature on younger drinkers and heritage beers driving the growth of cask.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/wadworth/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Beer of the Day: Wadworth 6X
DESCRIPTION:We’ve had beer experts and famous faces choosing our Beers of the Day. Today\, we’ve gone for a full-blown superfan. Meet Tim Mackie-Harrison – lifelong cask lover\, officially crowned one of Wadworth’s “Legends”\, and a man whose relationship with 6X started considerably earlier than licensing laws would have preferred. \nTim grew up near Wadworth’s old Northgate Brewery in Devizes. He remembers the malty smell of brewing drifting across his primary-school playground and sneaking the occasional sip of 6X from his dad’s glass at the village pub. Fast-forward a few years (and to entirely legal pints) and that affection hasn’t gone anywhere. Tim even won a competition to help brew 6X 1923\, the special 6% version recreated for the beer’s centenary\, alongside Wadworth’s head brewer. Unsurprisingly\, it’s now his all-time favourite. This isn’t so much a Beer of the Day nomination as a lifelong love affair. \nAnd what started it all? 6X. First brewed on 5 December 1923\, today’s 4.1% cask version is a rich amber ale packed with malt and fruit\, balanced by Fuggles and Goldings hops and finishing with that long\, satisfying maltiness that has kept generations coming back. Even its wonderfully odd name comes with a pub-worthy story. Strong beers were traditionally marked on casks with crosses\, so the original 6% beer would have received six of them: XXXXXX. Wadworth cooper Reg Morris shortened the lot to 6X – and more than a century later\, the name is still on the handpull. \nSo today\, we’re taking advice from someone who has known the smell of Wadworth beer since the playground\, tasted 6X from his dad’s pint and eventually ended up helping to brew its centenary edition. That’s what we call a proper cask ale fan. If you already know and love 6X\, raise a glass to Tim and more than a century of this Wiltshire classic.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/wadworth-6x/
CATEGORIES:beer
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Okell's
DESCRIPTION:There are breweries with traditions – and then there’s Okell’s\, which helped get the rules for good beer written into Manx law. Founded on the Isle of Man by Dr William Okell in 1850\, the brewery’s story took a wonderfully beer-geek turn in 1874 when its founder championed the Manx Pure Beer Act\, restricting Manx beer to proper brewing ingredients and keeping artificial additives and substitutes out. More than 175 years after Okell’s began brewing\, that commitment to pure beer is still going strong. Frankly\, we rather like an island that takes its pint seriously enough to legislate for it. \nAnd drinkers have plenty of reasons to take notice right now. Okell’s has just had a cracking few weeks on the awards circuit\, picking up Gold at the 2026 World Beer Awards for its Nectar New World IPA\, alongside recognition for its Smoked Porter\, followed by two more medals at the International Beer Challenge. Back home\, its cask ales remain a familiar sight across the Isle of Man’s pubs\, while seasonal and limited-edition brews give the brewers plenty of room to have some fun alongside the classics. \nSo\, if Okell’s is already an old friend\, raise a glass to 175+ years of proudly Manx brewing. And if you’ve never tried an Okell’s beer? Consider this your invitation. A pint brewed on a tiny island in the Irish Sea\, with generations of history behind it and its own purity law to boot – that’s exactly the sort of beer story we think is worth seeking out during Cask Ale Week. \nDiscover more: Visit Okell’s and read about its latest success at the 2026 World Beer Awards.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/okells/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Beer of the Day: Five Points Brewery XPA
DESCRIPTION:Imagine you’ve never tried cask ale before. You’re on a historic pub tour around Shoreditch and you ask your guide: “So… what should I order?” Today’s judge\, Charo Havermans\, knows exactly what she’d say. \nCharo is a public historian and tour guide specialising in pubs\, particularly the often-overlooked role women have played in brewing and pub life. She’s even helping to create the world’s first Pub Museum. On one of her Shoreditch tours\, a conversation about women as some of our original brewers led a group of tourists to ask what they should choose for their very first cask. Charo recommended Five Points XPA – locally brewed in Hackney by a team that includes Head Brewer Laura Hardman and Assistant Head Brewer Alana Lim. \nAt 4%\, XPA is light\, zingy and tropical\, with mango and passionfruit alongside a satisfying hoppy bitterness. Originally created for Field Day festival in 2016\, it proved far too popular to disappear afterwards and is now part of the core range – and it’s gluten-free too. But there’s another reason Charo remembers that particular tour. One local guest was very enthusiastic about her recommendation and promptly made sure everyone ordered XPA. Why the excitement? He owned shares in Five Points. As Charo says: “Let’s hope it’s made a difference\, Pete!” \nSo whether you’re a seasoned cask fan or wondering what to order for your very first pint\, follow Charo’s lead and give XPA a go. Her top spots to find it are two London pub legends\, The Pride of Spitalfields and The Cockpit. History lesson over. Pint time.