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Cask Ales in Ireland |
| Posted by barryriley on 2013-03-04 09:20:30 |
| Depends how you define 'tradition' but any reasonable definition includes handing things down over generations. Certainly in the UK, the only beer tradition is the production of real ales, which grew out of the brewing of beer in the house and, later, in pubs. I don't think that it's reasonable to define keg beer, essentially, a product designed for a mass market, as having any kind of tradition. You're absolutely correct Fred, the skills involved in handling real ales do have to be learned. I had to go on a 3-month in-pub training course, followed by a further 3 months of carrying out holiday reliefs, before I was allowed to run my own pub. Amazingly, these conditions were laid down by a pub management company that was part of the much-maligned Courage group. Personally, I don't people should be allowed to run pubs unless they have this kind of training - not necessarily 6 months worth but at least some training. But, then, I guess I am some kind of real ale fascista! |
| Followups: |
 Cask Ales in Ireland by barryriley on 2013-03-05 06:38:54 |
| Cask Ales in Ireland by Mark Andersen on 2013-03-05 07:09:41 |
| Cask Ales in Ireland by barryriley on 2013-03-05 08:14:57 |
| Cask Ales in Ireland by Mark Andersen on 2013-03-05 12:15:39 |
| Cask Ales in Ireland by Nick B. on 2013-03-06 01:24:44 |