Cask beer festival at d.b.a. in Williamsburg should be filled with fine pours
d.b.a. Brooklyn
113 North Seventh St. between Berry St. & Wythe Ave.
Friday, January 7, through Sunday, January 9, 1:00 pm – 4:00 am
718-218-6006
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The fourth annual Williamsburg Cask Beer Festival takes place Friday through Sunday at d.b.a. on North Seventh St., where more than fifteen cask-conditioned beers will be available in ten-ounce glasses for “reasonable prices.” Served at about fifty-four degrees Fahrenheit, cask-conditioned ale is unfiltered, unpasteurized, and naturally carbonated, without using nitrogen or carbon dioxide. As purists know, “Real ale is a natural product brewed using traditional ingredients and left to mature in the cask (container) from which it is served in the pub through a process called secondary fermentation. It is this process which makes real ale unique amongst beers and develops the wonderful tastes and aromas which processed beers can never provide,” according to the Campaign for Real Ale, which has been fighting for drinkers’ rights since 1971. In past years, the festival, put together by d.b.a. and Alex Hall of Gotham Imbiber, has featured Ten Penny Ale, Reindeer Droppings, Rossdorfer Urbräu, and Bourbon Barrel-Aged Entire, so you can expect another collection of international, and often strange-named, drinks this time around as well.