Cask Brewing System's pioneering micro-canning gear is now doing around the world what it did in the US: revolutionizing packaged craft beer. In addition to being Cask's global flag waver, I'm now writing Cask's newsletter. It's great fun for me. These missives showcase some of the 500+ craft brewers across [...]
My allies at Cask Brewing Systems (the inventors of micro-canning) have released a brand new canning machine. It's nearly as revolutionary as their original table-top machine that launched micro-canning in the first place back in 1999. Cask’s ACS X2 (Automatic Canning System X2) has ten CO2 pre-purge heads, ten fill [...]
Innis & Gunn, the award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers, is releasing its cult-favorite winter seasonal in the United States. Familiar with it? Irish Whiskey Aged beer is a 7.4% ABV creation that debuted in 2012 and has become a US hit. It that quickly sells out within weeks of [...]
On Sunday, November 15, longtime Cask employee and microcanning pioneer Jamie Gordon passed away in Denver, Colorado. He was just 56. Way too young to go. I met Jamie in late 2002 as we were launching our then-trailblazing micro-canning effort at Oskar Blues Brewery & Pub in Lyons. Jamie's work with [...]
I am now the the US flagwaver for Innis & Gunn, Scotland's award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers. The esteemed brewer is now releasing a delicious new winter seasonal beer in the United States. Bourbon Aged Dark Ale (7.4%) is a cola-colored ale made with Innis & Gunn’s house ale malt, [...]