Cask beer has been all the rage lately. Thomas Cizauskas, a local beer guy who I sat next to recently at a Brickskeller tasting, tapped a cask of Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale at the Galaxy Hut yesterday. This batch has been locally hopped with fresh Centennial and Cascade Hops from Stillpoint Farm in Mt. Airy, MD. One of only 2 firkins (10.8 US gallon cask) exported to Virginia.
Quote from Tom... ”the fresher a beer is, the better the beer will taste. Define ‘better’ as the brewer intended. Define ‘better’ as the beer tastes at the brewery before it’s packaged into bottles and kegs, a process which further introduces oxygen into the beer.”
They were tapping at 6:00. I tried to show up on time being the Galaxy Hut is a micro bar and there are only about 80 pints in a cask but walked in around 6:30. The line for a beer wasn't huge but it took 20 minutes or so. Just about everyone there was drinking from the cask. I think they ran out of glasses and had to wait before serving more. Finally I got one in hand and it was worth it. Mighty fine indeed. I haven't had a beer like this in a long time. Fresh is a good way to put it. Very fresh. Very tasty. It was green-like freshness. Very different from a bottled or keg of Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale. I was thinking about getting a second but the line was long and not moving. Then they ran out by the time I finished my glass. One of the more favorable casks I've had.
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