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/five-points-brewery-xpa/
CATEGORIES:beer
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Wye Valley
DESCRIPTION:If you like your pint with a real sense of where it comes from\, Wye Valley Brewery is one to look out for. It started life in 1985 when former Guinness brewer Peter Amor set up a tiny brewery behind a Herefordshire pub. Forty-one years later\, it’s still independent and family-owned\, but those humble beginnings have grown into more than 15 million pints enjoyed each year and beers pouring in over 1\,200 pubs and bars. Not bad for something that started behind the bar. \nAnd Wye Valley really does taste of its home turf. The brewery sits right in the heart of Herefordshire hop country and more than half of its hops are grown within just 10 miles – so when you’re drinking a pint of Wye Valley cask\, there’s a good chance the hops haven’t travelled very far at all. Even some of the brewery’s original casks from 1985 are apparently still doing the rounds. We’d love to know how many good nights out those have witnessed. \nThat combination of local roots and a loyal following is exactly why we’re celebrating Wye Valley during Cask Ale Week. Whether you already know their pump clips well or you’re about to order one for the first time\, this is proper independent brewing with Herefordshire running right through it. So if you spot Wye Valley on the bar this week\, you know what to do. Find a pint\, find some friends and give it a try. Cheers! \nDiscover more: Visit Wye Valley Brewery and read about the latest chapter in this independent family brewery’s story.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/wye-valley/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Ossett
DESCRIPTION:Fresh\, hoppy and with a definite independent streak\, Ossett Brewery has been doing things its own way since Bob Lawson started brewing in the back of a West Yorkshire pub in 1998. What began as a tiny operation has grown into a brewery producing more than nine million pints a year\, with a fantastic collection of pubs and a loyal following of drinkers who know exactly what they like. And if there’s one thing Ossett proves brilliantly\, it’s just how exciting modern cask can be. \nWhite Rat is perhaps the perfect example. First brewed in 2011 in the basement of Huddersfield’s Rat & Ratchet\, it quickly became a firm favourite with drinkers and has gone on to develop a huge following – today around five million pints are brewed each year. But Ossett’s brewers haven’t stopped playing. New hops\, new styles\, cask-only releases and collaborations keep appearing alongside the favourites\, making this the sort of brewery where it’s always worth having a look along the handpulls to see what’s new. \nAnd this summer Ossett doubled down on quality by becoming a member of Cask Marque\, with all of its own pubs already Cask Marque accredited. We love that combination: make brilliant cask\, keep experimenting\, but make absolutely sure it reaches the drinker tasting as good as it should. So if an Ossett pump clip catches your eye this Cask Ale Week – particularly one with a rat on it – we suggest you follow it. There could be a very good pint waiting on the other side. \nDiscover more: Visit Ossett Brewery and read about its latest commitment to great cask through Cask Marque.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/ossett/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Beer of the Day: Ossett Brewery White Rat
