I'd like to try making British style "real ale" at home. That would require having some kind of cask for the final stages of fermentation. What do British homebrewers use? Can anyone recommend something from personal experience? I see some plastic "pressure barrels" on UK homebrew supply sites. Is that what one uses? The pressure barrels seem to be meant for use with CO2 cartridges, but real ale is generally served from a hand pump.
real ale? cask conditioned homebrew?
Oct 20, 2003
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Allot of the commercial real ales kegs are either plastic lined or stainless barrels that have hole for the tap and a side hole for the bung I have seen food grade plastic barrels hidden under the bar and dawn with a hand pump in some pubs the wooden keg on the bar was just a…
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