Comments on: Building a list of pubs, brewpubs in Northern California that serve real ale on handpump http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron Silberstein http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Ron Silberstein Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:59:38 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1183 Hi Bill, Thanks for checking out the cask ale at ThirstyBear. It's something I started when we opened 12 years ago using old Golden Gate kegs at the time. Our Brewmaster Brenden has it dialed in with the Firkins. Wait until the wet hop harvest ale goes on! Hope to see you around. Take care, Ron Silberstein Hi Bill,
Thanks for checking out the cask ale at ThirstyBear. It’s something I started when we opened 12 years ago using old Golden Gate kegs at the time. Our Brewmaster Brenden has it dialed in with the Firkins. Wait until the wet hop harvest ale goes on! Hope to see you around. Take care,
Ron Silberstein

]]> By: Mario (Brewed For Thought) http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Mario (Brewed For Thought) Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:33:05 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1182 Update from the northern lands. Hopmonk has 2 handpumps. Had The Lagunitas IPA and it was great. Update from the northern lands. Hopmonk has 2 handpumps. Had The Lagunitas IPA and it was great.

]]> By: Tim Clifford http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Tim Clifford Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:00:45 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1157 As of last night, Lanesplitter in Oakland had a great cask ale from Iron Springs on tap. Epiphany is an amber ale dry hopped with cascade. Anyone know if this is Christian's first cask offering from Iron Springs? Really good stuff. As of last night, Lanesplitter in Oakland had a great cask ale from Iron Springs on tap. Epiphany is an amber ale dry hopped with cascade. Anyone know if this is Christian’s first cask offering from Iron Springs? Really good stuff.

]]> By: William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 William Brand Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:11:38 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1180 Yoiu;re correct Tom. Just talked to Kurt Anderica at Jack;s ( 39176 Argonaut Way Fremont CA 94538, 5109-796-2036). They put a new beer on handpump every Wednesday and usually keep it on through Thursday. This weeks its gonna be an amber ale. This is cask conditioned ale. By the way, if you stop in at Jack's, be sure to order the garlic fries. Yoiu;re correct Tom. Just talked to Kurt Anderica at Jack;s ( 39176 Argonaut Way
Fremont CA 94538, 5109-796-2036). They put a new beer on handpump every Wednesday and usually keep it on through Thursday. This weeks its gonna be an amber ale. This is cask conditioned ale. By the way, if you stop in at Jack’s, be sure to order the garlic fries.

]]> By: Tom Meyer http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Tom Meyer Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:57:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1181 Jack's Brewing in Fremont has or did have Thursday cask night. Great when the porter is on Jack’s Brewing in Fremont has or did have Thursday cask night. Great when the porter is on

]]> By: William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 William Brand Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:37:33 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1179 Yup. We got it. Excellent place. I go in there fairly often/ Yup. We got it. Excellent place. I go in there fairly often/

]]> By: Jason Wheeler http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 Jason Wheeler Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:32:42 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1156 Did you try Barklay's on College in Berkeley? They have quit a few beers on tap and a couple that use hand pumps. great food too! Jason Wheeler Did you try Barklay’s on College in Berkeley? They have quit a few beers on tap and a couple that use hand pumps. great food too!

Jason Wheeler

]]> By: William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 William Brand Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:07:20 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1178 About casks. Of course, it's become generic term. They're almost never wood are they. About casks. Of course, it’s become generic term. They’re almost never wood are they.

]]> By: William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 William Brand Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:05:46 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1177 To Mario...thanks for the local info Mario. Were you an Army brat? To Mario…thanks for the local info Mario. Were you an Army brat?

]]> By: Dave http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/04/building-a-list-of-pubs-brewpubs-in-northern-california-that-serve-real-ale-on-handpump/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Dave Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:16:49 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1093#comment-1176 Sorry, I should have been more clear. I didn't say the cask had to be made of wood, of course a stainless cask is still a cask. What I meant was the increasing trend of hooking up a hand pump to a plain ol' keg via a Sanke (or similar fitting). Casks can be very hard to find and relatively expensive so some places have resorted to buying CO2 charged kegs that would just as easily pour off their regular draft system and run them through the converted hand pump instead. If you see the cask on top of the bar with a faucet sticking out of it, like at The Firkin Fest, you can be pretty sure that's going to be a cask conditioned beer! That one is tough to fake! If the bartender is actually "drawing" the beer with the pump (working the handle up and down), that's a pretty safe bet as well. Sorry, I should have been more clear.

I didn’t say the cask had to be made of wood, of course a stainless cask is still a cask.

What I meant was the increasing trend of hooking up a hand pump to a plain ol’ keg via a Sanke (or similar fitting).

Casks can be very hard to find and relatively expensive so some places have resorted to buying CO2 charged kegs that would just as easily pour off their regular draft system and run them through the converted hand pump instead.

If you see the cask on top of the bar with a faucet sticking out of it, like at The Firkin Fest, you can be pretty sure that’s going to be a cask conditioned beer! That one is tough to fake!

If the bartender is actually “drawing” the beer with the pump (working the handle up and down), that’s a pretty safe bet as well.

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