Arkell’s Brewery

Arkell’s Brewery have been chosen as our Brewery of the Day for the first day of Cask Ale Week.  They are great ambassadors of cask and this year they are celebrating a remarkable 180th birthday. Founded by John Arkell in in 1843, this family-owned brewery has remained true to its roots. The beer is still […]

Arkell’s 3B

Today's Beer of the Day is 3B by Arkell's Brewery. Beer of of the Day judge for the first day of Cask Ale Week is Simon Martin, Founder of the Real Ale Guide on YouTube. Simon says: "The reason I chose 3B is not only for it's historical relevance to British cask ale, but for […]

Timothy Taylor’s

Timothy Taylor's Brewery are our Brewery of the Day for day two of Cask Ale Week. Timothy Taylor established the brewery in the centre of Keighley in 1858, before moving to their present site in Knowle Spring in 1863. The brewery remains in the Taylor family and is now the last independent brewery of its […]

6X by Wadworth Brewery

Today's judge is Cask Marque's newest team member, Mark Tinsley. Mark 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. There’s a fun fact about how it got it’s name too... Originally 6%, Coopers would mark XXXXXX […]

Adnams

Adnams is our Brewery of the Day on day 4 of Cask Ale Week. Founded by George and Ernest Adnams in 1872, Adnams began as a Southwold brewery on the Suffolk coast and has been fiercely independent for the last 150 years. In 2010, Adnams became the first brewery in England to build a distillery […]

Hook Norton Brewery

Hook Norton have been chosen as our Brewery of the Day for day 5 of Cask Ale Week. Brewing since 1849, Hook Norton Brewery has been in the same brewing family for 5 generations and continues to produce a wide range of award-winning cask, keg and bottled beers from its 5-story Victorian Tower Brewery. Hook […]