cask ale in philadelphia, PA?

You'd prob get a more up to date response from , (incl a chap who writes beer books about that part of the world) but . . .

I was there a few years ago & had some great beer (not all cask) IIRC Nodding Head (former SamAdams brewpub) had 1 cask on, the non-brewing, but excellent Standard Tap had a few including cask Victory Hopdevil (q readily available elsewhere in keg & bottle, but lovely in cask form), Yards specialise in UK styles (& a few others) & IIRC sell real ale from kegs(w. top co2?) but the only chance I had to try their stuff was at the BlackCat/WhiteDog where I was served a pint of yeast!

- literally thick, fresh brewers yeast from the bottom of the keg; i reckon it would have started a 1 barrel fermentation. the barmaid said, "oh yeah, it's real ale - it's supposed to be like that" they replaced it with DogFishHead Chicory Stout - keg, but absolutely delicious.

Non-brewing beery places I didn't get to, but was told not to miss - Scoat's Grey Lodge , Ludwig's Garten (german) Monk's (Belgie) you could also look at

If you're going out of town, then people rave about Victory's brewpub/restaurant (Downington, Chester Co, PA) - certainly an amazing range of beers getting cracking reviews from US beerios. cheers MikeMcG

How many brewpubs don't do "real beer"?

If my most recent trip to San Francisco is anything to go by the cask conditioned beers are the ones to avoid.

For instance in Toronado

Don't even think about posting "they obviously didn't know what they were doing".

Don't miss the chance to drink excellent beers in the US by wearing real-ale blinkers.

I'm not. Experiences of real beer in the US in the past have been mixed. Normally way too warm for my taste.

However, I am an unashamed ticker, and I would like the opportunity of landing some rare ticks, and therefore want to include as many different cask beers as I can, in the context of a more extensive drinking campaign.

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coinkidinkily over on rfdb, Bruce (rom New Jersey, but regular poster here), posted a similar question & has one response so far - (& BTW Bruce mentions Flying Fish Brewery who are a stone's throw from Philly & may supply some bars with cask? - best bet might be to email both breweries & play the "real ale fan" card? :~)

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