Posts Tagged:cask days

Cask Days 2013 Pictorial Survival Guide

Hats

It’s Cask Days eve! I hope you have hung your steins by the window with care, in hopes that St. Ralph, soon will be there.  Seriously though, if you like beer and are in the GTA, chances are you’re going to Cask Days, either Saturday or Sunday.  Or maybe both.  last year I wrote a […]

Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Cask Days/The Granite

Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred

Sorry for the long lay-off on posting these. Firstly, one of our key producers in the beer breaks left Corus, and it took a bit of time to get realigned and back on track, then this video came out on Friday, and I was already on my way to Beau’s Oktoberfest for the weekend. So […]

The Obligatory Cask Days Guide Post

Don't Panic

Well, the largest cask beer festival in North America starts tomorrow, and I’m hoping you’re planning on attending.  Whether you’re a first-timer or a veteran, a good bit of fore-thought and planning is necessary. Now, there are currently three excellent guides available, by Mike Warner, Chris Grimley and Cask Days itself.  This guide has already […]

The Case For Cask

4 Angram hand-pumps at Castro's Lounge

*** This post lead to a re-connection with The Bell, and their story has taken an interesting turn: they have just successfully funded a community buy-out!  Exciting times, and you can read more about it here: http://www.bellcommunity.org.uk/ *** In June of 2000, my girlfriend (now wife) and I staggered through the streets of Bath, making […]

Cask Days 2011 – Start Planning

Cask Days is coming.  Specifically, it’s Sunday October 30th.  That should be enough.  If you’ve been to Cask Days before hit up http://www.caskdays.com/  and get your tickets. I’ll see you there. Okay, I realize that a lot of you might not be familiar with Cask Days, so let me elaborate, though seriously consider just buying […]

Cask Days – Bar Volo

Just in from Ralph at Volo!!!! ABOUT CASK DAYS October has become Toronto’s annual month to celebrate cask-condition ale – a term for unfiltered, unpasteurized, naturally carbonated beer that undergoes secondary fermentation. Once tapped, cask-ale – also referred to as real ale, has only a few days to be consumed at it’s peak; we call […]