From Monday April 13 - Sunday April 20, 2009 is the Mayflower Week of Pins at Redbones in Somerville, MA. "What is a pin?" you may ask. Well, it's a cask that holds about 5.6 gallons of beer. For some of the less beer initiated you may even ask, "What is a cask?" A cask is a traditional English vessel to serve beer from, like a keg. The difference is that the beer is put into the cask uncarbonated, and the beer is naturally carbonated by adding yeast and a little sugar or wort to the cask. It's served at cellar temperature (usually about 45-50 degrees F) and has a smoother, less carbonated mouthfeel. The temperature and light carbonation allow more flavors to come through. Also, modern craft brewers normally do special things like add dryhops or wood chips to the cask to increase the complexity of the beer.
(Picture at right is of Mayflower Assistant Brewer Ryan Gwozdz making a cask of Porter)
Each pin will be tapped at 6pm and go until it's empty, which will probably be very quick, so don't expect to get any of the previous night's beer. So get your butt over there! Here's the lineup:
Monday - IPA dryhopped w/ Amarillo
Tuesday - Pale dryhopped w/Sorachi Ace and Amarillo
Wednesday - Golden dryhopped w/ Sorachi
Thursday - IPA wethopped w/ Glacier
Friday - Porter dryhopped w/ Willamette
Saturday - porter dryhopped w/ EKG
Sunday - Pale dryhopped w/ cluster
Location Information:
Redbones
55 Chester Street
Somerville, MA
617.628.2200