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Real ale

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Cask conditioned ale remains popular within the UK, particularly in traditional pubs. In 2019, 420 million pints of cask ale were sold in the UK, accounting for 13.5% of all pints. Cask ale has been described as 'Britain's National Drink', and its 'Britishness' is often seen as an important factor in
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is still present and living in the container from which the real ale is served, although it will have settled to the bottom and is usually not poured into the glass. The natural carbon dioxide is lost during filtration so filtered beer has to be artificially re-carbonated. This can make the beer very
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The expression "real ale" has been heavily promoted by CAMRA to attract the attention of the media in the UK. The term was coined in the 1970s, when there were very few independent breweries left, and most production had gone over to
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continues in the cask or bottle on the way to the consumer, allowing the beer to retain its natural carbonation. Another distinction is that real ale should be served without the aid of added
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into the cask to replace the beer as it is drawn off, rather than allowing in air, thus extending the beer's saleable life. However, the added gas is not at the high pressure typical of
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beers are referred to as real ale by CAMRA, as both fit its description of beers served from a container in which they have undergone secondary fermentation.
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The fundamental distinctions between real and other ales is that real ale is required to be unfiltered, unpasteurized and served either from a
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without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide, or via bottle conditioning. Real ale is not filtered and the
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in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous
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This article is about the type of beer. For the company, see
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that is "brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by
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ales served under carbon dioxide pressure ("keg beer").
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Index

Cask beer
Real Ale Brewing Company

pint
Campaign for Real Ale
beer
secondary fermentation
carbon dioxide
bottle-conditioned
Filtered beer
beer engine
yeast
fermentation
carbon dioxide
handpump
gravity
Midlands
Scotland
cask breather
carbon dioxide
keg beer
Good Beer Guide
filtered
pasteurised
Draught beer
What is real ale?
"CAMRA looks to the future as its members call for positive change"
"The Cask Report 2019"
"The Cask Report 2019"
The Directory of UK Real Ale Breweries

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