CASK BEER FESTIVALS
CO-ORGANIZED BY ALEX HALL
Forthcoming cask festivals for your tastebuds' delight...
(for other beer events in New York see the MBAS calendar).
Arcadia 'Hop Rocket Double IPA'
15th 'Cask Head' Cask Ale Festival
The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
16-18 May 2008 - NOTE REVISED DATE
25 to 30 rare and delicious cask ales through the weekend (11 at any one time)
No entry fee, reasonable prices!
BEER LIST:
Blue Point 'Blueberry Ale'
Blue Point 'Double Blonde'
Blue Point 'Sour Cherry Imperial Stout'
Chelsea 'Sunset Red' (in reserve if needed)
Chelsea 'Pro-Am Altbier'
Chelsea 'Tsar's Revenge 2007'
Chelsea 'Oak Aged 100 Gyle Imperial Mild'
Cricket Hill 'Col. Blide's Bitter'
Cricket Hill 'Hopnotic IPA'
Dark Star 'Hophead' ***UK***
Dark Star 'American Pale Ale' ***UK***
Defiant 'Brandy's Brown'
Green Flash 'Imperial IPA'
Green Flash 'Double Stout'
Heartland 'Old Red Nose Special Reserve 2007'
Heartland 'Sour Raspberry Aged Stout'
High Point 'Ramstein Double Platinum Blonde'
High Point 'Ramstein Munich Amber'
Hook Norton 'Hooky Dark' ***UK***
Kelso 'Saison'
Kelso 'Bock'
Kelso 'Hop Lager' (in reserve if needed)
Kelso 'Pils' (in reserve if needed)
Magic Hat 'Lucky Kat'
Otter Creek 'Wolaver's All American Ale' (in reserve if needed)
Sixpoint 'Sweet Action'
Sly Fox 'Phoenix Pale Ale'
Sly Fox 'Grisette'
Smuttynose 'Shoals Pale Ale' (dry hopped: Cascade)
Smuttynose IPA (dry hopped: Simcoe)
Stoudt's 'Scarlet Lady' (dry hopped: East Kent Goldings)
Troegs 'Hop Back Amber Ale' (in reserve if needed)
Weyerbacher 'Hops Infusion'
plus Doc's Draft Apple and Pear ciders
Alex Hall's annual 'away event'...
13th 'Glastonwick' Cask Ale and Music Festival
Church Farm, Coombes, near Brighton, England
35 miles from London Gatwick Airport
(frequent trains to Shoreham-by-Sea, then catch the free shuttle bus)
4-6 July 2008
65 rare and delicious cask ales, 12 farmhouse ciders and perries, and 22 world class musical acts through the weekend (courtesy of Attila the Stockbroker).
Very reasonable prices!
On-site camping available.
Full details [HERE] and [HERE]
2nd Manhattan Cask Ale Festival at Chelsea Brewing Co.
Chelsea Brewing Co., Pier 59, Chelsea Piers
(West Side Highway at the end of West 18th Street), Manhattan
19-21 September 2008
At least 40 delicious cask ales will be available, 6 from Chelsea and the rest from other craft brewers.
No entry fee, pay-as-you-go, reasonable prices![CLICK FOR FULL DETAILS]
On the Beer Advocate Calendar: [FRI] [SAT] [SUN]
