What do our Ale Trailers and James Blunt have in common? Excellent taste in cask, apparently. Every year we ask our Ale Trailers to vote for their favourite beer - and every year Timothy Taylor's Landlord comes out on top. So there really could only be one Drinkers' Choice Beer of the Day to kick […]
Day Two and our Beer of the Day is a hauntingly good one. Award-winning beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones has chosen Adnams Ghost Ship - and described a great pint of it with one word we particularly like: “pristine.” Adrian says: “Ghost Ship Pale Ale is actually a pristine pint. It's a beer that packs great […]
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. And what a lovely pint to choose. […]
Beer expertise, meet liquid sunshine. Day Four's Beer of the Day has been picked by the fabulous Ryan Perry - AKA Crafty Beer Boy and, as of this summer, an accredited Beer Sommelier. And yes, Beer Sommelier really is a thing - think wine sommelier, but with considerably more hops. Ryan has trained in everything […]
You know a beer has earned a place in your heart when just seeing it on the bar takes you straight back to somewhere special. That's exactly what Hanlons Yellow Hammer does for today's judge, Sarah Hall from SALSA. Sarah spends her working life pretty close to beer. SALSA works with Cask Marque to run […]
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. Tim grew up near Wadworth's old […]
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. Charo is a public historian and tour guide specialising in pubs, particularly the often-overlooked role women have played in brewing and […]
Today we're handing out a Beer of the Day award we've never given before. Welcome to the Cask Ale Week Newcomer Award - and its first winner, Jiddler's Tipple. If you know Jacob Liddle, you'll know he's hardly a newcomer to great beer. He's a certified Beer Sommelier, beer judge and Channel 4 Sunday Brunch […]
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. And Steve knows his […]
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. Our 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 […]
Well, this feels like a rather good way to finish. Hawkstone has made its first-ever cask beer - and our final Beer of the Day comes from a landlord who knows a thing or two about a great pint. Owain Jones, co-owner of The Plough at West Hanney, has chosen Hops & Glory, the new […]