Ron and Sharon's Quest for Real Ale at Home
How to brew, condition and serve Real Ale
After completing the bar, finishing the brew system and restocking beer, we needed a new challenge.  Having always favored English style ales we decided to tackle the production and dispensing of Real Ales. We determined the following points defined Real Ale:

1. Natural conditioning
2. One atmosphere carbonation
3. Dispensing system that does not cause excess CO2 to be infused into the beer
4. Ingress of oxygen into the cask (this must be controlled)
5. Dispensing at 54 deg. F. (Beer NEVER gets any colder than this!!!)

A page has been devoted to each of the points above showing how this can be achieved on a homebrewer's scale.  If these simple points are followed Real Ale, and not just a "real ale like substance" can be achieved at home.  We know, we went to England to find out.
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