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How to Brew & Serve Great Cask Beers

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

How to Brew & Serve Great Cask Beers

Join BJCP Certified Judge Paul Odell as he walks you through everything you need to know to brew, then serve (both traditionally and through homebrew kegs) great cask beers.

14 chapters · 28 lessons · 47m

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Join BJCP Certified Judge Paul Odell as he walks you through everything you need to know to brew, then serve (both traditionally and through homebrew kegs) great cask beers.

Your instructor

Paul  Odell

Paul Odell

Brewer

Course contents

14 chapters, 28 lessons, 47m of video

Chapter 1

About the Instructor and the Course

Chapter 2

What Is Cask Ale?

  • Historical Perspective on Cask Ale2:51
  • Cask Ale Today3:50

Chapter 3

Recipe Design Considerations

  • Designing Cask Ale Recipes4:38

Chapter 4

What the Brew Day Looks Like

  • What Changes in the Brew Day?1:34
  • Brewing a Session Beer

Chapter 5

Packaging and Carbonating your Cask Ale

  • Natural Carbonation Is the Focus5:22
  • The Secrets of British Cask Conditioning: At the Brewery
  • Natural Flavor One Pint at a Time

Chapter 6

Helping the Yeast Settle

  • The Purpose of a Stillage1:46
  • The Secrets of British Cask Conditioning: At the Pub

Chapter 7

Traditional and Contemporary Set Ups

  • Anatomy of a Pin (and a Modified Corny Keg)7:02
  • Shives, Keytones, Stiles, and Taps

Chapter 8

How the Beer Engine Came About

  • The Beer Engine3:08
  • DIY: Beer Engine

Chapter 9

Replicating Historic Gravity-Poured Beers

  • Where Does Nitrogen Come In?4:22
  • An Inert Pusher Gas

Chapter 10

Contemporary Service

  • Serving from a Corny Keg with a Beer Engine6:52

Chapter 11

Traditional Service

  • Serving from a Gravity-Fed Pin3:09
  • Dispensing Cask Ale

Chapter 12

Further Reading

  • Cask Ale Alternative: Flexible Cask Ale
  • Brewers’ Perspectives: Cask Ales

Chapter 13

Cask Ale (and Lager) Possibilities for Cask Beer

  • Make Your Best Northern English Brown Ale
  • Make Your Best Bitter
  • Make Your Best Kellerbier

Chapter 14

Thank You

  • Thank You0:25

What students say

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • Fantastic course, I like English beers and natural carbonation. I really want to try dispensing using a beer engine Cheers
    [email protected]
  • I learned a lot in this video course. Instructor was good and the text material was informative.
    Robert Fawbush
  • Good tips! Hints!
    Meelis Uudmäe