Scroll down for FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL OUR CASK BEERS this year:
Important ACAT Festival Notes:
- WEAR YOUR BEADS. These are required for entry and for being served.
- ALLERGENS: Some beers contain nuts and other allergens. Check the descriptions below and ask servers to be certain.
- Ribbons for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Avant-Garde and Classic-Style casks will be posted on casks at 4 PM. Festival attendees can use the link below to vote for People's Choice cask.
- Floors are wet - please use constant caution.
- Don't drink and drive! Use Uber and Lyft.
- Attendees get 10% off delicious food items at Bold Monk today!
- Beers are subject to change without notice. ACAT code of conduct is posted at the bottom.
01. Athentic Brewing Golden Reserve. This 10.8% ABV
Barleywine ranks as a traditional English-style made with 100% two-row barley
and honey. Expect a strong brew that’s
still approachable with a malty backbone and a dry finish.
02. Bluejacket Dead End Street
English Brown Ale. At 4.5% ABV, this traditional English-style Brown Ale is brewed with
100% Virginia-grown malt, then gently hopped with East Kent Goldings. Smooth and
creamy, with rich caramel and toffee flavors. Malty-sweet, with hints of
raisins, cocoa nib dust, biscuits and nuts.
03. Bold Monk / MAZURT Collaborative Rum Barrel-Aged Unfocused Reflections of Matter Imperial Stout: Amburana Edition. The Beer Elders were lost in a rainforest. A Pajé appeared with a wooden cup of elixir with a magical aroma of cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate, caramel, and tropical fruit. This cup of Amburana wood held an imperial stout like no other. The Elders were magically transported to the Happy Land. Try it for yourself.
04. Bold Monk / Steele’s Sermon English
Pale Ale is a
collaboration with legendary brewer Mitch Steele. Steele’s Sermon was inspired
by the UK’s Timothy Taylor’s Landlord Ale, showcasing bright earthy hops with
notes of fresh-cut grass, marmalade, and subtle florals. Balanced by gentle
biscuit and honeyed malt with a crisp, dry finish, this thoughtfully restrained
ale celebrates cask-inspired harmony and timeless English brewing heritage. 4.8%
ABV.
05. Bold Monk Virtue of Patience
Flanders Red Ale
is an 8.6% ABV tart blend aged in foeders and ASW Whiskey barrels for over a
year. Balaton cherries bring bright, tangy fruit, while mission figs add earthy
sweetness, enhancing the beer’s deep amber color, oak aroma and complex, vinous
character. 2024 & 2025 World Beer Cup gold medalist; 2025 US Open Beer
Championship silver medalist.
06. Cherry Street / Lincoln Fill Station Beards & Brown Jackets is a spectacular collaborative version of an imperial coconut porter that has been resting peacefully on a light bed of Payday candy bars for an exquisite peanut and coconut flavor that dances on the taste buds. This sweet beverage rolls in at 8% ABV.
07. Cherry Street Joe is Not Cool is just a good ole' English pub ale
with a balanced malt and hop character and a moderate alcohol percentage.
Expect a smooth and slightly malty brew with hints of fresh bread, biscuit, and
a little earthiness from the hops. 5% ABV.
08. Cøntrast Artisan Ales Creamish
Dry Irish Stout
is classic and sessionable with roasty bitterness, a creamy body, and a clean,
dry finish. Notes of roasted barley, dark roast coffee, and bitter dark
chocolate emerge. 5.2% ABV.
09. Creature Comforts Connected Like
a Quilt Scotch Ale. This 6% ABV classic interpretation of a Scottish ale is designed to
emphasize beautiful toffee-like malt flavors from imported malts and an extended
boil time.
10. Crooked Culture Brewing HELLO MY
NAME IS MARSHMALLOW premiers as a luxurious 11% ABV imperial stout aged in flavorful bourbon
barrels for 18 months and dosed with fun marshmallow additions.
11. Cultivation Brewery Fulton
Manchester-Style Pale Ale - This 3.5% ABV ale was brewed in the style of some of our
favorite modern brewers in Manchester, England. UK Maris Otter and wheat malt,
hopped delicately with Ekuanot, Citra, and Idaho 7, create a wonderful blend of
fresh fruit notes, floral aromatics, and balanced bitterness in a low ABV
package.
12. Fire Maker Brewery The Pot is a super dank version of
our mainstay Hazy IPA, Hazed and Blazed.
Loaded with Columbus and Simcoe hops, this danky/piney version is sure to chill
you out and, who knows, maybe even give you the munchies!
13. Gate City Brewing Cold IPA with Citra and Cascade hops comes in at 5.5% ABV. Its clean profile arises from cold-conditioning and the use of outrageously good aroma, flavoring and bittering hops.
