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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]