
Getting Hammered
As usual when visiting Fifth Hammer at the start of a crawl, I didn’t manage to get out of there again until it was time to get the ferry back home… I never learn.
As usual when visiting Fifth Hammer at the start of a crawl, I didn’t manage to get out of there again until it was time to get the ferry back home… I never learn.
As usual when visiting Fifth Hammer at the start of a crawl, I didn’t manage to get out of there again until it was time to get the ferry back home… I never learn.
But, enough of that misery stuff, we should celebrate instead with a proper pie and a pint.
You know, those perfectly good classic brews that are combined in the cask with all manner of found objects; not limited to actual foodstuffs.
By the fourth round, the completist in me started showing up, and I just had to try a beer from each brewery that I had not yet approached…
It is a known fact, that when all else fails, a beer is the best cure for whatever ails you.
I drink cask because of the joy of anticipation that I get with each and every new pint.
Draft Guinness was the drink of necessity throughout the city for many years of the 1980s.
Stepping off the train at Waverley Station, I was immediately blasted in the face by the pungent smell of brewing… Auld Reekie was going to be my home for the next three years.
I had four destinations in mind, two of which I knew would have cask ale available, but the other two required much crossing of fingers.
Our Queens would have frowned on that sort of thing, you know.
Charles Dickens and I have a long-shared history of pubs.
Due to the event in Australia & New Zealand, most matches take place at night.But a few are in the late evening (among others 2x USA) and we will show those
What is a Real Ale zombie to do when forced to endure a 26-hour train trip from NYC to South Florida?
But, what are the odds of stumbling over a cask or two, a little closer to home, down at the Jersey Shore?
There are three current recurring cask ale festivals scattered throughout Connecticut that I have managed to get to repeatedly over the last two or three years.
SUMMER CASK ALE SERIES
Join us every Tuesday for a refreshing new beer experience!
Calling all beer enthusiasts! It’s time to celebrate REAL ALE at our exclusive Summer Cask Ale Series!
Each Tuesday, we will be tapping a new cask ale from the brewery of the week, where the brewer and/or brewery reps will be on hand to answer any of your questions.
The line up promises to tantalize your taste buds and keep you cool during those hot summer days.
HAPPY HOUR 4:00 PM – 6:00PM
Cask Ale: Parallax Ale
AVB: 4.6%
IBU: 28
Parallax is a seasonal Summer ale with a refreshing and brilliantly crisp profile. An all day, all night ale to drink and drink and drink. Brewed with British pilsner malt, Spring malt, wheat, and spelt malts & hopped with an array of juicy citrus expressions from Horizon, Loral, & Wai-Iti. The aromatics blend of crisp citrus with fresh peaches and apricot with a nice centering herbal zest.
Cask Ale:
From A Great Height – Cream Ale w/ Vista hops
AVB: 5.3%
Our summer crusher features all New York Craft malt Pilsner and Munich malts along with a heavy dose of delicious flaked corn from amazing NY farmers. There are enough Vista hops to remind you how important bitterness and hop flavor are to even a lighter beer.
www.endlesslifebrewing.com
Cask Ale:
Unlicensed ESB
Brewed in secret by the bootlegging bandits at Fifth Hammer, Unlicensed ESB takes us back to a pre-prohibition style of beer that we absolutely love: Extra Special Bitter. Copper in color and extremely easy to drink, the beer has touches of toffee and a covert biscuity finish. The perfect beer to smuggle into your next bbq.
Cask Ale: Mayhem
AVB: 4.5%
A full flavored, pale lager. Think vienna lager meets light lager. Mild sweetness, easy finish.
www.gunhillbrewing.com
Cask Ale:
Baker Street Best Bitter
AVB: 5%
This traditional English Pale Ale is made with British pale malt and two varieties of English hops. A sturdy malt backbone balances the hop bitterness & English ale yeast lends character and complexity to this incredibly drinkable ale.
Cask Ale:
Tiny Montgomery Summer – Summer Bitter
AVB: 3.9%
Mixed Berry Gummies, Apricot Jam, Golden Honey, Light n’ Pleasant.
www.threesbrewing.com
Cask Ale:
in the making … tba
AVB:
Cask Ale:
Ginger Lemongrass and Orange Saison.
ALC 6.3% By Vol. IBU’S – 19
Softly spicy, citrusy and complex. This beer is equally at home with spicy food as it is with shellfish and seafood.
Cask Ale: “Weavers Pale Ale”
AVB: 4.2 %
A Traditional English Pale Ale made with Marris Otter Barley Fuggles, East Kent Goldings and Celia Hops.
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