My Quest for Real Ale

[An Ankoù]

If bottle conditioned beer classes as real ale due to its natural carbonation, then naturally conditioned keg beer should also qualify as real ale, surely?

I just think the word 'keg' had satanic overtones for Camra, for a very long time, and possibly still has for some of them.

I'd go along with that except that I wonder about their reluctance to approve using cask breathers. It makes me think that the process of oxidation through aeration should have already started. A bit like letting a wine "breathe". But that would start in the glass anyway.

Yes. I've now convinced myself that I'm over thinking this and they probably had a holy horror of CO2 bottles. A bit of a contradiction for a pressure group.

I'll stick with the Beer From The Wood lot, even if the only two pints I ever had from the wood were pretty poor.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

I'd go along with that except that I wonder about their reluctance to approve using cask breathers. It makes me think that the process of oxidation through aeration should have already started. A bit like letting a wine "breathe". But that would start in the glass anyway.

Yes. I've now convinced myself that I'm over thinking this and they probably had a holy horror of CO2 bottles. A bit of a contradicting for a pressure group.

I'll stick with the Beer From The Wood lot, even if the only two pints I ever had from the wood were pretty poor.

Although they have approved cask breathers obviously.

 

[Peebee]

Never go below 90% Pale Malt, make the rest up as you please.

Cor, I missed that. A very risky statement! My next brew, still in planning ...

55.9%+ 18.6% = 74.5%. Okay, a historic recipe (wartime) dragged out by Ron Pattinson (his "Stout!" book), but Sam Smith (for one) still churn out an English Stout.

American hops too! Well, it was the thing back then. I'm looking forward to trying the Caramel I've sourced (E150A, not that E150C muck, very important for these recipes).


[EDIT: Hang-on ... this section is "New Member Introductions". Err ... Hi @kirkpierce. Erm ... Welcome to the forum!

I think we'd better release @kirkpierce into the wild now? The conversation is digging a bit deep for this section? Another humongous "English Ales - What's your favorite recipe?" thread opening in this section is going to annoy someone? Perhaps this conversation should move there?]