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Posted by Barry on 2016-10-09 06:09:58
Interesting website. I don't think that there's any evidence to suggest that beer is better from wood than from a steel cask.  Nowadays, beer is not lagered in barrels but in tanks (usually conical?) and the barrels/casks are only a means of transportation.  Of course, brewery pubs are tending towards direct delivery lagering tanks or similar arrangements such as Roppelt's bag method.

We used to serve Wadworth's 6X from a wooden cask and I don't think that it was particularly better than the real ales we served from steel casks.  I don't think that the beer stays long enough in the cask for it to be materially affected.  Much more important is the added CO2 in so much of Franken delivery methods.
 
Followups:
       Bock by Andy H on  2016-10-09 12:33:07
         Bock by Nick B. on  2016-10-10 00:06:58
         Bock by Barry on  2016-10-10 00:48:24
           Ale again by Nick B. on  2016-10-10 01:25:23
             Ale again by Barry on  2016-10-10 10:55:56
               Ale again by Nick B. on  2016-10-10 12:02:24