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.

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In this video course, you'll learn:

What differentiates cask beer
Pragmatic approaches to brewing and serving
How to design cask ale recipes
How to package and carbonate your cask beer
Cellaring and storing needs
How to build a beer engine at home
How to serve your cask beer
And much more!

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About the Instructor and the Course
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- About the Instructor
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- About the Course
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- Recipe for the Course
02
What Is Cask Ale?
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- Historical Perspective on Cask Ale
- Cask Ale Today
03
Recipe Design Considerations
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- Designing Cask Ale Recipes
04
What the Brew Day Looks Like
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- What Changes in the Brew Day?
- Brewing a Session Beer
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Packaging and Carbonating your Cask Ale
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- Natural Carbonation Is the Focus
- The Secrets of British Cask Conditioning: At the Brewery
- Natural Flavor One Pint at a Time
06
Helping the Yeast Settle
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- The Purpose of a Stillage
- The Secrets of British Cask Conditioning: At the Pub
07
Traditional and Contemporary Set Ups
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- Anatomy of a Pin (and a Modified Corny Keg)
- Shives, Keytones, Stiles, and Taps
08
How the Beer Engine Came About
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- The Beer Engine
- DIY: Beer Engine
09
Replicating Historic Gravity-Poured Beers
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- Where Does Nitrogen Come In?
- An Inert Pusher Gas
10
Contemporary Service
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- Serving from a Corny Keg with a Beer Engine
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Traditional Service
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- Serving from a Gravity-Fed Pin
- Dispensing Cask Ale
12
Further Reading
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- Cask Ale Alternative: Flexible Cask Ale
- Brewers’ Perspectives: Cask Ales
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Cask Ale (and Lager) Possibilities for Cask Beer
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- Make Your Best Northern English Brown Ale
- Make Your Best Bitter
- Make Your Best Kellerbier
14
Thank You
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- Thank You

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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.

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About This Course

Course curriculum

About the Instructor and the Course

What Is Cask Ale?

Recipe Design Considerations

What the Brew Day Looks Like

Packaging and Carbonating your Cask Ale

Helping the Yeast Settle

Traditional and Contemporary Set Ups

How the Beer Engine Came About

Replicating Historic Gravity-Poured Beers

Contemporary Service

Traditional Service

Further Reading

Cask Ale (and Lager) Possibilities for Cask Beer

Thank You

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