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- Sample almost 35 rare,
cask-conditioned real
ales from the USA & UK!
- Take home a free Peak Organic pint glass!
- Experience one of the Southeast's most highly regarded craft beer events!
- Delectable food from 5 Seasons and Taco Mac will be on sale!
- Vote for "People's Choice" award!
Sorry, tickets are sold out.
Offering tickets through Xorbia provides many benefits...
- Print your ticket(s) at home and easily transfer to other persons if needed.
- Much quicker entry to the festival.
- Waiver and terms/conditions will be signed electronically during ticket process... making check-in at the event much faster.
- Tickets were $42.99 plus tax and a low Xorbia processing fee. Tickets sold
out quickly, and no tickets will be available at the door.
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No refunds. 21 and up.
NO CHILDREN or PETS PLEASE.
There is a SIX (6) ticket purchase limit per person PLEASE.
Beers at this event are purchased by 5 Seasons and Taco Mac (licensed beer retail servers) from licensed Georgia
distributors and sold to attendees by 5 Seasons and Taco Mac as part of a ticket
price. All federal and state taxes on the beer will be paid by 5 Seasons, Taco Mac and Georgia distributors.
More Ticket Notes:
- Print and bring your Xorbia ticket for entry. Bring photo ID.
- Tickets are
transferable to other persons. We do not need prior notice on transfers.
- All tickets
purchased for this event are non-refundable.
- See the "Attendance
Notes" section below...
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Ye cannot live by casks alone!
Delicious
food items will be on sale during the event!
We also encourage attendees to hang around after the event for food
and beer at the brewpub and Taco Mac. Both locations are offering 10% off your food and beer purchase with an ACAT wristband!
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After
operating and organizational costs, proceeds benefit the Atlanta
Humane
Society. AHS will also be present at the event to accept
additional, tax-deductible donations.
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Just
what is cask
ale (a.k.a. real ale)?
From London's Independent Real Ale Guide...
"Real ale or cask-conditioned beer is a natural, living product. At the
end of the production process - using the finest malted barley, hops,
yeast and pure water - the beer if not filtered, pasteurised
or artificially carbonated. It's placed into casks (called firkins),
often with extra hops for aroma, and delivered in unfinished form to
pubs. Here the beer enjoys a secondary fermentation in cask that
creates a full, mature flavour. In UK pubs, when the yeast has
settled, the beer is drawn by the familiar hand-pump attached to a
suction pump known as a beer engine. Some pubs without cellars still
serve beer straight from the cask using a simple gravity tap."
The Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting utilizes simple gravity taps to serve its real
ales.
This is fresh ale the way it
was meant to be served! Attendees at the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting
(ACAT) will be amazed at the complexity and smooth, delicious character
of
these special real ales. The beer lineup at ACAT
will include cask versions of some classic styles, some
dry-hopped versions (with fresh hops added to the cask),
and some surprise
specialty beers with exceptional ingredients! A panel of beer
judges
will even award "best of show" ribbons.
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“Casks
should always be conditioned and stored at cool temperatures (50-60
degrees F) because warm conditioning temperatures make for exploding
cask bungs and a tremendous mess. Cask ales can't be shipped in warm
months on non-refrigerated trucks, and this explains why casks seem
less prevalent in the summer months. Casks taste best when served no
warmer than 50-55 degrees F, and cask ales should offer a soft,
subdued, bright carbon dioxide sparkle and should never be flat - with
occasional exceptions involving well-aged, port-like, high-gravity old
ales or barleywines.”
-- Owen Ogletree, Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting Founder, Director and Head Judge.
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January 28, 2012 
