CASK Pub and Kitchen, widely recognised as the original London craft beer-led pub, is to open first ever vintage beer cellar in the UK.
Opened in June 2009 by Martin Hayes, CASK Pub and Kitchen heralded in a pub and beer revolution. Along with his friend, Peter Slezak, they later launched The Craft Beer Co. This has pubs throughout London, its most recent being The
Bear, opposite Paddington Station.
Years of planning, expert knowledge, and careful and informed curation has led to the creation of the UK’s first million-dollar pub cellar, which is being launched on Saturday.
“We have always taken our responsibility as London’s original craft beer pub seriously, and are proud to have been the pioneers that helped transform the London pub landscape,” said Martin. “But we have always been restless and eager to raise the bar even further.
“We have decided that, as we prepare for our 15th birthday celebrations on the weekend of 8th and 9th June, we should finally crack open our million-dollar cellar, full of vintage bottled beers going all the way back to the 1950s. It is a truly remarkable collection and now is the right time to share it with our guests. Nothing like it exists in the UK currently.
“We will always be first and foremost a pub, serving the best pints of beer in London at accessible prices, and that will never change, but we are now additionally able to blow people’s minds with this unique and breathtaking collection of extremely rare and vintage bottled beers.”
