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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:Theakston Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Theakson Brewery has been chosen for today’s ‘Brewery of the Day’. \nTheakston is one of Britain’s oldest established family brewing companies and is famed throughout the country and overseas for its wide range of premium ales brewed in our historic Victorian tower brewery.  Their legendary Old Peculier beer is sold in many countries overseas and is widely admired as a world iconic beer. \nLocated in the Yorkshire Dales market town of Masham\, North Yorkshire and controlled and run by fifth generation\, direct family descendants of the founder\, Robert Theakston. They use Robert’s passion for quality ingredients and brewing as the guiding ethos that has ensured their company’s place at the pinnacle of the brewer’s art today. \nHaving an amazing history encompassing everything from world wars\, economic highs and lows\, takeovers and buy-backs throughout nearly two centuries of brewing\, today\, Theakston remain at the forefront of the craft beer revival with customers all over the UK. We play an active role in supporting arts\, sport and the local environment both in North Yorkshire and further afield. \nCooperage\nTheakston have employed coopers since the founding of the company in 1827 and today\, Theakston Old Peculier in hand crafted oak casks is regularly ordered by licensees and made available to them across the north of the country. Theakston are very proud of their coopering tradition and to be able to continue the history of coopering\, being one of the last remaining breweries in the UK to still have an in-house cooperage. \nFor many hundreds of years before metal casks were invented\, wooden casks were the only means by which not just liquids but also foodstuffs were transported\, not least within the brewing industry. But such has been the success of the introduction of the metal version that very few brewers today still retain a cooper. The reason for this is that to make an oak cask of precise content from non-standard widths of oak is a true craft which cannot be replicated by machine. The manufacture of metal casks contrastingly is an automated process.  Find out more here. \nFind out more by visiting Theakston’s website\, here.\nBook a brewery tour here.\nVisit their shop here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/theakston-brewery/
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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:Hook Norton Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Hook Norton have been chosen as our Brewery of the Day for day 5 of Cask Ale Week. \nBrewing 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. \nHook Norton offer a selection of seasonal ales that complement the established core range\, creating complexity with naturally grown ingredients and water drawn from the wells beneath our brewery. \nThey are a proud\, passionate\, independent family owned brewery located in the Cotswold Hills. Every ale uses the finest ingredients\, is openly fermented and handcrafted to give each one a character of its own. Keeping tradition alive they deliver beer by dray using a team of four Shire horses. Read more about the Shire horses here. \nVisit Hook Norton’s website to find out more. \nEnjoy 10% OFF when you buy a case of Hooky ale. Use code: HNB1849. Order online here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/hook-norton-brewery/
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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:Adnams
DESCRIPTION:Adnams is our Brewery of the Day on day 4 of Cask Ale Week. \nFounded 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. \nIn 2010\, Adnams became the first brewery in England to build a distillery on the same site. Its pioneering spirit has enabled Adnams to become a distinctive brewer\, distiller\, wine merchant\, retailer\, publican\, and hotelier. \nThey craft well-loved premium beers and spirits\, and work with some wonderful producers to bring you the best wines in the world. Their stores\, hotels\, pubs\, and inns reflect their individuality and the personality of their incredible teams. \nTheir famous cask beer include\, Ghostship\, Broadside and Southwold Bitter. \nFind out more by visiting – www.adnams.co.uk \nBook onto one of their famous brewery tours here. \nFind a pub and hotel to stay and visit here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/adnams/
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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:Greene King
DESCRIPTION:Greene King has been crafting quality beers from its historic breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar for over 200 years. \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. \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. \nPermanent Cask Ale Brands:\n• Abbot Ale is a 5% ABV traditional cask ale with a brewing process that has hardly changed over hundreds of years. Brewed for longer\, the ale has masses of fruit character\, malty richness\, and a superb hop balance. At this year’s Great British Beer Festival Abbot Ale was awarded silver in the Champion Beer of Britain Award and gold in the Premium Bitter category.\n• Greene King IPA\, 3.4% ABV\, is the brewery’s flagship beer. First brewed in Bury St Edmunds over 90 years ago\, this is an easy drinking\, session cask ale with a hoppy taste and aroma making it clean\, crisp and moreish.