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08-07-2014, 15:11
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Ironically, it’s Pete Brown again, but this anecdote (http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Opinion/Pete-Brown/Not-the-time-to-be-unclear-about-cask-beer) from the Morning Advertiser about the aftermath of the Cask Marque AGM just demands a mention:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IuS_JNopA/U7wD7gZEKFI/AAAAAAAADmI/8QcfZGHmcm4/s1600/cloudy+cask.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IuS_JNopA/U7wD7gZEKFI/AAAAAAAADmI/8QcfZGHmcm4/s1600/cloudy+cask.jpg)
In fact, I suspect this particular situation would have been better ten years ago. Fortunately the misguided idea that murk adds character to cask beer doesn’t seem to have spread much beyond London so far. Maybe Pete should mention in his next Cask Report the risk of poor presentation putting the casual punter off the category entirely.
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Ironically, it’s Pete Brown again, but this anecdote (http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Opinion/Pete-Brown/Not-the-time-to-be-unclear-about-cask-beer) from the Morning Advertiser about the aftermath of the Cask Marque AGM just demands a mention:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IuS_JNopA/U7wD7gZEKFI/AAAAAAAADmI/8QcfZGHmcm4/s1600/cloudy+cask.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IuS_JNopA/U7wD7gZEKFI/AAAAAAAADmI/8QcfZGHmcm4/s1600/cloudy+cask.jpg)
In fact, I suspect this particular situation would have been better ten years ago. Fortunately the misguided idea that murk adds character to cask beer doesn’t seem to have spread much beyond London so far. Maybe Pete should mention in his next Cask Report the risk of poor presentation putting the casual punter off the category entirely.
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-be-clear-about-cask.html)