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NERAX is organized by CASC, the Cask-Conditioned Ale Support Campaign. CASC is dedicated to boosting awareness of and demand for Real Ale in New England. The New England Real Ale Exhibition is held each spring at the George Dilboy Post, Davis Square, Somerville, MA. NERAX 2008 will be our 12th Festival. As in 2007, we will offer about 80 firkins of Real Ale. Half will be U.K. beers from England, Scotland, and Wales; and half will be American beers from New England. All the beers are cask-conditioned, served by gravity or hand-pump. |
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BRITISH BEERS AND CIDERS
The following is the final list of the British casks to be served at this year's NERAX. All the beers are now in the hall getting ready for your enjoyment. Note that all casks will not be available at every session. To enhance your enjoyment, a beer will only be served when it has the correct clarity and carbonation level. Beers will drop bright at different rates due to a wide range of factors. Venting times to adjust the carbonation levels also vary. Thus some cask ales will be ready to serve before others and thus some casks as listed as being on the stillage will not served in some sessions. Though if a beer is listed as being on the stillage, and has been served earlier in the festival, it has a good chance of being served at the next session. As the festival goes on, we will try to indicate which beers will be available each session. However note that this information will usually be available just before the start of the session, as that is when the cellaring team decides whether a beer is in proper condition to be served. Last Updated: May 3, 2008, 12:45 am Acorn Brewery (Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England) - Barnsley Bitter —
Silver, 2006 Great British Beer Festival. A complex aroma of malt and hops. A hint of chocolate with a fresh fruit and bitter taste. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Acorn Brewery (Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England) - Old Moor Porter
Supreme Champion, 2004 North Beer Competition. A rich, roast malt aroma with chocolate, cherry and liquorice flavours. A creamy mouthfeel leads to a dry finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Bank Top Brewery (Bolton, Lancashire, England) - Bikes, Trikes and Beer
A gold coloured beer with a grainy mouthfeel. Hoppy, fruity aroma wih citrus, hops and bitterness in the taste and aftertaste. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Saturday Bank Top Brewery (Bolton, Lancashire, England) - Gold Digger — Still pouring at end
Golden coloured, with a citrus aroma, grapefruit and a touch of spiciness on the palate; a fresh, hoppy, citrus finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - American Pale Ale — Still pouring at end
The yeast strain used for the brewing of the pale, dry, American Ales was specially imported from the USA, along with some Chinook and Centennial hops, to produce this pale ale. The low colour Maris Otter malt provides a perfect light colour and dryness to balance the crisp taste and full aroma of the hops. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Espresso
A black beer brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops BUT with freshly ground espresso coffee beans also added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Friday Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Hophead
A golden-coloured bitter with a fruity/hoppy aroma and a citrus/bitter taste and aftertaste. Flavors remain strong to the end. -- Good Beer Guide 2008
Cask 1 on: Wednesday — Cask 1 kicked: Thursday Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Over the Moon
Traditional dark mild ale, fully hopped and very quaffable. -- www.ratebeer.com Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Elland Brewery (Elland, West Yorkshire, England) - Best Bitter — Still pouring at end
Made with a single malt and English and American hops, this is a straw coloured bitter with a stong hoppy aroma and taste. Fruity and malty in character, the dry citrus, bitter flavour lingers to the end. -- Good Beer Guide 2007 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Elland Brewery (Elland, West Yorkshire, England) - Beyond the Pale
Yellow-coloured, robust, creamy beer with ripe aromas of hops and fruit. Bitterness predominates in the mouth and leads to a dry, fruity and hoppy aftertaste. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Fuller, Smith, and Turner (London, England) - 1845
A rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Fuller, Smith, and Turner (London, England) - ESB
A wonderfully complex copper-coloured beer with malt, hops and marmalade throughout. The smooth, rich mouthfeel leads to a dry sweet, bitter aftertaste that is warming and persistant. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Fuller, Smith, and Turner (London, England) - London Porter
Rich, dark and complex, it is brewed from a blend of Brown, Crystal and Chocolate malts for a creamy delivery balanced by traditional Fuggles hops. The range of flavours works well with a wide variety of foods, ranging from rich meat dishes, to oysters, and even chocolate puddings. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Friday Fuller, Smith, and Turner (London, England) - London Pride
A well-balanced pale brown best bitter with bitter orange notes, blending with the malt characteristics that build and remain in the finish, with a touch of dryness. -- Good Beer Guide 2008
Cask 1 on: Wednesday — Cask 1 kicked: Thursday Hook Norton Brewery (Hook Norton,Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) - 303 AD
A pale, brown best bitter, predominately hoopy but balanced with moderate malt and banana fruit. The fruit and malt decline to a relatively short, hoppy finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2007 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Friday Hook Norton Brewery (Hook Norton,Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) - Hooky Bitter
A classic golden session bitter. Hoppy and fruity aroma followed by a malt ahd hops taste and a continuing hoppy finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Hook Norton Brewery (Hook Norton,Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) - Hooky Dark — Still pouring at end
A chestnut brown, easy drinking mild. A complex malt and hop aroma give way to a well-balanced taste, leading to a long, hoppy finish, that is unusual for a mild. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Leeds Brewery (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) - Leeds Best
A classic Yorkshire Bitter. Finest English hops blend perfectly with our unique Yorkshire yeast to create a full flavoured beer with a superb hoppy finish. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Saturday Leeds Brewery (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) - Midnight Bell — Blew shive. Not servable.
