New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association

Uncategorized Boards => General => Topic started by: Ian Grant on January 31, 2012, 04:47:58 PM

Title: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on January 31, 2012, 04:47:58 PM

On Thursday at 4pm picaroons is suppose to have there IPA in cask at the Garrison.  I'm thinking about going to check it out, if anyone else was interested maybe we could meet up.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Kyle on January 31, 2012, 04:52:00 PM

that sounds good, I might be able to make it!

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on January 31, 2012, 04:57:31 PM

Yup

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: JohnQ on January 31, 2012, 05:00:13 PM

Might be able to make it myself if the brewing is all done by then.
If you need a ride RB, give me a shout!

JQ

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Richard on January 31, 2012, 05:02:13 PM

garghhhh. Work is nuts this week. Probably can't  make it, but I may yet crack. TVM for the offer in any event, JQ :)

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: JohnQ on January 31, 2012, 05:04:45 PM

Ahh, just one...it will make the work go quicker.  I'll need to be home for supper anyway.
JQ

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Richard on January 31, 2012, 05:05:43 PM

What time is supper? I can probably afford an hour's hiatus.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: HappyHax0r on January 31, 2012, 05:07:38 PM

Hah, that didn't take long... :) Jees man :).

I'd go but I can't. Wife, kids... and it starts an hour before I get off work and since this is my last two weeks at this place I won't be lookin at getting out any time sooner than 5pm ;)

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: JohnQ on January 31, 2012, 05:08:32 PM

Supper at 5 ish, so we'll show up for one and head off.
JQ

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Richard on January 31, 2012, 05:08:54 PM

and yet you're coming to poker four hours later :P

JQ: excellent man, thanks.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Chris Craig on January 31, 2012, 07:41:09 PM

I'll be there at around 4:30 with Colin.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: HappyHax0r on January 31, 2012, 08:25:31 PM

Yes... Poker is after the kids go to bed Richard :D

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on February 01, 2012, 07:36:04 PM

Looks like most will be there around 4-5.  Dean and I should be there around that time.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: sdixon on February 01, 2012, 09:11:59 PM

This sounds like a good plan. I'll probably stop by for one.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Kyle on February 02, 2012, 10:29:20 AM

hmm, thesis progress is not going well for this week. I won't be at Garrison, but poker, coming!

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: JohnQ on February 02, 2012, 11:20:26 AM

Kids, sheesh.
JQ

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Chris Craig on February 02, 2012, 09:13:50 PM

Good beer.  Nice to see you all out.  We'll have to do that more often.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on February 03, 2012, 05:06:09 AM

Ya I had a great time  and it ended up being productive.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Jake on February 03, 2012, 11:18:30 AM

Wish I coulda been there. What was the beer like? Never had a cask ale.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Richard on February 03, 2012, 11:35:35 AM

:lol:

yeah good times had by all, although next time I'll stroll by at 5 rather than 4 - I didn't exactly return to productive work when I got home :P

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on February 03, 2012, 12:04:10 PM

I had 3 glasses and thought it was real good.  Much better than the original.  :chug:

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Jake on February 03, 2012, 12:51:06 PM

So the casks ... are they like oak casks or what? Dont know a whole lot about this obviously ...

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Ian Grant on February 03, 2012, 01:33:02 PM

Nope just a keg but they add the sugar to the keg to carb it.  Pretty much the same as bottling homebrew.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Chris Craig on February 03, 2012, 02:08:41 PM

The carbonation is usually fairly low too.  The idea is that each pub could have the same beer, but since they pump air from the room into the cask to draw beer, each pub's cask as a slightly different flavour.

Title: Re: Cask ale
Post by: Richard on February 06, 2012, 07:03:15 PM

For the record, when I pulled over my Darkest Hour into a keg after the meeting on Sunday, it had the same sulphurous note on the nose that I found in the Yippee cask ale. It's gone after a couple of days of (forced) carbonation. Kyle confirmed the DMS, so I'm not nuts :P