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CASK ALE WHISPERER

Blog by Nigel Walsh

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(Almost) Back in the Saddle Again

I managed to get outside last week, without a dog for company, for the first time in way too long.

I had to thread the needle between feeling lousy and dog walking/dog sitting, which basically gave me just Saturday in which to operate.

I didn’t get far, but then I didn’t need to.

There is only one place that I am heading if I need to guarantee a decent pint, decent food, good company, and some televised entertainment.

I managed to get all of those things at the local, Jones Wood Foundry, this past weekend:

  • I got to watch a very entertaining Six Nations rugby match, and even found myself rooting for Italy against England as the game wore on, traitor that I am; what can I say, I love an underdog.
  • I did not cheer for Chelsea over Wrexham in the FA Cup match that followed; despite not particularly liking Wrexham with all the hype and drama surrounding them, I just could never bring myself to support Chelsea under any conditions, even if they were playing Arsenal.
  • I watched a little of the Newcastle/Man City game but bailed while I was still able to; I had to get home by 5:30 to walk a neighbor’s dog.
  • I had a pint or two of Old Glenham’s finest; well, it was actually four pints of Black Country Mild, and another pint and a half of Loom, so yeah two five and a half pints.
  • And I was able to taste them, if not completely smell them, so some progress there.
  • I was definitely able to both smell and taste the bacon in the Full English, even if the other components were a little muddy, sense wise.
  • All of this while greatly enjoying the company of my immediate neighbors at the bar, and the wonderfully attentive staff on the other side of the bar.

So, I declare myself cured …

… sort of.

But seriously, this was a really good session down the local.

Exactly the kind of thing that locals are there for.

And I feel very privileged to have this third space (well, second space since retirement) available to me, and it’s close enough to get there and get home again on autopilot.

Not that I needed autopilot.

Except, maybe, on the way home.

Scorecard w/e 03/10/26

In the past week the Cask Whisperer has enjoyed the following casks:

  • Old Glenham Black Country Mild @ Jones Wood Foundry.
  • Old Glenham Loom Cornish Ale @ Jones Wood Foundry.

Upcoming Cask Events (Festivals and Otherwise)

Upcoming Random NYC Casks

  • 5/16/26: Das Bock returns to Plattduetsche Biergarten. Again, no promises of a cask but there were several stichfaß and a surprise cask at last year’s festivities.

NYC Cask Venues

Known Operational/Active Beer Engines

  • Jones Wood Foundry (x2)
  • Fifth Hammer
  • Wild East
  • The Shakespeare (x3)
  • Drop-off Service
  • Rough Draft

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
  • City Swiggers

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).
  • Little Dog Brewing, Bradley Beach NJ (one handpump, Little Dog beer range).
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