A premium dark mild. Roast and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this rich and robust ale. -- Brewery Website Cask on: — Cask kicked: Oakham Brewery (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) - Bishops Farewell
Intensely hoppy and full-bodied golden best bitter. Tropical fruit flavours provide a counterpoint to the grapefruit hoppy character. An abiding dryness develops. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Saturday Oakham Brewery (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) - JHB
An assault of aromatic, citrus hop, a hoppy, fruity and grassy bittersweet palate and an uncompromising dry, bitter aftertaste characterise this impressive straw-coloured ale. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday RCH Brewery (West Hewish, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England) - PG Steam — Still pouring at end
Amber-coloured, medium-bodied with a floral hop aroma. Bitter citrus taste with a hint of sweetness, -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saltaire Brewery (Shipley, West Yorkshire, England) - Cascade Pale Ale
Gold, 2007 SIBA (North). American style pale ale with the floral aromas and strong bitterness of Cascade and Centennial hops. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Saturday Saltaire Brewery (Shipley, West Yorkshire, England) - Hazlenut Coffee Porter
This is a fantastic, flavoursome beer, made with dark Munich malt and crystal malts. Brazilian coffee and syrup of roasted hazelnuts are added, to make an intense and rather different porter. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Thornbridge Brewery (Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England) - Jaipur IPA
Complex, well-balanced IPA with a fine blend of citrus and other fruit flavours, mixed with a slight sweetness and ending with a lingering bitter finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Wednesday Cairngorm Brewery (Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland) - Black Gold
Worthy championship-winning beer, with many accolades. Roast malt dominates but the liquorice and blackcurrant in the taste and nose give it a background sweetness. Very long, dry, bitter finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Cairngorm Brewery (Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland) - Trade Winds
A massive citrus fruit, hop and elderflower nose leads to hints of grapefruit and apricot in the mouth. The exceptional bittersweetness in the taste lasts through the long lingering aftertaste. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Caledonian Brewing (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Deuchars IPA
Tasty and refreshing, pale gold session beer. Hops and fruit are evident, and are balanced by malt. The lingering aftertaste is bitter and hoppy -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Friday Harviestoun Brewery (Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland) - Bitter & Twisted
Refreshingly hoppy beer with fruit throughout. A bittersweet taste with a long, bitter finish. A golden session beer. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Harviestoun Brewery (Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland) - Schiehallion
A Scottish cask lager, brewed using a lager yeast and Hersbrucker hops. A hoppy aroma, with fruit and malt, leads to a malty, bitter taste with floral hoppiness and a bitter finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Inveralmond (Inveralmond, Perth, Scotland) - Lia Fail
The Gaelic name means Stone of Destiny. A dark, robust, full-bodied beer with a deep malty taste. Smooth texture and balanced finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Inveralmond (Inveralmond, Perth, Scotland) - Ossian's Ale
Well-balanced, best bitter with a dry finish. This full-bodied amber ale is dominated by fruit and hop with a bittersweet character, although excessive caramel can distract from this. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday Kelburn Brewing (Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland) - Cart Blanche — Still pouring at end
A golden, full-bodied ale. The assault of fruit and hop camoflages the strength of this easy-drinking, malty ale. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Kelburn Brewing (Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland) - Goldihops
Well-hopped session ale with a fruity taste and a bitter finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Stewart Brewing (Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland) - Edinburgh Gold — Still pouring at end
Full-bodied golden ale in the continental style. Plenty of hops are enjoyed throughout the drinking experience and give the beer a bitter profile balanced by the sweetness of fruit. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Williams Brothers Brewing (Kelliebank, Alloa, Scotland) - Fraoch Heather Ale
The unique taste of heather flowers is very noticeable in this beer. A fine floral aroma and spicy taste give character to this drinkable specialty beer. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Saturday Williams Brothers Brewing (Kelliebank, Alloa, Scotland) - Roisin
Beer containing tayberry juice. The tayberry is a hybrid of a raspberry and a blackberry, named after the Tay valley region of Scotland. Roisin is pronounced Rosheen. -- www.ratebeer.com Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Saturday Breconshire (Brecon, Powys, Wales) - Brecon County Ale
A traditional amber-coloured bitter. A clean hoppy flavour, background malt and fruit, with a good thirst-quenching bitterness. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Friday Breconshire (Brecon, Powys, Wales) - Ramblers Ruin
Dark Amber, full-bodied with rich, biscuity malt and fruit flavours; Background hopa and bitterness round off the beer -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Friday Gwynt y Ddraig (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales) - Black Dragon (Medium)
Oak conditioned medium dry cider. This special reserve cider has been hand crafted exclusively from cider apples grown by traditional methods in ageing orchards. The juice pressed from these apples is fermented and matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour, body and flavour with a fresh fruity aroma. -- Cidery Website Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Friday Gwynt y Ddraig (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales) - Haymaker (Medium)
Welsh cider, Kingston Black-heavy blend. -- Cider list, 2007 Mansfield Beer & Cider Festival. Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Saturday Otley (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales) - O1 — Still pouring at end
A pale, golden beer with a hoppy aroma. The taste has hops, malt, fruit and a thirst-quenching bitterness. A satisfying finish completes this beer. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Otley (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales) - O2
Golden-brown in colour, fruity with heavy floral aromas from Cascade and Centennial hops. -- Good Beer Guide 2008 Cask on: Wednesday — Cask kicked: Thursday |
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