Real ale
Real ale is the name coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) for beer that is "brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide".
Cask and bottle-conditioned beers
Cask and
Filtered beer
The fundamental distinctions between real and other ales is that real ale is required to be unfiltered, unpasteurized and served either from a
Cask breather
A
CAMRA
The expression "real ale" has been heavily promoted by CAMRA to attract the attention of the media in the UK. The term was coined in the 1970s, when there were very few independent breweries left, and most production had gone over to filtered and pasteurised ales served under carbon dioxide pressure ("keg beer").
Popularity
Cask conditioned ale remains popular within the UK, particularly in traditional pubs. In 2019, 420 million pints of cask ale were sold in the UK, accounting for 13.5% of all pints.[3] Cask ale has been described as 'Britain's National Drink', and its 'Britishness' is often seen as an important factor in promoting cask.[4]
See also
References
- ^ What is real ale?, South East London CAMRA
- ^ "CAMRA looks to the future as its members call for positive change". CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "The Cask Report 2019" (PDF). 2019.
- ^ "The Cask Report 2019" (PDF). 2019. p. 30.
External links
- The Directory of UK Real Ale Breweries - Information on real ale brewers in the UK
- CAMRA's Good Beer Guide Archived 2006-05-05 at the Wayback Machine