The Chesapeake Real Ale Festival

Date: Saturday October 15, 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Location: Pratt Street Alehouse - 206 West Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21201 - Get Directions

Cost: Fixed Price - $40 in advance, $50 at the door

Website: www.prattstreetalefest.com

Categories: Beer Festival, Meet & Greet/Speakers, Seminar / Workshop, Special Event

The SPBW and the Pratt Street Alehouse Proudly Present the annual fall Chesapeake Real Ale Festival.

A limited number of VIP Tickets will be available, which gain you early access to the event (12pm), and entrance to a one-hour presentation on cask-conditioned ale: what it is, how to make it, how to serve it, how to enjoy it, and where to find it (when you’re not at the festival!)

The seven member panel:

Steve Jones
Brewer: Oliver Ales at Pratt Street Alehouse
Baltimore, Maryland.
...our host brewer discusses the production of cask ale in a brewpub setting, and the traditional use of isinglass finings.

Casey Hard
General Manager/Cellarmaster: Max’s on Broadway
Baltimore, Maryland.
... successfully serving traditional cask ale in a U.S. beer bar. Cask breather or no cask breather? Training staff AND customers!

Ron Fischer
Division Manager: B. United International, Inc.
...  U.S. importer of award-winning British cask-conditioned ales. The difference between US and British cask ales. How to ship cask ales great distances, and have the casks still like you when they get there.

Bill Madden
Brewer/Owner: Mad Fox Brewing Company
Falls Church, Virginia.
... the issues of brewing cask ale in a brewpub. Serving cask ale in a brewpub. Using a cask breather vs. not using a cask breather, and what that means.

Steve Marsh
Cellar Master: Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Baltimore, Maryland.
...producing cask ale in a production brewery, and the use of ‘non-traditional’ ingredients.

Paul Pendyck
Owner: UK Brewing Supplies, Bulls Head Pub
... successfully serving cask ale in the United States, and what equipment a pub needs.

Thomas Cizauskas
beer blogger at YoursForGoodFermentables.com ... and moderator for the discussion.

General Admission (1-6pm)- over 40+ casks beers from all over the US and the world. ($40 in advance, $50 at the door)

For more info on beer list and ticket sales go to www.prattstreetalefest.com or stop by the Pratt Street Alehouse.