Words are superfluous.
Intimate and elegant.
Only six casks, but …
… a wide-variety of styles …
… from three distinct countries of origin.
It required some double-fisting at times.
Popular with the brewers, the locals, and the lads.
It was bloody brilliant!
Scorecard w/e 9/16/25
In the past week the Cask Whisperer has enjoyed the following casks, all at the Inaugural Jones Wood Foundry Cask Festival:
- Old Glenham Loom Cornish Ale
- Old Glenham Black Country Mild
- Strong Rope Renewal Cream Ale
- Eckhart Beer Festbier
- Wild East Moderance Pale Ale: Applewood
- Marlowe Artisanal Ales Ploosh ESB
The Cask Whisperer also managed to snag a couple of Oktoberfestish cask pours on a long hangover crawl from LIC to Bushwick via Greenpoint and East Williamsburg, the day after:
- Schilling Beer (in collaboration with the Beery Godmother) Lehrerin Dortmunder-style lager @ Tørst
- Grimm Festooning marzen @ Grimm Artisanal Ales
Upcoming Cask Events (Festivals and Otherwise)
- November 8th: Blue Point 21st Cask Fest at Blue Point Brewing, Patchogue NY
- Save the dates! The 2026 edition of NERAX will be from March 25th to 28th next year.
Upcoming Oktoberfest Events (With Confirmed/Potential Cask Sightings)
- 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
- September 20th through October 5th: Eckhart Beer Oktoberfest featuring both marzen and festbier styles dispensed from stichfaß on the weekends; festbier on Saturdays and marzen on Sundays.
Upcoming Random NYC Casks
Festbier casks popping up all over town:
- Brouwerij Lane begin their Oktoberfest on September 20th with a ceremonial cask tapping; the posting doesn’t say, but expect something from the other side of the pond.
- The Shakespeare will be featuring Ramstein unfiltered Oktoberfest lager on cask this season.
- The Owl Farm will be tapping a stichfaß of Schilling Konstantin marzen on September 19th at 4pm.
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).
Style | Brewed by | |
It’s all in the Grindcore | Oatmeal Stout – Coffee, Ginger, Vanilla | Alvarium Beer Co. |
Bumble Playground | Double IPA – Honey, Juniper, Elderflower | Alvarium Beer Co. |
Oshinko Roll | Rice Lager – Cucumber, Dill, Seaweed | Alvarium Beer Co. |
Gardner Punch | American Sour Ale – Cilantro, Ginger, Serrano | Alvarium Beer Co. |
Baked | Glazed Donut Ale – Coconut, Pineapple, Banana | Alvarium Beer Co. |
Porter w/ Raspberry | American Porter – Raspberry | Back East Brewing |
Lager w/ Lemon, Basil, Hemp | American Pilsner – Lemon, Basil, Hemp | Back East Brewing |
Becoming Misfortune | English IPA – Smoked Oak | Black Shuck Brewery |
Legit Wit | Belgian Wit – Lime, Lemon, Ginger | Brewery Legitimus |
The Silence Abbey | Belgian Dubbel – Chocolate, Raspberry, Date | Brewery Legitimus |
Bright Wave | West Coast IPA – Habanero | Counterweight Brewing Co. |
Velveteen | British Brown Ale | Dead Language Brewing |
German Style Radler | German Style Radler – Lemonade | East Rock Brewing |
Tribute 1960 | Weissbier – Blackberry, Raspberry | Firefly Hollow Brewing |
Copper Legend | Festbier | Jacks Abby Brewing |
Not so Dark Secrets | White Stout – Cocao, Black Cherry | New Cambridge Project |
Imperial Stout Trooper: Cinnamon Bun | Russian Imperial Stout | New England Brewing Company |
Supernaut: Passionfruit /Blood Orange | NEIPA – Passionfruit, Blood Orange | New England Brewing Company |
Coconut Hefeweizen | Weissbier – Honey, Cocao, Coconut | New Park Brewing |
Marzen | Marzen | New Park Brewing |
Parsons Green: Dry Hopped | Best Bitter – Dry Hopped | Nod Hill |
Stillwater | Extra Dry Saison – Strawberry, Rhubarb | Twelve Percent Beer Project |
Strawberry IPA | American IPA – Strawberry, Basil | Thomas Hooker Brewing |
Ginger Snap Lager | American Lager – Ginger | Thomas Hooker Brewing |
No Cap Pilsner | Pilsner – Lemon, Lavender, Blueberry | Vue Brewing |
Razapeno Cream Ale | Cream Ale – Raspberry, Jalapeno | Vue Brewing |
Head Juice | American Pale Ale (APA) | Watson Farmhouse Brewery |
Blushing Blonde | American Blonde Ale – Berries & Brown Sugar | Willimantic Brewing |
Upcoming Cask Events (Festivals and Otherwise)
- September 13th: JWF Cask Ale Festival at Jones Wood Foundry
- November 8th: Blue Point 21st Cask Fest at Blue Point Brewing, Patchogue NY
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
- This upcoming Sunday, September 14th, Tørst will be featuring a Dortmunder-style lager from Schilling Beer on cask, as part of their Exploder Tasting Party event 2pm – 6pm.
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).
