Cask-conditioned real ale is a rare pleasure in the beer world today. The beer is served as cellar temperature with a hint of carbonation from natural conditioning. This serving tends to be dismissed by many as "warm, flat beer," but generations of drinkers have fallen in love with the gentle, complex depths of a pint of true bitter. Bitters and other pub ales have inspired countless generations of brewers, including our own Brewmaster Garrett Oliver. He first met proper bitter in an English pub in the early 1980s, and the beer changed his life forever.