Trustworthy Brewing Co. at The Venetian has launched a cask ale program, offering ales naturally fermented and served from the same vessel with no forced carbonation. The first was unveiled last month, with head brewer Zach Johnson doing the honors of tapping the small metal firkin, which holds 40 pints and was emptied and enjoyed by eager beer lovers within hours of being tapped. 

The vessel had been filled with the brewery’s unfermented What Plane? oatmeal stout and, after yeast, oak spirals and Tahitian vanilla beans were added, was aged in the cask for six months. The result was a beer markedly different from the What Plane? carbonated with CO2 on draft that I compared it to, as the cask version had increased flavor from the oak and vanilla it was aged on and also more roast, toffee and coffee characteristics.  

Although this initial version took six months to come to fruition, Johnson said most will only take a few weeks to develop in the firkins, of which the brewery has five.

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