Yep, I am still swamped.
Swamped in a bad way: Wasn’t this bunch supposed to drain the swamp?
Swamped in a good way: A lot of newly announced events have been added to the scorecard below …
A teaser: What do you get when you ask the AI image tools for a picture of an English village on a river, with a five-arch stone bridge crossing the stream, and a Tudor-style pub and stone church tower facing the viewer?
I was hoping that it would produce something that would closely resemble a village that I used to visit most weekends in my youth, but after about twenty attempts, this is the best that it could manage …

Any guesses on which village I was hoping it would approximate?
I will give you a clue.
The Tudor-style pub is called The Chequers.
I will tell you all about it once I manage to crawl out of the swamp.
Scorecard w/e 1/28/25
In the past week the Cask Whisperer has enjoyed the following casks:
- Old Glenham Loom Cornish Ale @ Jones Wood Foundry
- Strong Rope Lily’s Elixir Baltic Porter @ Jones Wood Foundry
Upcoming Cask Events (Festivals and Otherwise)
2/1/25: 9th Annual Caskiversary @ Strong Rope, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY
2/1/25: Fifth Anniversary Cask Fest @ Odd Bird Brewing, Stockton NJ
2/22/25: NYC Beer Week Opening Bash @ Industry City, Brooklyn NY
2/22/25: 6th Winter Cask Classic @ Denizens Brewing, Riverdale Park MD
3/1/25: Cask Fest 2025 @ River Horse (& Du Claw), Ewing NJ
3/21/25: Two Roads Cask Fest @ Two Roads Brewing, Stratford CT
3/23/25: An Afternoon of Casks IV @ Nod Hill Brewery, Ridgefield CT
4/2/25 – 4/5/25: 26th Annual NERAX will be held in Boston MA. Save the dates!
5/24/25: New York State British Real Ale Festival @ Seneca Lake Brewing, Rock Stream NY
6/7/2025: Log Jammin’ V @ Human Robot Beer, Philadelphia PA
Upcoming Random NYC Casks
- No loose casks identified this week.
NYC Cask Venues
Known Operational/Active Beer Engines
- Jones Wood Foundry (x2)
- Fifth Hammer
- Wild East
- The Shakespeare (x3)
- Cask Bar & Kitchen
- Drop-off Service
Occasional Pins (worth a follow on Instagram)
- Strong Rope
- KCBC
- Tørst
- Blind Tiger Ale House
- Threes Brewing
- Brouwerij Lane (First Friday Firkins)
- The Owl Farm
Cask Venues Reachable from NYC by MTA Train
Metro-North Hudson Line
- Draught Industries, Beacon NY (one handpump, Old Glenham beer range).
- Coopers, Beacon NY (one handpump, Old Glenham beer range).
Metro-North Harlem Line
- The Ambleside Pub, Mt. Kisco NY (four handpumps, Old Glenham beer range).
Metro-North New Haven Line
- Marlowe Artisanal Ales, Mamaroneck NY (one handpump tapped Thursdays, Marlowe beer range)
- Nod Hill Brewing, Ridgefield CT (two handpumps, Nod Hill beer range).