Sunday March 21
1:30 pm to 6:00?? pm

The first official event of the NERAX 2010 Festival week will be a classic pub crawl. The Crawl will visit four premier Cambridge/Somerville pubs known for outstanding beer selections.  This is a cash bar event, but each pub is going above and beyond the usual in some way for The Crawl.  The brewers will also be attending, to receive toasts with their own beer!

Total walking time, start to finish is only 25 minutes!  Bring your buddies and join us for the whole crawl or any part of it. 

Map

Itinerary

1:30  The Independent, 75 Union Square, Somerville
  The Indo, with 32 draft beers, is poised to offer real ale later this Spring.  For the NERAX 2010 Pub Crawl, the TAP in Haverhill is sending a pin of GestAlt, a German-style Brown Ale dry-hopped with Spalt.
Brewed from an OG of 1.052, this beer is 5.4% abv, and 40 ibu. The brewer, Jon Curtis, will be there to lift a glass with us.

2:45  Atwood's Tavern, 877 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Atwood's offers 24 draft beers, and will be setting up a pin on the bar especially for the NERAX 2010 Pub Crawl.
The brewer, Dann Paquette, will be there with us. He will bring his super-rare "Once Upon A Time: February 27th, 1832 MILD". This was brewed from the original brewsheet of the same day on Brick Lane, London. 10.5% abv, 75+ IBU. Mild Ale Malt, 4# per barrel of Kent Golding leaf hops in the boil.

4:00  Lord Hobo, 92 Hampshire St, Cambridge
Lord Hobo, home of 30 draft beers and 3 full time cask offerings, will be opening an hour early exclusively for the NERAX 2010 Pub Crawl. A rare firkin of cask-conditioned Smuttynose Big A IPA will be pouring from one of the three beer engines.
John Thompson, the brewer, will be on hand. He says: "I'll dry hop the bejeezus out of it with a blend of big American hops."

5:15  Cambridge Brewing Company, One Kendall Square Cambridge
CBC's house beers have won national and international awards, and a cask is tapped every Tuesday. 
Megan O'Leary Parisi, Lead Brewster, will be tapping a firkin of Tall Tale Pale Ale dry-hopped with Amarillo expressly for the NERAX 2010 Pub Crawl.