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Blog by Nigel Walsh

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Swamped

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).
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