Cask Ale Week is an annual campaign designed to drive footfall into pubs and highlight cask ale as a British icon. It runs from the 21 September – 1 October 2023.

Last year, the hashtag #CaskAleWeek had a social media reach of 15.8 million people and the engagement by trade this year in preparation for the event has been very encouraging. Cask Marque, along with the Cask Matters Group, has already invested significant resources to ensure the event builds on last year’s success.

Many brewers have Cask Ale Week in their marketing plans including Greene King. Holly Smith, Greene King Brewing & Brands Communications Manager, said: “To celebrate and drive awareness of cask this September, Greene King will be launching several pieces of activity with consumers and with trade press.

“To drive awareness of cask with consumers, the brewer will be working with a number of influencers to visit Greene King pubs and share what makes cask great and the reasons to get to the pub for a pint. Greene King has also surveyed 2,000 beer and cider drinkers on some key questions that will be announced in a release during Cask Ale Week.”

Pub retailers have organised events during the week. Punch Pubs have sent Cask Ale Week merchandising kits to their licensees, Trust Inns have special kits to give away and Admiral Taverns have incentives for holding beer festivals throughout the week to name but a few.

Once again, Cask Marque will be encouraging their thousands of Ale Trailers on the CaskFinder app to visit 12 new pubs during the week to win a limited edition t-shirt; this years’ guest designer is Matt Jackson, Director at Lancaster Brewery. In 2022, over 300 t-shirts were given away as prizes and 6,219 pubs were visited for the first time by users.

The Cask Ale Week website has an interactive map of events for customers to find and a list of other activities that are happening to encourage drinkers to discover – and fall in love with – cask ale.

Your events, special offers and competitions can be listed for free on the Cask Ale Week website, the CaskFinder App and promoted on the Cask Ale Week social media channels. Simply submit your event via the website or email info@cask-marque.co.uk with all the details and remember to use #CaskAleWeek on all of your social media activity.