(April 3, 2015 at 7:38 pm)Polaris Wrote: I believe we also have something like Real Ale served at some micro-brews....cask ale. It's great for stouts and some IPAs. I wanted the ability to serve it at home, but the pump the home version of the beer pump they use was 500 dollars the last time I looked for one.
Firkins are at least gravity fed and don't need a beer engine to draw it out - but unless you keep it slightly pressurized with CO2 (and you really can't with a firkin), it's going to spoil fast. My local pub that does firkin events ends up selling $5 growler fills at the end of the night because it just doesn't keep once tapped.
I would imagine a home cask system would have to be CO2 pressurized at least a little bit over atmospheric pressure.
...which reminds me - time to pick up a 1/6BBL of something tasty.
