The following is final list of the American casks to be served at this year's NERAX. These 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.

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. However beers listed as pouring were available at the previous session are expected to be available at the next session.

Note that all of the following beer descriptions are based on information supplied by the breweries.

Last Updated: November 8, 2009, 1:46 am

Allagash (Portland, ME) - Allagash Curieux — Still pouring at end of festival

A Belgian Tripel partially aged in Bourbon barrels.

ABV: 11%    OG: 1076   IBU: 25

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

American Flatbread (Burlington, VT) - London Calling — Still pouring at end of festival

They brew this traditional English style as one of their flagship session ales using Maris Otter malt, UK Goldings to bitter, late boil additions of UK Goldings and UK Fuggle, and on this batch, a whirlpool addition of locally grown Goldings and Cascade, fermented with a London ale yeast.

ABV: 3.5%    OG: 1039   IBU: 18

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Cambridge Brewing Company (Cambridge, MA) - Saint Alphonso Single — Still pouring at end of festival

Brewed with pale and aromatic malts, its primary flavors and aromas are big, floral, grassy and citrusy thanks to Glacier, Amarillo, and Centennial hops. Glacier hops were added at first wort, and combined with Amarillo and Centennial at the end of the boil and in the whirlpool. Additionally nearly 1.5 pounds per barrel of dryhops were added. No bittering hops were used, but the flavors and residual dryness from the hops, combined with a very well-attenuated, super-dry, light-bodied beer, create a perfect balance on the palate.

ABV: 4.5%    OG: 1040   

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Gardner Ale House (Gardner, MA) - Naked Stout — Still pouring at end of festival

This crisp, dry, Irish-style stout is full of roasty flavor, yet low in alcohol, with a nice medium bitterness. It pours with a tan to brown head, and is surprisingly full in the mouth for a lower ABV stout.

ABV: 3.8%    OG: 1043   IBU: 38

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Geary's (Portland, ME) - Hampshire Special Ale — Still pouring at end of festival

Classic English strong ale, with a huge toasted malt flavor, balanced by assertive hoppiness. The finish is long and lingering with malt and hop notes blending with alcohol warmth.

ABV: 7%    OG: 1070   IBU: 47

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Gritty McDuff's (Portland, ME) - Halloween Ale — Still pouring at end of festival

This robust ESB has a deep amber color and a bold, malty palate from generous amounts of crystal malt and caramalt, a touch of roasted flavor from chocolate malt, and a well-rounded Goldings hop finish.

ABV: 6.3%    OG: 1063   IBU: 43

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Honest Town Brewery (Southbridge, MA) - Honest Town SOB — Still pouring at end of festival

Southbridge Ordinary Bitter is Honest Town Brewery's year round lightest offering. Starting with pale malted and flaked barley, then add Kent Goldings hops for a perfect balance. After fermenting and aging for two weeks the ale is ready to consume. Light yellow in appearance, with a slight malt aroma. Subdued malt sweetness gives way to crisp hoppiness and a dry aftertaste. Extremely easy drinking. A perfect English-style session beer.

ABV: 4.1%    OG: 1041   IBU: 23

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Jasper Murdock's Alehouse (Norwich, VT) - Oh Be Joyful — Still pouring at end of festival

An English pale ale

ABV: 4.7%    OG: 1050   IBU: 28

Cask on: Friday    —     Cask kicked:

John Harvard's (Manchester, CT) - Peppercorn Rye Bock — Still pouring at end of festival

A traditional bock made with pilsner malt and a portion of rye malt for a unique flavor. Then "dry-hopped" with green and black peppercorns added directly to the cask.

ABV: 6.3%    OG: 1064   IBU: 25

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Marshall Wharf (Belfast, ME) - Wrecking Ball Baltic Porter — Still pouring at end of festival

Complex malt backbone brewed with molasses

ABV: 7.8%    

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Martha's Exchange (Nashua, NH) - MacLeod's Scotch Ale — Still pouring at end of festival

A big malty, malty beer with flavors of sweet caramel and smoky roasted notes. Dark Ruby red in color, it is full bodied and robust.

ABV: 8.5%    OG: 1087   IBU: 32

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Olde Burnsides Brewing Company (East Hartford, CT) - Ten Penny — Still pouring at end of festival

Ten Penny Ale, their flagship brew is a smooth, amber-hued mellow version of a Scottish Ale.

ABV: 5.5%    

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Portsmouth Brewery (Portsmouth, NH) - Black Cat Stout — Still pouring at end of festival

Their Irish-style "dry" stout is brewed with four different malts, roasted barley and Chinook hops. It is big, bold, smooth and tasty.

ABV: 5.5%    OG: 1060   IBU: 26

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Redhook (Portsmouth, NH) - Redhook ESB — Still pouring at end of festival

Redhook's signature, full bodied amber ale has a toasted malt flavor and pleasant finishing sweetness. Crystal hops have been added to further accentuate the hop profile and create a nice balance in this 2009 GABF Gold Medal award winning beer.

ABV: 5.8%    OG: 1055   IBU: 28

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Run of the Mill Brewpub (Saco, ME) - What's Hoppenin' — Still pouring at end of festival

What's Hoppenin is an Extra Pale Ale. It has a nice smooth bitterness from Mt. Rainier hops, a new variety. Late boil additions of Liberty and Cascade give the beer an orangy citrus aroma and flavor. It's then dryhopped with all three varieties.

ABV: 6.5%    OG: 1065   IBU: 65

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Sebago Brewing Company (Gorham, ME) - Slick Nick Winter Ale — Still pouring at end of festival

Slick Nick is a malty, unspiced, American-style winter warmer.

ABV: 6.2%    OG: 1060   IBU: 38

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

Smuttynose Brewing Company (Portsmouth, NH) - Shoals Pale Ale — Still pouring at end of festival

A Smuttynose classic! Shoals is a classic styled American pale ale predominantly hopped with Cascade. This firkin has an added dry-hopped of Centennial hops for a little extra American aroma.

ABV: 5.6%    OG: 1050   IBU: 25

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

The TAP (Haverhill, MA) - Triptych — Still pouring at end of festival

Belgian-style Tripel brewed with only Pilsen Malt, Styrian Golding hops, sugar, and a special Belgian yeast strain. Blond with a very mild haze. Smooth after several months at cellar temperatures with a mild alcohol kick. Aged with French light oak spirals.

ABV: 9.3%    OG: 1075   IBU: 35

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked:

The TAP (Haverhill, MA) - GestAlt — Still pouring at end of festival

German-style Altbier brewed with German malts and hops. Has the maltiness of a brown, the hoppiness of a pale ale, and the crisp finish of a lager. Aged for three months at cellar temperatures.

ABV: 5.3%    OG: 1052   IBU: 40

Cask on: Thursday    —     Cask kicked: