NERAX

Serving Real Ale in New England. The longest running cask ale festival in the US! Our next festival will be the 24th New England Real Ale eXhibition!

Out of an abundance of caution, as they say, the 2020 NERAX festival scheduled for April 1 to 4, 2020 has been cancelled. The next classic NERAX festival will take place at the South Boston Lithuanian Club probably early in April 2021. We expect to serve about 100 real ales and ciders from the US and UK. In Fall 2018 the 13th annual NERAX North will take place at Knights of Columbus Hall in Salem, MA. We expect to serve about 50 cask-conditioned beers and ciders from the UK and US. Between festivals we are on the hunt for more Real Ale on exhibit in New England.

10/07/2026

The New England Real Ale eXhibition (NERAX) returns April 7-10 in South Boston! Come enjoy imperial pints (or half/quarter pints if you prefer) of 100+ rare cask conditioned b**rs and c***rs from the US and UK that you won't see anywhere else.

As always, we take great care to ensure all b**rs are served in good condition with proper cooling and cellaring practices along with 30+ hand pumps (plus gravity taps) for dispensing.

Thank you as always to everyone for supporting this unique niche and helping us keep this celebration of cask going for nearly 30 years. Cheers to all of you!

Tickets and volunteer forms will go live when they're done conditioning and venting (later this year or early next year)

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10/02/2026

RIFRAF (Rhode Island's Finest Real Ale Festival) is back again at The Guild this January! Highly recommended for any cask enthusiast. B**rs are well cared for and kept at a cellar temperature and everything. See you there January 15-16! 🍻

RIFRAF - Rhode Island’s Finest Real Ale Festival

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10/01/2026

🚨 Cask Alert 🚨 London Legacy English Pub Ale by Daydreaming Brewery on cask at Menotomy Grill & Tavern. Hot on the heels of their previous cask over the weekend. 🍻

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09/27/2026

🚨 Cask Alert 🚨 Menotomy Grill & Tavern in Arlington has a b**r engine! Currently they're serving a Märzen. 'Tis the season and all that.

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08/28/2026

The Michael Jackson Award Winners for US cask at Peterborough B**r Festival (UK) have been announced!

We were able to get over 50 firkins of US cask b**r (and a c***r!) this year and these three were deemed the best of show. Thank you again to all the brewers who contributed!

🥇 Sacred Profane - Dark L***r (Czech Dark L***r)
🥈 Wayward Lane - Pennywhip (ESB)
🥉 Post & Beam - Blackfire (Schwarzbier)

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07/08/2026

The US cask shipment was loaded onto the re**er heading to the UK this morning!

Next stop is the Peterborough B**r Festival in late August where they'll be hosting the full US cask bar now that GBBF is on the back burner indefinitely.

We can't wait to see which b**rs win a Michael Jackson Award for US cask. There are some good ones!

Thanks again to all the brewers and folks involved in helping make this unique cask cultural exchange project happen. It's fun to keep it going every year. 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧

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05/01/2026

Ruvani de Silva wrote a great article on the US cask scene for CAMRA's B**r Magazine recently and it features some quotes by NERAX cellarman, Ryan Leonard, and even some pictures from NERAX. I apologize if the images are too small to read, so check it out here if you're having difficulty.

https://d1rhhiro4gd9il.cloudfront.net/uploads/2026/03/sGpHXIFhqHYpopoaWsAJQG2rgQR0dMgZiB99ITcI.pdf

In other news, we're ramping up to send a shipment of US cask to the Peterborough B**r Festival in the UK this August, so keep an eye out for that if you'll be there this Summer! 🍻

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03/31/2026

Thats a wrap! (or reap?)

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 27th annual NERAX this year to enjoy all the exciting b**rs & c***rs we had to offer from the US & UK!

We really appreciate all the support from everyone who came including the many of you who even flew over from the UK! Every session was at or near capacity and we went through more b**r & c***r than I can recall ever doing before.

Cheers and we can't wait to see you all at the next one! 🍻

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Boston, MA

Website

http://nerax.org/

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