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18-02-2015, 17:00
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http://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pint_hand_marstons_672.jpgIn an article for*All About Beer (http://allaboutbeer.com/british-beers-taking-cues-from-america/), American writer Jeff Alworth said: ‘If you read the English beer blogs, you’ll find mention of cask ale is nearly absent.’He’s reading the wrong blogs, then, we thought, and came up with this reading list of people who*mostly write about cask-conditioned beer consumed in the pub.
Before we get to the links, though, it’s worth noting that*we do think Jeff might be broadly right: the bloggers we’ve suggested below*are all on the… erm… experienced side, and while younger bloggers do write about cask-conditioned beer, it does seem that it’s not often what that gets them*excited.
Tandleman (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/)A long-time Campaign for Real Ale activist based in Manchester, Tandleman is proud to say that he rarely drinks beer at home, and rarely touches keg beer when he’s out. With experience in pub cellars and managing festival bars, he understands the technical ins-and-outs of cask ale better than most, and a recurring theme on his blog is the generally poor condition in which he finds it in London pubs.
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Sample quote: ‘There*is nothing more vexing than coughing up the best part of four quid for a pint in London (or anywhere to be fair) and then finding it warm enough to poach an egg in.’
Paul Bailey (http://baileysbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/)*(no relation)While not dogmatic about cask vs. keg, Paul has been a CAMRA member since the 1970s and writes frequently about his memories of drinking cask-conditioned beer over the course of four decades, as well as providing first-hand commentary on the contemporary scene such as this piece on Doom Bar (http://baileysbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-doom-of-doom-bar.html).http://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/paul_bailey_grab.jpg
Oh Good Ale (https://ohgoodale.wordpress.com/)Another Manchester-based blogger and CAMRA loyalist, Phil is an academic by day and so knows how to string a sentence together. He is outspoken in his praise of cask-conditioned beer and, despite repeated efforts to ‘get’ what it is people see in it, an intelligent critic of modern kegged craft beer, and especially the way it is priced and marketed.
Sample quote:*‘The answer to the question, I honestly believe, is “because any given beer is better from a cask than a keg (or bottle, or can)”.’
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