What does 'on cask' and 'cask conditioned' mean?!


Question: What does 'on cask' and 'cask conditioned' mean?
i often hear these two terms refering to beer. sometimes a pub will have beer on cask, or cask conditioned beer. what does it mean? and does it improve beer flavour or something of the like.

Answers:

That means the beer was finished in the cask. After the fermentation was complete it was put in the cask with either corn sugar or a small amount of unfermented beer to carbonate it and it's been aged in the cask since. I believe it does improve the beer to be served this way.




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