Cask Ale Appreciation Week At The Ale House
the glass headed firkin
So this week is National Cask Ale Week in dear old Blighty (www.caskaleweek.co.uk) so being British, a brewer and fan of cask conditioned ale I couldn’t let this event slip by us unnoticed. Therefore, The Pratt Street Ale House will be running special pricing on our cask ales throughout the week, offering all 3 of our cask beers at $3/pint from 5pm until close. Also we will have the famous glass ended firkin on the bar this coming Friday, serving gravity poured pint of Blonde Ale dry hopped with Maryland grown Chinook so come along and try some fresh cask conditioned (“Real”) ale.
As I was searching through the dusty archives I came across this photo of me at my former brewery, The Phantom & Firkin in Loughborough, U.K. circa 1998. I hasten to add that I wasn’t responsible for emptying the stack of kilderkins upon which I’m perched (not all by myself anyway)! For six years I brewed only cask conditioned ale in the U.K.,( brewing a little under 500 (Imperial) barrels in 1998 for some 12 Firkin pubs) so it’s very satisfying for me to be part of the current upward trend in cask ale sales in the U.S.! Speaking of which we’ll be sending out firkins of Dark Horse (mild), E.S.B., Cherry Blossom Ale, Dry Hopped Blonde Ale and 3 Lions Ale to ChurhKey this week so look out for them on the beer engines soon. Don’t forget, wherever you’re enjoying a pint of craft beer, if they sell cask conditioned ale, raise a glass and toast a true representation of the brewer’s art!
Taking a break, 1998.
Tags: Cask Ale, firkin, glass ended firkin, national cask ale week