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Cask conditioned ale (also referred to as real ale) is beer free of flavor-sacrificing processes and not subjected to tongue-biting CO2 to push it to the bar. All draft beer was cask-conditioned before the widespread introduction of the pressurized keg and gas cylinder.

In between shows Ed Stoudt was sweeping the floor. His wife Carol was swatting flies in the shop.

Travels with Barley — the name is a spin on Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley — is author Ken Wells’ journey down the Mississippi in search of the Perfect Beer Joint. At least, that’s how it started out, and that would have no doubt been a fine book.

Every month new beers become available and every season breweries are producing specialty beers that are available only for a limited time. Some breweries are marketing beers truer to the more traditional styles while others are producing more experimental products.