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Presenting our traditional mix of British and American cask ales. A smaller, more intimate festival - with an elite selection of approximately 30 firkins.
Easy access by rail - Commuter Rail and the Downeaster. Located half a block from Haverhill Station. See the Directions page for details. |
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BRITISH CASKS
The following is final list of the British casks to be served at this year's NERAX North. 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. Last Updated: November 9, 2008, 12:22 am Coniston Brewing (Coniston, Cumbria, England) - Old Man — Still pouring at end
A radically different beer ... it has roast barley added to the pale and crystal malts. It has a deep, burnished copper colour, a rich port wine aroma, a big chocolate and creamy malt palate, and a dry, grainy roasty finish balanced by hop bitterness and tart fruit. It is a remarkably complex beer that deepens and changes as you sup it. -- Roger Protz Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Best Bitter
A slight malty flavour is complemented by East Kent Goldings Hops. -- Good Beer Guide 2009 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Critical Mass — Still pouring at end
This is a truly unique vintage strong winter ale; each year one (and only one) batch is brewed. This is not a beer for the faint hearted; strong in colour and flavour. Mashed with dark, roasted barley malts to give a very heavy mouth feel but perfectly balanced by the fruity astringency of Challenger and East Kent Golding hops. After an extended boil it is fermented using an old-fashioned English ale yeast, which continues to condition the beer over its long maturation. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Festival — Still pouring at end
A chestnut bronze-coloured bitter with a smooth mouthfeel and freshness. -- Good Beer Guide GBG 2009 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: 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 2009 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Saturday Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Original — Still pouring at end
Former Champion Beer of Britain. Dark, full-bodied ale with a roast malt aroma and a dry, bitter, stout-like finish. -- Good Beer Guide GBG 2009 Cask on: Friday — Cask kicked: Dark Star Brewing (Ansty, West Sussex, England) - Porter — Still pouring at end
Dark Star Porter uses an old established recipe with brown and black malts blended into the grist and then boiled with the robust Target hops to produce this full flavoured beer. -- Brewery Website Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Harviestoun Brewery (Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland) - Bitter & Twisted — Second cask still pouring at end
2003 Champion Beer of Britain. Refreshingly hoppy beer with fruit throughout. A bittersweet taste with a long, bitter finish. A golden session beer. -- Good Beer Guide 2008
Cask 1 on: Thursday — Cask 1 kicked: Friday Harviestoun Brewery (Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland) - Ptarmigan
A well-balanced, bittersweet beer in which hops and malt dominate. The blend of hops, malt and fruit produces a clean, hoppy aftertaste. -- Good Beer Guide 2009 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Saturday RCH Brewery (West Hewish, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England) - Pitchfork
Yellow, grappefruit flavoured bitter bursting with citrus with underlying sweetness. -- Good Beer Guide 2009 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Friday Ridgeway Brewing (South Stoke, Reading, England) - Criminally Bad Elf — Still pouring at end
An English Style Barleywine Cask on: Saturday — Cask kicked: Ridgeway Brewing (South Stoke, Reading, England) - Seriously Bad Elf — Not served
English interpretation of a Belgian Tripel. -- www.sheltonbrothers.com Cask on: — Cask kicked: Thornbridge Brewery (Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England) - Ashford
A brown ale with floral hoppiness and delicate bitter finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2009 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Saturday Thornbridge Brewery (Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England) - Jaywick
An American Pale Ale; golden in colour with honey, gooseberry and passion fruit on the nose. Medium-bodied with a malty, biscuity finish. -- Good Beer Guide 2009 Cask on: Thursday — Cask kicked: Friday |
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