The 'Cask Marque' is a sign that appears outside pubs guaranteeing that inside you will get a great pint of cask ale.There are over 6,500 pubs showing the Cask Marque plaque meaning you can find pubs selling great cask ale anywhere in Britain.
To gain the award each pub undergoes at least two unannounced inspections by one of Casque Marque’s forty-five qualified assessors.Each pint of beer is tested, for temperature, appearance, aroma and taste and all pints on sale to the consumer must pass.
Ever been out driving and fancied a cracking pint of cask beer but don’t know where to go? Well now there are a host of ways you can find Cask Marque pubs using iPhone, sat navs or regular mobile phones.
The Captain turned to the Cabin Boy and said”You’re always fiddling with that phone of yours Billy Boy and did you know that you can use your mobile phone to find pubs with Cask Marqued beers?”.”Unlike you, and the First Mate, I am not a technological caveman, and this is not just any mobile phone, it’s a smart phone which means , as well as the features of an ordinary mobile phone it also has a personal digital assistant, which to you guys means is has a built in computer with its own operating system and of course, I can download, sometimes for free hundreds of apps such as Caskfinder which will find any pubs in the vicinity which have Cask Marked beers. If you googled “Free smartphone apps, you’d find many free smartphone applications and don’t forget these phones have instant messaging, access to your e-mail on your own computer and have a QWERTY type of keypad, just to name a few”.”OK clever clogs “said the First Mate give us a demo then”.”OK then, I’ve downloaded an app called Soundhound which recognizes any song being played, I’ll show you watch. I’m pointing it at that speaker in the corner, the song is being scanned now, just watch, there you go, “Every Breath you take” by The Police.”.” Very good Billy, but does it recognise songs if you actually sing them” added the First Mate, go on Captain, you used to be a bit of a singer,, give it a try”. So the Captain stepped up to the microphone, albeit the Cabin Boy’s phone and sang Benny Hill’s song “Ernie” which the smartphone didn’t recognize, followed by the Worzels “I’ve got a brand new combine harvester” which again the smartphone failed to recognise. The Captain said”There must be something wrong with the software, I’ll give it my final best shot with a song that suits my deep voice” The Captain then gave his best rendition of the evening and sang for two minutes , almost word perfect the old Lee Marvin song “I was born under a wondering star”. “Bingo !” shouted the Billy the Cabin Boy” as he laughed it’s recognized it, it’s called シルバービートで"私はあなたの手を保持したい and just to impress you guys I’ll show you just how smart this smartphone is, I’ll look it up using a language translation app” After another couple of minutes ,he joyously exclaimed “Yes gentlemen ,the song that the Captain has just sang is “I want to hold your hand “ by The Silver Beats, a Beatles tribute band from Japan. And its sang in native Japanese as well”. The Captain just mumbled” Clever people those Japs just like you Billy, too smart by far.
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