Ossett Brewery Joins Cask Marque
- Guild Secretary
- 21 minutes ago
- 2 min read
Cask Marque welcomes Ossett Brewery as a new Corporate Members and stakeholder in Cask Marque. They join other stakeholders in this not for profit organisation which currently has 40 members made up of brewers and pub retailers.
Ossett Brewery currently have all their pub accredited to Cask Marque and joining as a Corporate Member will allow them to use Cask Marque to support their free trade customers. They will also receive beer quality reports on any of their brewery’s products assessed by Cask Marque anywhere in the UK.
Edd Simpson Managing Director of Ossett Brewery said ”We have worked with Cask Marque in our own pub estate and seen the benefits. We now want to take this support to our free trade customers so they can improve yields and with improved beer quality, their rate of sale and ensure our products are served in the best possible condition.”
Paul Nunny welcomed the member “Customers expectations on their visit to the pub have never been higher and these need to be met. This can be achieved by serving great beer and having trained bar staff. Our objective is to have 30,000 pubs with a 5* rated cellar rating. Having Corporate Members support is so important to deliver this industry target. The input from our new member will help us to achieve our goal.”
Editor notes
Cask Marque is a not-for-profit organisation to improve the quality of beer in the glass in the on trade and in particular to champion cask ale. Annually they host Cask Ale Week and the Cask Seminar
Currently over 8000 pubs have the Cask Marque accreditation and 40,000 consumers a month use the Caskfinder App to find Cask Marque pubs.
Cask Marque are also the lead supplier of Cellar Management training and run and promote The Guild of Beer Sommeliers.
Cask Marque has over 50 assessors making 20000 + calls on pubs and as well as checking the quality of beer in the glass also star rate the cellar not dissimilar to the Food Hygiene ratings.
Cask Marque through Salsa + Beer accredit brewers for the quality of beer at the brewery gate
Ossett Brewery stands for modern brewing and a quarter century of fierce independence. It’s brewing steeped in passion, and beers that have stood the test of time, but never once stood still. From a pioneering brewpub, to an unrelenting powerhouse, this was craft before we ever called it that. Ossett has 22 pubs and 3 brew pubs and a strong free trade with White Rat the lead beer brand. Also own Salt Brewery.
For more information contact
Edd Simpson
077816 907468
For more information do contact
Paul Nunny 07768 614065