With the thwack of a mallet and an occasional spray of beer, tapping a cask can be quite a spectacle. It’s not one we witness often on this side of the pond, but in England it’s standard practice.

If you haven’t tried cask beer, you have a great opportunity at the Allentown Brew Works on Saturday. The craft beer brewer will hold its annual Cask Beer Festival, where you have the chance to try ...

Before I was a beer columnist, I was a hard news reporter. For my money, there is no greater education one can get as a writer than spending at least a few years covering politics, crime, and ...

Beer drinkers have many choices to make when they walk into pubs, bars, or self-service taprooms (which might be here to stay). One of the key ones is whether they want to enjoy beer that's been ...

Cask ale is the most underappreciated beer style in Seattle. It makes no sense. There's no better remedy for a dreary Seattle winter than a proper pint of British cask ale. Its mellow carbonation, ...

Many breweries like to play up their barrel-aging programs with used whiskey or wine barrels adding unique nuances to beer, or with injected bacteria creating unique sour beers that have cultish ...

Music in the Mountains is upgrading the Sierra Brewfest, a news release states. The new Sierra Cask Ale Fest will feature cask, barrel-aged, and specialty beers from Northern California, including a ...