Sorry again to my fan base (now possibly at 3??) for the latency of my blogging.
This past weekend I went to a NERAX the New England Real Ale Exhibition festival. For those of you not familiar with it, it is basically a cask-conditioned ale fair. Cask- conditioned ail is served flat and warm (on purpose), and can be considered by North Americans an acquired taste. For beer geeks, it allows us to taste the true flavor of the beer.
The NEREX fest in Somerville MA is one of the largest in the US, but it is still not that big. It is a total beer geek fest. The first time I attended one of these the Fullers ESB was so good, that I almost immediately scheduled a trip to England – just for beer. We decided to make vacation out of it and visit Hungary, but the #1 reason we went was beer. This was not the first, nor the last time a good beer has ignited a trip.
We attended the last day of the fair, so the beer selection was a bit limited. That is to be expected at this event. They still had a solid 30ish British and Americans on tap, so all was well.
My favorite for the night – the classic – Old Speckled Hen. Yum.
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