Cask Marque Sept 2023

The Case has been a member of Cask Marque since we reopened as a community pub nearly 10 years ago and we have regularly passed our 6 monthly beer inspection with flying colours. This year, the Cask Marque inspection procedure has been upgraded to include cellar and bar area hygiene as well as an inspection of glassware. This month the pub was inspected for the first time under the new format.

The cellar volunteers received an hour’s training related to the extra work involved with the new audit before the inspection took place. They then passed with top marks: 5 – Excellent. Even before the training the Cask Marque inspector (who is new to the pub) congratulated the team on how clean and tidy the cellar and bar areas were as well as on the state of the pub as a whole.

He then carried out a cask beer audit, as we have had before. Again we passed with 100% grading for our beers.

So well done to all those involved in keeping our casks (and kegs) in tip-top condition and well done to the cleaning volunteers too!

Cask Marque is a quality control and accreditation organisation operated in the UK by an independent, non-profit body called the Cask Marque Trust (CMT). You can find out more information about them at their web site: cask-marque.co.uk.

Footnote: Regular Cask Marque inspections took a bit of a hit during the Covid period and the extra cellar inspection has complicated matters, but going forwards it looks like our future annual Cask Marque accreditation will be taking place at the end of November; it used to happen in January each year.