14. Good Word Brewing Auctioned Off
All My Swords is
a 5.2% Oatmeal Stout. This new offering tastes creamy and full of notes of dark
chocolate, while having enough hops to balance the residual sweetness.
15. Good Word Brewing Digital
Comforts. This 3.9% ABV English-Style Best Bitter showcases
notes of orange marmalade and herbal tea that form a wonderful romance in this
tasty little bitter that’s big on balance.
16. Hop Atomica Professor Peanut is a peanut butter cup Brown Ale
that comes in at 5.6% ABV. This malty brown ale was infused with peanuts and
cocoa nibs? Yes, please! This little snack of a beer is a grown-up take on a
childhood favorite. It’s sweet from the malt (no lactose here) with hints of
peanuts and dark chocolate, and a smooth, balanced finish.
17. Hopstix Oregon-on-Thames English-Style
IPA pours with a
golden yellow hue and slight haze. Brewed with pilsner malt, flaked oats and Brewers
Crystals, the ale is balanced by additions of Amarillo hops in the whirlpool
and then Willamette as the dry-hop. ABV: 6.4%; IBUs: 40.
18. Khonso Brewing Jump is a delightful 7.5% ABV Belgian Dubbel brewed with
Belgian and Caramunich malts, bitter orange peel, and pecan syrup to add a
southern twist that boosts the nutty sweetness of the beer.
19. Line Creek Forager’s Fête Smoked
Chanterelle Adambier. Brewed with a blend of oak-smoked wheat and Munich
malts, this strong and malty Altbier variant was co-fermented with alt and Brettanomyces yeasts. It was finished
with hand-foraged chanterelle mushrooms, and cask-conditioned with additional “brett.”
9% ABV.
20. Lost Druid Circa 1924 English-Style
Old Ale. Dark amber in color with notes of treacle, molasses
and toffee sweetness that playfully mingle with softened, yet rich, fruit
notes. Expect a deep, rounded mouthfeel that leads to an inviting full finish,
enticing you to have another savored sip. 8.3% ABV.
21. Lost Druid Czekolada Baltic-Style Porter is a smooth, cold-fermented beer brewed with our favorite lager yeast. It features malt flavors of a brown porter and the roast of a German Schwarzbier, but this beer is bigger in alcohol and mouthfeel. 8.2% ABV.
22. Max Lager’s Hopsplosion!! IPA. The classic
is back! Hopsplosion is a bold, hop-forward American IPA that lives up to its
name. Bursting with vibrant aromas of citrus zest, pine resin, and tropical
fruit, this brew delivers an explosive hop character from the first sip to the
last. 7% ABV.
23. Monday Night Darker Subject
Matter is a bourbon
barrel-aged Imperial Stout finished with Brazilian Amburana wood spirals in the
cask. 13.5% ABV, with notes of cinnamon, coconut and graham cracker.
24. Monday Night New Zealand-Style
Lager is made
with Barke pilsner malt and hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, and
experimental hop NZH-109. At 4.8% ABV, this sessionable lager offers notes of
watermelon nerds, lemon cream and fresh grass.
25. Mutation Brewing Estate of the
Art. This beer is a throwback pale ale built the way the
style was meant to be. It showcases Crosby Hops’ Cascade and Chinook. Citrus
peel, pine, and a touch of honey make up this little beer’s aroma. A clean malt
backbone keeps everything in focus, and the classic Pacific Northwest hop bite
finishes dry and nostalgic in the best way. Consider this a love letter to the
pale ales that got us here. 5.15% ABV and 50 IBUs.
26. NoFo Brew Co.’s Deer Candy is a crushable Cream Ale brewed with
Pilsner malt, flaked corn and Samsquanch hops. Fruited in the cask with muscadine
juice infused with blueberries, this beer is light and crisp with
characteristics of white wine. 5.3% ABV and 25 IBUs.
27. NoFo Brew Co.’s Georgia Foliage is a 4.6% ABV cask-conditioned amber
lager with cinnamon sticks, star anise, nutmeg, and orange zest. This cask was
primed with a touch of maple syrup. The beer celebrates the foliage found in
abundance in North Georgia in the fall.
28. Normaltown / Rainy Day Brewing Catherine's Reign. This collaboration brew is a classic 10.5% ABV Russian Imperial Stout. Look for heavy chocolate flavor from the malt with a balanced bitterness from Centennial hops.
29. Normaltown Brewing Best Bitter is a classic 4.6% ABV UK-style pub
ale made with English malts and American Cascade hops. Expect a lovely harmony
between hops, malts, and yeast, with hallmark notes of toast, biscuit, caramel,
and subtle fruit.
