stopped in the brazenhead in bklyn for the cask ale festival last night. decent enough. i had a milk stout and a saison. neither really impressed me to tell the truth. i think a lot of times the experimental nature of these...

Where is real cask-conditioned ale available in NYC? — Paul

to the real lover of British style ale, as it was mainly developed as a way for some large brewing combines to make some mass produced, dull beer somewhat more palatable (e.g. Boddingtons in its present incarnation). Now...

Just finished reading the Stella thread – man, folks are passionate about their beer! My beer refrig has always been full of Bass Ale. Just wondering what the perception of Bass is these days...

think both of these places are placing the focus on US beers and mainly the Mid Atlantic. As far as I know the fest lasts all weekend. I know the Brazen Head is all weekend. MMMMM, cask ale....

(1st time in cask) north coast acme california pal ale stoudt’s fat dog stout blue point organic gold blue point organic double blonde plus: beers from victory, dark star and heavyweight and possibly another rarity THE BRAZEN...

's Harvest Ale varities. Very interesting and much less an investment than a high-end cask finished whisky.

event in a nearly perfect location. They served something like 150 true cask-conditioned ales over three days. This year it was scheduled for March 4-6 but unfortunately the City of Chicago is unable to grant a license for the...

hoppy IPA). I keep looking around for F&M’s MacLean’s Pale Ale on cask. There are rumours around about it, but I’ve had trouble locating it. Any recommendations on where to find this. The only disappointment for me...

Josh, I’ve been a bit disappointed with dba lately. Their selection of good American micros seems very limited, the cask ale taps unused, etc. etc. On my last visit, about 2 weeks ago, I was hoping for a hoppy bitter/pale...

The burgers were 30, the beers were 20 (cask ale was more) and the buffalo calamari was like 15. add tax and tip and voila. I can deal with a mediocre meal and substandard service every once in a while. It was a combo of those...

The Wine and Cheese Cask in Somerville has it. And you can pop up the road and enjoy it on tap at The Thirsty Scholar too! At least, they had it last year, and are a Shipyard-affialiated pub in some way so I expect they’ll...

Hi xcptnl, My husband and I are both enthusiastic consumers of real ale. We’re from the west coast and are fanatical hopheads, so that limits what I can comment on. We enjoyed our first couple of visits there, but on the...

Ipswich Summer Ale from Mercury Brewing of MA. It is light-colored but very tasty and firm-bodied; it’s not at all a typical dumbed-down “lite” summer beer. I’d love to try Bell’s Oberon, but...

There is a distinction between real ale and beer on a handpump. Many places pass off keg beer on a handpump as real ale, which should refer to authentic, cask-conditioned, living ale on a handpump. Hope RFD has the...