A recent piston restoration, which took place in October via Andy Day, who has been supplying/using them as a platform to showcase real ale - Redbones Massachusetts, USA 1xActive Beer Engine (Angram) Cask-conditioned (Widge) Cask Tapped: ≤ Week Visit: December 7, 2023 English-style Pale Ale (ESB): Broadway Bitter Brewery: Daydreaming ABV: 4.9% Aspirator: No Sparkler: Yes Immersed: Yes
Whaley Farm, who typically centers their real ales around Ron Pattinson’s recipes, is looking to further broaden the scene in NC -
This was the only beer I ordered yesterday at the Revolution Brewpub during my second drinking for the day. I enjoyed two 20 oz cask pours. This was very good and while I doubt it will be available beyond the weekend, I hope they bring this back in future years. Full review link. It's still on cask this afternoon now per untappd.
A Bitter & A Seasonal - The Grand Delancey (Cask Marque Accredited – VALID) New York, USA 2xActive Beer Engines (Angram) Cask-conditioned Visit: December 9, 2023 Best Bitter: Welly Brewery: Fox Farm Cask Tapped: December 7, 2023 ABV:4.6% Breather: Yes Sparkler: Off (Requested) Pint (Proper)/Top-Up English-style Winter Warmer: What Even Is Winter Warmer? Brewery: Evil Twin Cask Tapped: November 30, 2023 ABV:7.5% Breather: Yes Sparkler: On Pint (Proper)/Settling
+/- UK Cask News, for 2024: (+) The 2nd “edition of the Gravity Beer Festival in Edinburgh” will commence on September 27, 2024 (-) GBBF has been postponed to 2025 --- --- --- Materials: Gravity Festival (gravitybeerfestival.co.uk) CAMRA flagship festival postponed - CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale
In Courtney's first piece for Pellicle she touches on the past, present, and resurging cask scene around Manhattan, which includes Alex Hall's involvement (past) + Jason Sahler's 'Cask Week' ambitions (present) - “There are things we do to keep the lights on and things we do that are the reasons we want the lights on. To me, [being able to launch] our cask program is the reason we want the lights on” - Chris Cuzme (FH) Source: Secondary Fermentation — New York City’s Strong Rope Brewery and the East Coast Cask Revival — Pellicle (pelliclemag.com)
Just found this thread. Cheers. Here’s a pint I loved of Loch Lamond Silkie Stout from cask at the Bow Bar this summer in Edinburgh, Scotland. They always have a number of cask ales available though I only had a couple of pints of the stout… and a few pours of scotch. Cheers.
That piece was quite optimistic. Any enthusiasm or acceptance feels quite small, but it isn't dead. To me, NYC is a beer engine ghost town with a small number of active places (some more dependable than others). As the article makes clear, there's been a definite shift from engines in bars to a brewery focus. This has it's upsides, but one downside is that it's a local stranglehold. There's basically only one venue in the city where someone can potentially get out-of-state cask beer.
Granted, WE has the largest cask program in NY, but there are not enough cask-run places to facilitate this, so they outsource to PA. Nonetheless, the optimism behind Jason might change this, as more venues in NY are encouraged to make the investment in education & equipment. Or, in some cases, education and restoration, for dispensing real ale…not in the city, but Draught Industries recently installed an engine that Ian Hatton assisted with Name recognition & accreditation is seemingly at play here vs. older establishments maintaining a built up relationship, and having no desire to seek “out-of-state cask beer.” However, and granted this is also not in the city, but Drew Hodgson might pull in some external/outer NY ales per his research, when The Ambleside Pub finally opens. Albeit, the focus will still be on the more local/NYS side (e.g. Old Glenham, Seneca Lake)
...at the source per the occasional pin/gravity (traditional) tapping, and the Bonn alliance - Event: Krampusnacht (AC Style) Host: The Seed: A Living Beer Project New Jersey, USA 1xGravity Dispensed Cask Cask-conditioned Cask Tapped: December 15, 2023 Visit: December 15, 2023 English-style Pale Ale (ESB): Years, and Years After (Collab w/ Bonn) Brewery: The Seed: A Living Beer Project + Bonn ABV: 5.3% Immersed: No Pint (Proper): 3
OEC Connecticut, USA 1xGravity Dispensed Cask Cask Tapped: December 15, 2023 Visit: December 16, 2023 1xActive Beer Engine Cask-conditioned (Widge) Cask Tapped: December 12, 2023 Visit: December 16, 2023 Barley Wine: Cuvee De Gorgoroth via Gravity (still) Grains: Marris Otter included in the bill Hops: EKG included in the bill ABV: 16.66% Immersed: No Best Bitter: Hidalgo via Piston Grains: Marris Otter, Crystal Hops: Challenger, EKG ABV: 4.5% Aspirator: Yes Sparkler: On --- Auxiliary (2024 Event Details: An Afternoon of Casks): Was able confirm Nod Hill’s third annual event, which will take place on March 24, 2024: tickets are expected to go sale in January…Andy Day’s event is the week after, which is followed up by NERAX in April
Here you see cask served by the Scottish air pressure system rather than through handpumps. The font has a side-pull tap similar to the Lukr system. The Bow Bar is a great pub.
The look of it makes one think of American hazy ale rather than English golden. Not saying it’s a black and white thing though.
I thought it was unusual. And I my have misunderstood the server (I've already had a few) but I'm prettt sure that's what he said. The brewer is very good and reliable though.
Troubles End Brewing (Collegeville, PA) - The Editor, a "Hoppy English Bitter" from one of their beer engines
