Cask Conditioned O'Hara's Red in the Bull and Castle.

guildofevil

The Bull & Castle in Christchurch are introducing cask conditioned ale and you can taste the results this Saturday the 27th of June.

The first cask will be O'Hara's Red, but they hope to get casks of other Irish beers and make this a regular thing. Pop along and show your support by helping us to empty the cask in record time.

slayerking

Thats excellent news.
Hopefully I'll go as fast as the last one. Gona try and make the commute to help empty the bugger!!!
Hope this leads to many more in the future.:)

dereko1969

Given how quickly the last one went do we have an ETA of the cask being opened/cracked? Or should i just mooch around outside on Saturday morning? Are they showing the Lions match?

oblivious

Oh sweet:)

johnnyskeleton

Only one cask, what's that 90~ pints? Won't go very far on a popular pub on a saturday night where the main attraction is the alternative beer selection. What time is it being opened at? As it might only last an hour, it would be good to know when its being opened.

BeerNut

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Only one cask, what's that 90~ pints?

Less.

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Won't go very far on a popular pub on a saturday night where the main attraction is the alternative beer selection.

It'll be downstairs in the restaurant, which might slow things down a bit.

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

What time is it being opened at?

We don't know, but I'll try and find out.
Edit: by 2pm, we're told.

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

As it might only last an hour,

It won't. The last (eagerly awaited and leaky) one served 24 hours and 17 minutes on a busy weekend.

oblivious

Lads are O'Haras but in a hand pump or is it gravity served?

Saruman

Nice, I would love to get in for this. I will see if I can.

BeerNut

oblivious wrote: »

Lads are O'Haras but in a hand pump or is it gravity served?

I'm guessing it's from an engine. Not that it makes a difference, yeh feckin' beardie

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

I'm guessing it's from an engine. Not that it makes a difference, yeh feckin' beardie

It does, I feel a civil war brewing:p

BeerNut

oblivious wrote: »

It does

Yeah, you can't fit a sparkler to a gravity tap.

No more stout for Mr Gravity here.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Yeah, you can't fit a sparkler to a gravity tap.

No more stout for Mr Gravity here.

But the simple pleasure of a sparkler free stout!

Spastafarian

Nice, I'm going to the Bull & Castle tomorrow for pintses anyway. Will it be on the menu or will I have to ask for it?

oblivious

Spastafarian wrote: »

Will it be on the menu or will I have to ask for it?

Its in the down stairs bar I believe and will probably be viable

Saruman

Is there any chance you guys will not drink it all and I can get some on Sunday before I head off to AC/DC or do I need to explain to the wife that I have to go in to Dublin tomorrow and try and explain that its in a Cask and not a bottle?

BeerNut

It's Druid's Brew stout (normally only available at the Franciscan Well EasterFest and Great British Beer Festival). Available from opening time tomorrow. And yummy (I had a sneaky taste).

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

It's Druid's Brew stout (normally only available at the Franciscan Well EasterFest and Great British Beer Festival). Available from opening time tomorrow. And yummy (I had a sneaky taste).

Oh man, you never see that this far inside the pale and is it served with a sparkler mmmh?:p

BeerNut

oblivious wrote: »

is it served with a sparkler mmmh?:p

Like you have to ask

It's a dinky little yoke that sprays the beer outwards around the glass: the very zenith of sparkler technology.

Some cask pr0n from this evening:

Phwoar! Get yer glycojacket off!

oblivious

looks great:), cask stout are a rare enough in England let lone Ireland, well done Bull and castle hope cask beer will become a regular feature

BeerNut

And the sparkler was abandoned early yesterday: the head was coming up fine without it and it was just causing spillage.

MediaTank

Is the cask still there, would like to taste it today?

MT

BeerNut

MediaTank wrote: »

Is the cask still there

Dunno. Phone 01 475 1122, or wait until after lunch when I report back.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

Dunno. Phone 01 475 1122, or wait until after lunch when I report back.

I can wait. Cheers.

BeerNut

It's still there. Gone a bit flat since the weekend, but still the best pint of stout in Dublin by quite a distance.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

It's still there. Gone a bit flat since the weekend, but still the best pint of stout in Dublin by quite a distance.

No breather then?

BeerNut

oblivious wrote: »

No breather then?

No, I don't think so. They had an immersion cooler in it, but switched it off because they reckoned it was pouring too cold. But no breather that I've noticed.

guildofevil

Definitely no breather. You can see the spile sticking out of the top of the cask.

MediaTank

Had 3 delicious pints of it yesterday afternoon, and a nice chat with the barman. Bit warm but very tasty.

MT

BeerNut

The Druid's Brew stout, I take it? Another cask of Red arrived earlier in the week and had to be substituted again. The beer gods are obviously angry with it. However, since we're a nation of tree worshippers, the Druid's is far more appropriate.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

The Druid's Brew stout, I take it? Another cask of Red arrived earlier in the week and had to be substituted again. The beer gods are obviously angry with it. However, since we're a nation of tree worshippers, the Druid's is far more appropriate.

Yip, Dave the barman said they had to dump two kegs of the Red in the last week.

kenmc

BeerNut wrote: »

a nation of tree worshippers wierdos ,

Some people need to get to the pub a bit more.