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Kevin Kain

@casketbeer.bsky.social

A blog about humble beer by “roving glassware reporter” Kevin Kain. North American Guild of Beer Writers member. Also @craftbeerbrew @pelliclemag

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Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 5d ago

Are people in England really concerned where big, bland international brands are brewed? Seems like their regular customers aren’t interested in a high-quality beer. And those interested in good beer may actually want something made closer to home.

Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · last mo.

Hard for me to express the amount of shame I feel when my wife emerges from the kitchen with a saison that she poured for herself into a nonic with barely any foam. We’ve been together for 20 years. I’m failing.

Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · last mo.

I wish more American brewers would ditch the Mexican Lager label and release stuff like this. I get it. It doesn’t sell as good as “Mexican Lager”. That’s a shame. The BA assertion from decades ago that American Adjunct Lager is trash really had a lasting impact, for the worse.

Can and Willi Becher glass of Sway, American Lager by Fox Farm Brewery.
Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ve been a long-time admirer of Bitburger’s iconic glass, as well as their classic Pilsner. So, I was very excited to get invited to a World Cup watch party they threw at the German House of Soccer. Read a bit about their glassware and the event on the blog. www.casketbeer.com/home/2026/6/...

Bitburger's World Cup — Casket Beer

Though I would’ve been open to any invite to crush some beers and watch a World Cup match, when the invite was from Bitburger , I was particularly excited. Their Pilsner is a classic, but their stemm...

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Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

London folks, a good friend is heading there for two nights under unfortunate circumstances. He’s going to be around Balham Station and hoping to find a great pub for some much needed distraction while there. Also looking for lodging in the area. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the two plus decades that I’ve been into beer, cask has had the warm/flat PR problem. It’s so old and tiring, and it’s crazy we haven’t figured out a way to get past it. I even overheard a knowledgeable person describe it this way recently. Let’s shut it down once and for all. 🙏

Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

20 yrs ago, ppl watched the Sopranos & loved Italian Americans. They said “gabagool”. Now, they say, “it’s actually capicola”, & “they actually don’t eat spaghetti & meatballs in Italy.” Right. They eat spaghetti, then meatballs. Totally different. Thx to SM, everything Italian Americans do is wrong

Lisa Grimm@lisagrimm.com · 3mo ago

Oh, same…but I get that most tourists simply don’t know. Wish they did and there were a good way to educate them…would certainly be better.

The Beer Nut@thebeernut.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Honestly, we find the concept of asking for a mixed beer more repulsive than whatever you choose to call it. Calling it after a problematic part of history is more a distraction than a cause of offence.

IrishBeerHistory@beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Offensive may be too strong a word but you'd be a brave person to ask for one in many pubs here - especially Cork I'd say - or within my earshot. ;-) Like many such terms, it's a good lead-in to a history lesson mind. For me 'The British Isles' is a much more divisive, and personally hated, term ...

Kevin Kain@casketbeer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It was always my understanding that calling a half and half beer with Guinness in it as a “Black and Tan” in Ireland was offensive. Has this just been another ignorant American idea?

Screen shot of an Instagram post by the account @thebeerygodmother with a woman holding a can of a Guinness and a bottle of Old Speckled Hen. Text overlays the image reading, “Black and Tans.”