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You Will Soon Know More About Cask Ale
Hey, so how’s this for a specific blog: Philadelphia Area’s Cask Ales. The blog, by Kevin Rowe, is all about the “a beer brewed from traditional ingredients (malted barley, hops water and yeast), matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide.” That’s the CAMRA definition, and the site also helpfully defines CAMRA (”the Campaign for Real Ale, is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation which campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights”). Rowe updates apparently every day about what is on cask at different area bars. This is a feat more impressive than summarizing (PWD definition: not summarizing) the Daily News columnists every day; there’s also a list of all the cask ales available during Philly Beer Week. |
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We just call it beer!
Now you’ve made me fancy a pint. Off down the pub it is then!
I am slightly ashamed to say that this is something I have needed for a long, long time, since Teresa’s Next Door doesn’t have a web site. Huzzah!
Dammit. I was going to say a shorter definition would be “real beer”. Damn you, london yank.