Everywhere I look online, there are breweries selling mini casks. Ive got four empties as garden decorations. So I got to thinking , whoever is making these to sell to the breweries must be raking it in. All of my empties say made in Germany but one says Huber packaging.
https://www.huber-packaging.com/english/
Anyhow, while doing my research I ended up on the Adnams Brewery website ( dont ask how). On it are detailed instructions on how to open a mini cask and dispense the beer.
The first step, according to them, is to pull out the tap from the base on the cask, turn the tap anti clockwise to pour 20ml of beer into a glass then discard. I could read no further for a while. Discard ? What planet are they from!.
Recovering from this, I kept reading. Step 2 is to left the top tab and turn from 0 to 1. Fair enough Then step three..there it is again. Turn the tap clockwise to pour out the beer, if the first 20ml has sediment and is cloudy......discard ! Sorry Adnams, I can't read anymore.
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A couple of weeks ago one of our local,brewers, Darwin started selling bottled beers again. Brewed in small batches, they are bottled on site and they have a click and collect service, offering a free delivery for SR postcode customers. One of the beers, Extinction caught my eye, Its an 8.3% barley wine so I ordered 3 bottles. Not living in SR I drove the next day to collect, and came home.
The next day , while Mrs Ken was out shopping, I unpacked the beers and had just finished stashing them in my secret cupboard when she returned. " Ive got you a couple of pressies"
A bottle of zero alcohol German beer and a bottle of low alcohol Old Specked Hen ( 0.5%) WTF ?
"Its if we go out anywhere you can drink and drive" I was told. So think about it, five minutes ago I had held an 8.3% barley wine, now I'm holding a 0.5 % Speckled Hen.
The barley wine ? Wonderful.
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