\n•  Old Speckled Hen\, 4.5% ABV\, is a British ale that was first brewed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory in Abingdon\, Oxfordshire. The premium cask ale continues to be a finely balanced beer with a distinctive rich\, malty taste and fruity aroma. Old Speckled Hen is also the only traditional premium ale to be supported by national TV advertising.\n• The Hen family also offers another permanent cask favourite\, Old Golden Hen (4.1% ABV)\, a light golden ale that delivers both flavour and refreshment.\n• Belhaven 80 Shilling is a 3.9% rich Scottish ale with a classic red appearance with notes of toffee and soft fruit flavours. \nSeasonal Calendar\nThis year\, the Suffolk brewer launched its Fresh Cask Releases calendar\, a portfolio of 18 different cask beers\, available at specific times of the year. The calendar has been filled with a combination of returning favourites\, key calendar creations linked to sporting occasions and national celebrations\, collaborations\, and new ales\, inspired by legendary stories of the people and places associated with beer. \nFor September and October\, Fresh Legs\, a golden 4% ale will be available to celebrate the Rugby World Cup and offer the perfect pint to enjoy while watching the sport. Making its return\, Bonkers Conkers\, brewed with over five different hop varieties will also be available with a refreshed pump clip for September only. \nThe launch of Cask Pins\nIn July this year Greene King launched the 4.5-gallon pin to market\, meaning pubs will have the opportunity to manage a lower throughput at quieter times. The seven-figure investment means that by offering a smaller unit for operators\, cask can have its rightful place on the bar even at quieter drinking periods or even provide an opportunity to expand current range. \nProud to Pitch In\nGreene King IPA launched its funding initiative two years ago\, where a portion of sales of the beer are utilised to fund grassroot and community clubs around the UK. Clubs can apply for up to £4\,000 for much-needed support to enable then to continue to play the sports they love. So far\, Proud to Pitch In has granted over £500\,000 to over 200 clubs\, with the ambition to give away £1 million. \nCask Iron Guarantee\nThe brewer continues to support its free trade customers with the Cask Iron Guarantee\, where customers with Greene King cask ales can receive a refund for un-broached\, and credit for remaining volume on broached casks\, for out-of-date cask. Terms and conditions apply\, customers should contact their Greene King sales representative for full details. \nVisit the Greene King website – www.greeneking.co.uk\nVisit the Belhaven website – www.belhaven.co.uk
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/greene-king/
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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:Timothy Taylor's
DESCRIPTION:Timothy Taylor’s Brewery are our Brewery of the Day for day two of Cask Ale Week. \nTimothy Taylor established the brewery in the centre of Keighley in 1858\, before moving to their present site in Knowle Spring in 1863. \nThe brewery remains in the Taylor family and is now the last independent brewery of its type left in West Yorkshire. This independence enables Taylor’s to survive as one of the few brewers still brewing true cask ales in the same way it has always done. \nTheir mission to take extra time\, care and pride in traditional\, hands-on brewing\, making no compromise when it comes to ingredients. All for that taste of Taylor’s. \nFind out more about their brewing process here. \nTake the virtual brewery tour here \nClick here to find out more about the Timothy Taylor’s brewers by clicking here. \nWant to WIN a money-can’t-buy brewery tour and meal for four people at Timothy Taylor’s tap room\, Taylors on the Green? Find out more by visiting here.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/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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SUMMARY:Arkell's Brewery
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFounded by John Arkell in in 1843\, this family-owned brewery has remained true to its roots. The 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. \nToday\, the Arkell family work at the brewery alongside generations of other local families\, brewing real ale and looking after nearly 100 pubs across Wiltshire\, Gloucestershire\, Oxfordshire\, Berkshire and Hampshire. \nArkell’s ales include award-winning beers such as Wiltshire Gold\, 3B\, and Hoperation IPA. Special ales are brewed regularly\, with Head Brewer\, Alex Arkell\, keeping the art of craft ale alive\, offering drinkers new tastes and flavours all hand made in their traditional brewery. \nTo find out more about them\, www.arkells.com\nTo book onto one of their brewery tours\, click here. \nArkell’s Ale Trail on the CaskFinder app \nHave you joined the Arkell’s 180th Anniversary Ale Trail on CaskFinder? Visit just over 80 pubs and WIN some fantastic prizes. Prizes include:- \nPrize for 10 scans – A limited edition 180th polo shirt\nPrize for 20 scans – Two packs of Arkell’s bottled beer\nPrize for 30 scans – An Arkell’s goody bag\nPrize for 50 scans – A one night’s stay in a double room at an Arkell’s managed pub\nPrize for 75 scans – A meal voucher for two\nPrize for 83 scans – A private brewery tour for five people hosted personally by Alex Arkell\, followed by a pub lunch and take home beer. \nClick here to download the CaskFinder app.
URL:https://caskaleweek.co.uk/botd/arkells-brewery/
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