Tapping an Ale Cask: The Right Way to Serve Fresh Beer (#craftbeer #realale)

In this video, we guide you through the entire process of tapping an ale cask, a key skill for serving fresh, traditional cask ale. Whether you're a homebrewer or a craft beer enthusiast, learning how to properly tap a cask is essential for ensuring your beer is served with the right carbonation and flavor profile. We’ll walk you through each step, from preparing the cask to tapping it safely. This video is perfect for those looking to explore the world of cask ale and improve their beer serving techniques, whether for home use or professional events. Cask conditioned ales are naturally carbonated by secondary fermentation. The brewer would add priming sugar to the cask, which would then have to be tightly sealed. These sugars provide nutrition for the yeast present in the beer to ferment and carbonate the ale. To tap the cask the faucet is pounded with a mallet through the keystone, The shive has a drilled hole which allows a spile to be seated and regulate gas release from the beer. The Diploma in Brewing and Brewery Operations program is unique to British Columbia. In the two-year program, students will study the science, production and business of brewing in a state-of-the-art brew laboratory on the Langley campus. The curriculum, developed in consultation with the BC Craft Brewers Guild and local brew masters, involves learning brew science theory with hands-on experience in the brew laboratory and state of the art 2HL pilot brewing system. Playlist -    • Beer Packaging and Serving   Related video -    • How to Maintain Clean Draft Beer Lines for...   Visit our webpage - http://www.kpu.ca/brew TikTok -   / kpu.brewing   Like us on Facebook -   / kpubrew   LinkedIn -   / kpu-brewing   Visit KPU Brewing Channel for more videos:    / @kpubrewing