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Cain's Cask Lager

I was really very pleasantly surprised by this - I'm already quite a fan of Cain's beers, but I'd tried the keg version of the lager & was pretty uninspired; it seems like a whole lotta tweaking's been going on :~)

Not a very typical lager in too many senses (not cereal-filled UK macro-brew, nor super-bitter German pils, or Czech Saaz-hoppy beauty) but lovely nonetheless. Good golden colour, low carbonation obviously, very pleasant malt background, low estery fruitiness, and good flowery/fruity, but oddly un-lagery hoppiness from the styrian goldings (ale-hop, grown in slovenia, derived from fuggles).

The freshness of the hop flavour suggests dry-hops in cask (something Cain's do with their Mild of all beers, to great effect) I'm guessing this, plus the lack of filtration (which 'robs' flavour from beer) is a big part of why the cask was so much more flavourful compared to keg. I will re-try the keg version though, just out of interest.

Despite maybe not ticking all the boxes in an authenticity test, all in all, a decent beer IMO. cheers MikeMcG.

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MikeMcG
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I too tasted it at the festival on Thursday night. Not exactly my cup of tea, if you know what I mean, but certainly not a bad pint.

Clean refreshing taste which intrigued me. I'd certainly like to try it again.

Any idea when/where the cask version will be freely available?

Cheers johnnysaint

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johnnysaint

"johnnysaint" wrote

As far as I know it's out there now (was launched at the fest) the only regular places I would guess you'd see it would be there own pubs

- of which they have about 10 around the Merseyside area, details on their website

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Of the fest itself, I was v pleasantly surprised to try the (I presume veggie?) Marble Lagonda IPA & that was delicious, so incredibly freshly fruitily hoppy. Downton Wheat Porter, Wapping Winter and

3Rivers West Coast IPA all deserve good mention too.

Anything really stand out for you Johnny? cheers MikeMcG

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MikeMcG

presume

I presume you mean Phoenix West Coast IPA, which indeed, is a very good beer. 3Rivers do brew an IPA which is pleasnat but not in the class of West Coast.

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Alex

Thanks Mike.

I enjoyed the Cains Victorian Winter Ale, very pleasant. My favourite had to be Bitter & Twisted, which was in great condition.

I tend to get over awed at big festivals, so much choice! I kind of panic and spend most of the evening pondering over which drink to have next.

Roll on the Wigan festival in a couple of weeks. I'll have to try and develop a strategy that minimises my pondering whilst maximising my consumption.

Cheers johnnysaint

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johnnysaint

I did wrote -

Hmmm, now I'm confused, but I think maybe I had them both.

I'm sure I had the 3Rivers one anyway, and it was very good. I love Phoenix beers, and the 3Rivers beer was different, but IMO just as good.

with Manchester-grown hops! cheers MikeMcG

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MikeMcG

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