Handpump vs. Font: Has Britain's Great Beer Civil War Finally Run Out of Steam?
For decades, the argument between cask ale traditionalists and keg craft enthusiasts has been one of British beer culture's most reliable punch-ups — part genuine philosophical disagreement, part tribal identity crisis. But something is shifting. Younger drinkers aren't picking sides the way their predecessors did, independent brewers are increasingly pouring from both, and even some CAMRA stalwarts are quietly softening their positions. So is the war over, or just being fought on new ground?