Places Where Cask Ale is Regularly on Offer

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  1. DavidK1126

    DavidK1126 Initiate (0) May 7, 2019 New Jersey

    I'm new to this website, so please forgive me if I am duplicating a thread that already exists.

    I love cask ale, and I suspect that some other participants in this website do, too. I'd like to find more places that regularly have cask ale on offer in the Mid-Atlantic area. To that end, I am encouraging posts listing places where you know from recent personal experience that cask ale is regularly on offer--maybe not always on offer, because sometimes the cask kicks, but a normally dependable place for cask ale. It's helpful to include the address. I'll start with these five very disparate places that I know well enough to feel confident that at least one hand pump is regularly in use:

    Dock Street Brewing Co. (701 South 50th Street, Philadelphia)
    Forest & Main Brewing Co. (61 North Main Street, Ambler, PA)
    Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (8400 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia)
    Stoudts Brewing Co. (2800 North Reading Road, Adamstown, PA)
    The Referend Bier Blendery (1595 Reed Road, Pennington, NJ)

    I'll be adding places as I come across them and encourage you to do the same.
     
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  2. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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  3. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Victory and their various brewpubs always have one or two cask options. The best being Uncle Teddy's Bitter.
     
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  4. SPRichard

    SPRichard Maven (1,296) Apr 26, 2008 New Jersey
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    Just off the top of my head

    Local 44
    Memphis Taproom
    Varga Bar
    Standard Tap
    Johnny Brenda's
     
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  5. DrederickTatum

    DrederickTatum Pundit (868) Dec 13, 2016 New Jersey
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    Carton usually has a cask option.
     
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  6. TomFoley

    TomFoley Pundit (945) Mar 19, 2005 Pennsylvania

    Sly Fox Kimberton/Phoenixville
    Tuned Up (sometimes, usually the Scottish Ale)
     
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  7. DavidK1126

    DavidK1126 Initiate (0) May 7, 2019 New Jersey

    Thanks very much to everyone who has responded so far! jesskidden, actually the obsolescence of the gotham-imbiber list is what gave me the idea to start this thread. I'm hopeful that folks in New York and the Delmarva area will have some contributions to this thread, too.
     
    #7 DavidK1126, Jun 11, 2019
  8. BJC

    BJC Zealot (626) Nov 9, 2002 New Jersey

    JJ Bittings in Woodbridge NJ near the train station.

    Three pints of cask conditioned amber yesterday afternoon
     
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  9. Jlabs

    Jlabs Pooh-Bah (2,682) Nov 11, 2013 New York
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    Blind Tiger Ale House in the West Village usually has Cask beers available
     
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  10. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Yards Brewing has beers on cask at their tasting room/restaurant.

    Did you attend the recent Real Ale beer festival at Yards (4/14/19)? This was their 11th event. They had 60 firkins this year - a wonderful eevnt.

    Cheers!
     
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  11. DavidK1126

    DavidK1126 Initiate (0) May 7, 2019 New Jersey

    Great stuff! Thanks for the contributions! I've been to both J. J. Bittings and the Blind Tiger, but it's been years. I was out of commission due to hospitalization and missed the Yards festival this year. I'll be posting another thread regarding special firkin events--It's a Firkin Riot!, Friday the Firkinteenth--later today.
     
    #11 DavidK1126, Jun 11, 2019
  12. rotsaruch

    rotsaruch Pundit (874) Jun 18, 2002 Pennsylvania

    Sorry to inform you, but one of the sad outcomes of Victory's acquisition by Artisinal Brewing Ventures, was the decision to terminate the availability of cask ales, including everybody's all time favorite Uncle Teddy's Bitter.
     
    #12 rotsaruch, Jun 11, 2019
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  13. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Is Sly Fox the only place with cask in the western 'burbs?

    I had an English IPA on cask at the Sly Fox Phoenixville location last Friday.

    Cheers!
     
    #13 JackHorzempa, Jun 11, 2019
  14. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Damn shame. The last few visits I had at Victory Downingtown they had dirtwolf and storm king on cask but it has been a while. Right around the time they made "wing Wednesday" a happy hour thing and not applicable at noon.
     
    #14 FatBoyGotSwagger, Jun 11, 2019
  15. JA_26

    JA_26 Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2019 Pennsylvania
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    Blue Point Brewing in Long Island is known for its cask ales. Similar to the Yards festival that Jack mentioned, it hosts a NY cask ale festival each spring.
     
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  16. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    In my opinion the best place for cask ale is Forest & Main, they usually 3 different beers on cask, and traditional British styles.

    Other breweries that haven't been mentioned yet where I've had cask beer:

    Round Guys (Lansdale)
    McAllisters (North Wales)
    Roy Pitz Barrel House (Philly)
    Bonn Place (Bethlehem)
    Tired Hands (Ardmore)
     
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  17. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    @jmdrpi You beat me 10 minutes Forrest and Main is always on point. Hard to find a better Bitter anywhere. I just wish they were not so long of a drive for me or I would probably be there half the week.
     
    #17 FatBoyGotSwagger, Jun 11, 2019
  18. DavidK1126

    DavidK1126 Initiate (0) May 7, 2019 New Jersey

    I forgot about Pizza Boy, which has a couple of hand pumps, so here's another one:

    Al's of Hampden/Pizza Boy Brewing Co. (2240 Millennium Way, Enola, PA)
     
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  19. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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  20. TomFoley

    TomFoley Pundit (945) Mar 19, 2005 Pennsylvania

    my bad, forgot Tired Hands.
     
    #20 TomFoley, Jun 11, 2019
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