DESCRIPTION:When the man behind one of Britain’s great cask pubs tells you there’s a beer worth ordering\, you listen. Today’s Beer of the Day has been chosen by Steve from the Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton – a family-run Ribble Valley pub he and Christine have been running since 1987. \nAnd Steve knows his way around a handpull. The Swan has been crowned CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year\, has repeatedly been recognised among the country’s very best pubs and is the current Ribble Valley CAMRA Pub of the Year. Steve’s choice from behind that famous bar is Ossett White Rat – a 4% pale ale with plenty of bite\, packed with citrus\, tropical fruit and pine from its American hops. Crisp\, bitter\, seriously hoppy and extremely moreish\, it’s exactly the sort of pint that has people spotting the rat on the pump clip and knowing what they’re ordering. \nWhite Rat started life in 2011 as Lab Rat\, a tiny test brew created in the basement of Huddersfield’s Rat & Ratchet. It was designed for the drinkers upstairs and was seriously hoppy by the standards of cask at the time. Those drinkers clearly knew a good thing when they tasted it: demand took off\, White Rat became Ossett’s bestselling beer and today around five million pints a year are brewed. \nSo today we’re following Steve’s lead. Find the rat on the bar and give it a go. It’s modern\, punchy\, properly bitter cask that was ahead of the curve when it appeared 15 years ago – and judging by the number of people still ordering it\, the rest of us have been happily catching up ever since.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/ossett-brewery-white-rat/
CATEGORIES:beer
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SUMMARY:Brewery of the Day: Belhaven
DESCRIPTION:Sitting among the barley fields of East Lothian\, just outside Dunbar\, Scotland’s oldest working brewery has been doing its thing since 1719. More than 300 years later\, the beer is still brewed right there using local water\, malted barley and Belhaven’s own yeast. There are even ancient cellars on the site linked to the Benedictine monks who brewed in Dunbar centuries ago. That’s a fair bit of brewing history beneath your feet before you’ve even ordered a pint. \nAnd what we love about Belhaven is that its beers are so unmistakably Scottish. This is the land of 80 Shilling – or “80 bob” if you prefer – alongside stouts\, IPAs and the hugely popular Belhaven Best. There’s a brilliant sense of place about it all: a brewery on the Scottish coast\, surrounded by some of the country’s finest barley-growing land\, still producing beers with the malty\, characterful flavours generations of Scottish drinkers have enjoyed. Yet there’s plenty for a new generation to discover too. \nBetter still\, Belhaven is getting properly stuck into Cask Ale Week\, with participating pubs offering CAMRA members 25% off cask during the promotion. So whether you already know your 80/- from your Wee Heavy or the world of Scottish ale is completely new territory\, this seems a very good week to investigate. Find a handpull\, order yourself a pint and raise a glass to more than three centuries of Scottish brewing. Slàinte! \nDiscover more: Visit Belhaven Brewery and explore the story of Scotland’s oldest working brewery.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/belhaven/
CATEGORIES:brewery
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SUMMARY:Beer of the Day: Colchester Brewery Brazilian Coffee Vanilla Porter
DESCRIPTION:What beer does the Chairman of CAMRA go hunting for when he spots it on the bar? Today we have the answer – and apparently you need to be quick. \nOur Beer of the Day has been chosen by Ash Corbett-Collins\, Chairman of CAMRA\, and it’s Brazilian Coffee & Vanilla Porter from Colchester Brewery. Ash first discovered it at the Great British Beer Festival while volunteering as a Champion Beer of Britain judge. It was his beer of the festival and he’s been seeking it out ever since – although finding it isn’t always easy. In fact\, Ash has previously called Brazilian his “needle in a haystack beer”. When he does find it\, he knows exactly why he keeps coming back: “It is smooth with a velvety mouthfeel\, it has a strong coffee flavour without being overly bitter\, while being easily drinkable without being too heavy.” \nAt 4.6%\, Brazilian is a proper flavour-packed cask porter\, with coffee and vanilla doing the talking while Goldings and Fuggles bring some classic British brewing character underneath. And Ash isn’t the only one who rates it: Brazilian has picked up multiple awards\, including winning the Speciality category at CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain. Colchester Brewery says it’s regularly one of the first beers to disappear at festivals too – so perhaps Ash’s trouble finding a pint is partly because everybody else keeps beating him to it. \nThere is one catch: Brazilian isn’t brewed on cask all year round. It’s part of Colchester Brewery’s rotating dark beer range\, making finding that 4.6% cask version all the more satisfying. So if you ever spot Brazilian on a handpull\, take Ash’s advice and give it a try while you can. And if Ash happens to be standing behind you in the queue… perhaps leave him a pint.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/colchester-brewery-brazilian-coffee-vanilla-porter/
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