This fall has a lot of beer books coming out and add this new book on British cask ale from Des de Moor. I am most interested on the past and future of cask chapters.
The book covers:
- “Making cask: an outline of the brewing and fermentation process in simple terms.
- Cask from tank to glass: how brewers and licensees work together to deliver the unique features of cask, including the secrets of the cellar.
- Cask compared: how cask differs from other beer formats.
- The flavour of cask: how flavour works, how cask emphasises flavour, beer styles, cask beer and food.
- The past of cask: how cask emerged from the development of industrial brewing in the 18th and 19th centuries to flourish as what was essentially ‘Britain’s lager’, was buffeted by the challenges of 20th century wars, near-abolished by big brewing groups in subsequent decades, and ultimately saved by consumer campaigning.
- The future of cask: no longer a mass-market product, how can the format cope with the challenges of the 21st century as a niche drink for connoisseurs?”