Cask ale - Preparation for drinking. 1  Broadly speaking, cask ale brewing starts the same as that of keg beer. 2  When the landlord feels the beer has settled, and they are ready to serve it, they will knock a soft spile into the shive on the side of the cask. 3  The soft spile in the shive allows gas to vent off.
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Mission San Jose was. founded on June 11, 1797. by Father Fermin. Francisco de Lasuen on a. site which was part of a. natural highway by way of. the Livermore Valley to. the San Joaquin Valley. It is the fourteenth of the 21 Spanish Missions in Alta, California. They were founded to secure Spain's claim to this land and to teach the Native people Christianity and the Spanish way of life. Location The mission is located approximately 15 miles east of the pueblo of San Jose. The pueblo of San Jose, the first non-religious Spanish settlement in California, had