I was a busy boy last week.
I will be a busy boy this week as well.
So busy that I haven’t really had chance to sit down and think, let alone write.
Cat sitting at the end of last week and the weekend.
Dog (granddog) sitting tonight and the next couple of weeks.
Mister Bagel being his usual needy/cranky/adorable self.
And a funeral and shiva calls coming up this week.
A lot on my plate and a lot on my mind.
Both occupied and preoccupied.
I feel like something the cat dragged in.
I did manage to get out to JWF last Thursday for a few pints, and did rack up over thirty-five walking miles last week (64.42 mpg woohoo!), mostly in stinking hot humid conditions.
Dog days indeed.
Do please check out the scorecard below, there are now events (mostly Oktoberfests) coming up for every weekend in September, including a small cask event at JWF itself (two on the engines and a handful of pins).
I have already signed up for most of them.
It looks like I am going to be a busy boy.
Scorecard w/e 8/19/25
In the past week the Cask Whisperer has enjoyed the following casks:
- Old Glenham Black Country Bitter @ Jones Wood Foundry
- Old Glenham Weavers Pale Ale @ Jones Wood Foundry
Upcoming Cask Events (Festivals and Otherwise)
- September 6th: 10th Annual Noah Webster Real Ale Harvest Festival at the Noah Webster House, West Hartford CT
- September 13th: JWF Cask Ale Festival at Jones Wood Foundry
Upcoming Oktoberfest Events (With Confirmed/Potential Cask Sightings)
- September 12th: Strongtoberfest 2025 (there may not be a cask, but where else can you sample festbiers from multiple NYC breweries?) @ Strong Rope Brewing, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY
- September 13th: Grimm Oktoberfest 2025 (casks mentioned) @ Grimm Artisanal Ales, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
- September 20th: River Horse/DuClaw Oktoberfest (with specialty casks) @ River Horse, Ewing NJ
- September 27th: Faßfest (multiple stichfaß tappings) @ Kills Boro Brewing, Staten Island NY
- September 28th: Blocktoberfest 2025 (there have been casks in the recent past) @ Strong Rope Brewing, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY
Upcoming Random NYC Casks
- No randoms so far 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 or NJ Transit Train in Under two Hours
Metro-North Hudson Line
- Draught Industries, Beacon NY (one handpump, Old Glenham beer range).
- Coopers, Beacon NY (one handpump, Old Glenham beer range).
- Happy Valley Arcade Bar, 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, Marlowe beer range).
- Nod Hill Brewing, Ridgefield CT (two handpumps, Nod Hill beer range).
NJ Transit NJCL Line
- Triumph Restaurant and Brewery, Red Bank NJ (one handpump, Triumph beer range).
