Have you ever been at a bar and noticed a gooseneck-shaped tube mounted to the counter’s surface, with a wooden tap handle behind it? The bartender grabs a clean pint glass and inserts the nozzle the ...

With the thwack of a mallet and an occasional spray of beer, tapping a cask can be quite a spectacle. It’s not one we witness often on this side of the pond, but in England it’s standard practice.

In the United States, it’s either “cask ale” or “cask-conditioned beer.” In the United Kingdom, it’s called “real ale.” But for Alex Hall, it’s simply “traditional.” Hall, a British native and ...

Brick Store Pub recently marked its 24th anniversary. And though the occasion wasn’t as festive as usual, the opening of the new Cask Bar — designed to serve only British-style cask-conditioned ale on ...