New York

Mugs Ale House in Brooklyn, 125 Bedford Avenue (corner of North 10th Street).

Blind Tiger Ale House in Manhattan, Greenwich Village, 518 Hudson St. (at West 10th St.). Superb.

Ginger Man in Mahattan, Midtown, 11 East 36th Street. Vast selection on keg taps - don't let them scare you off, many are worth trying - plus one or two cask beers.

There are other good pubs as well, but these three are simply superb. For a little piece of NYC history, check out McSorley's. No real ale, just two types of beers on (keg) draught, but worth a look. Beers are ordered in pairs. Get two darks, and you'll do all right.

Check out

(The New York City Beer Guide gives you listings of pubs and events). One place not mentioned in the previous response is dba. dba is located on 1st Avenue. They have real ale from time to time. Their website is Click on the New York location (they also have a New Orleans location (no real ale at that one as far as I know).

Also check out

. This is Alex Hall's USA beer pages cask directory and click on New York. This is a data base of all known US cask outlets.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Bruce CAMRA member from New Jersey

P.S. If you are feeling adventursome and feel like traveling over the George Washington Bridge to Northern New Jersey, check out my local, Andys Corner Bar. Andy's is Michael Jackson's favorite New York City area pub. Their website is

Michael Jackson's review of Andy's can be found at .

Had a great time in the big apple. Found quite a few places including the Heartlands Brewery underneath the Empire State building. 7 taps or so and good food.

Thanks for suggestions

I had a look at Andy's website - seems a good place - lots of Flying Fish beers - I trieds a couple at GBBF & in a couple of places in Philly a few years back. One interesting beer was Old Engine Oil on tap

- but it seems not in cask form.

I'm curious, do many UK micro's do this (export keg versions of their normally cask beer)? I know before Brakspear closed they shipped some of their Coniston Bluebird in keg to the US. I'll have to have a look at the importers websites. cheers MikeMcG

Yes.

There was keg BASS, Old Speckled Hen, Youngs Winter Warmer and a couple of others I cant quite remember.

Fullers exports keg versions of their beers, my friends are surprised that I won't ever order Fullers keg when an establishment has it, but why bother is my feelings. Beware some places try to hook this up to handpumps and pass it off as cask; check Alex Hall's USA cask data base for bonifide cask outlets:

; he lists the fakers at the bottom of each state's listings.

Cheers, Bruce CAMRA members from New Jersey

What I was curious about was microbreweries selling keg beer in US, the beers you mention aren't microbrews. cheers MikeMcG

I did see a couple of UK beers I've not heard of over here - began with:- All..... (name of brewer). I looked in GBG but its not in there, must be that new I guess?

You mean .