Oakham Ales

Why it matters

Among the first British brewers to make single-hop cask beer a regular product, which made hop varieties legible to cask drinkers.

Details

Reference beers

• Oakham Citra4.2–4.6% ABV

  A single-hopped British golden ale that made Citra familiar to cask drinkers, and a clean demonstration of what one hop tastes like.

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Styles it is associated with

• British golden ale — A modern British cask style: pale, crisp and citrus-hopped, developed to win drinkers back from lager.

Traditions

• British cask ale — Beer that completes its fermentation in the container it is served from and is dispensed without added gas, at cellar rather than fridge temperature.