The Thirsty Beer Drinkers

Unlike the festival in Somerville, this edition of NERAX had plenty of room for people to move around. There was even a seating area away from the taps.

Cask Ale Beer Engines

Why NERAX North?

New Englanders have long had a demand for cask conditioned ale. Each May the NERAX festival in Somerville, MA has been meeting this demand for years, however may patrons have been requesting more events and new locations. This event is the first of hopefully many cask ale festivals outside of Boston. 

When is the beer ready?

Real ale is alive. There is live yeast in the cask to provide the final fermentation and to ensure proper condition. The beer arrives about two weeks before the NERAX festival. It is vented; finings are added; and the cooling tubes and jacketing are put on each cask/keg. The beer is put onto stillage and will not be moved again until the cask is empty so that the sediment will not be disturbed.

Danielle enjoying a pint

Have a pint

CAMRA

(Campaign for Real Ale) is an organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional cask conditioned ales. They are based in the UK and have over 45,000 members worldwide. They were formed in response to the many mergers of small breweries by larger companies who replaced their traditional real ales with mass produced beers. 

Another view of the crowd

Redbones sandwiches for sale

Paul and Danielle

BEERS WE SAMPLED

	Cribyn	Breconshire Brewery	England	Tim/Danielle
	Red Dragon	Breconshire Brewery	England	Danielle
	Bluebird Bitter	Coniston Brewery	England	Danielle
	1872 Porter	Elland Brewery	England	Tim/Danielle
	01	Otley Brewing	Wales	Tim/Danielle
	08	Otley Brewing	Wales	Tim
	Facelift IPA	Gardner Ale House	MA, USA	Tim
	Smoked Porter	Martha's Exchange	NH, USA	Tim/Danielle
	Stone Cat IPA	Mercury Brewery	MA, USA	Tim
	Winter Ale	Smuttynose	NH, USA	Tim

A friendly hello

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