30. Peaceful Side Brewery's Belgian-Style
Dubbel showcases
rich malt complexity from Riverbend’s artisanal grains, delivering notes of caramel,
dark fruit, and subtle toast. Balanced by delicate floral and spicy undertones
from Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops, it finishes smooth with a gentle, warming
character. 6.6% ABV.
31. Pontoon Brewing Otter’s Campfire
Surprise is a
coffee brown ale with toasted marshmallows, cocoa and graham crackers.
32. Printer's Ale Manufacturing Fade
to Black is a
celebration of winter, long nights and good beer. It’s a 9% ABV Imperial Stout
with cacao nibs added.
33. Printer's Ale Manufacturing The
Tiger's Eyes Are Like My Own was originally brewed in collaboration with Lincoln Fill
Station. This version is a fruited sour ale with “tiger's blood” (strawberry
coconut and watermelon).
34. Reformation Brewery Just One More is a Vienna Lager conditioned on oak.
Toasty Vienna malt meets a short rest on lightly toasted oak, lending soft
vanilla and rounded warmth. Served from the firkin with orange zest, clove,
cinnamon, and vanilla, this lager feels like a quiet nod to winter spice
without ever becoming sweet or heavy.
35. Rock Solid Brewing Smokin' Goat
Smoked Doppelbock. At 8% ABV, this potent lager was created using smoked cherrywood malt
for balance and an added layer of appealing complexity.
36. Round Trip Brewing Espresso
Sunrise is a 9% ABV
strong stout primed with concentrated orange juice, and aged on coffee beans
and orange zest.
38. Service Brewing Coping Mechanism
Imperial Pastry Stout (13% ABV). A smooth and decadent sweet stout brewed with roasty
chocolate malts, sweet caramel and toffee.
Look for notes of dark cocoa, caramelized sugar and espresso.
39. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a pioneering American craft beer
known for its balanced yet bold flavor, featuring prominent grapefruit and pine
notes from Cascade hops, a hint of caramel malt sweetness, and a crisp, slightly
bitter finish, making it a benchmark for the style. At 5.6% ABV, it is
refreshing and highly drinkable.
40. Six Bridges English Dark Mild is made with Simpsons Finest Maris
Otter malt, brown and chocolate malts, Fuggle hops, and Nottingham ale
yeast. Naturally carbonated in the cask.
14 IBUs and 3.5% ABV.
41. Six Bridges Extra Special Bitter was created with Simpsons Finest
Maris Otter, medium crystal and Carapils, Ernest hops, and Nottingham ale
yeast. One sip demonstrates the elegant beauty and appeal of this classic UK
style. 35 IBUs, 4.6% ABV.
42. Social Fox Milk Chocolate Porter is a powerful 6.8% ABV dark ale
brewed with Ghanaian cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and lactose.
43. South Main Brewing’s Smokey
Magnolia. At 6.5% ABV, this perfectly balanced smoked porter
was crafted in collaboration with Sugar Magnolia BBQ, featuring Golden Promise
malts smoked over locally-sourced oak wood.
44. STATS Brewpub’s Cow Corner – An English-style Brown Ale with
4.5% ABV and malt-derived flavor notes of fig, almond, and toffee. It’s named
in honor of a position on a cricket field.
45. StillFire Brewing Charlie Mop’s
Nut Brown Ale is
a classic 5.4% ABV British Brown Ale, brewed with all English malts, hops, and
yeast, and cask-conditioned for total authenticity. Named after Charlie Mops,
who (as the song goes) was “the man who invented beer.” If this ale were any
more authentic, you would have to show your passport.
46. StillFire Brewing Mardi McFly’s
King Cake Ale - a
“let the good times roll” dark ale with cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate malt, and
hints of dark fruit just in time for Fat Tuesday. This is all ale, with delicate
flavors and spices that give the impression of King Cake, a Mardi Gras staple.
Mardi McFly’s is not a sugary abomination of a pastry beer, and there is no
plastic baby in the firkin cask. 7.2% ABV.
47. SweetWater Rookie IPA: A 6.9% ABV
real ale spin on our OG IPA, cask-conditioned with American oak chips, Chinook
and Centennial hops. Rookie is a well-rounded, easy-drinking IPA with notes of
citrus, pine, and resin, along with subtle nutty undertones.
48. Three Taverns Single Intent pays homage to Belgium's Trappist breweries, which make a lighter-bodied blonde ale set aside for the monks' consumption. We brought it back after a long hiatus to pour at ACAT. Brewed with Pilsner and Vienna malts, sugar, and a hefty dose of Saaz hops. 5% ABV.
49. Tucker Brewing SIR Doppelbock. This malty lager offers classic
notes of dark bread crust and toffee, along with white chocolate and Heath bars
added to the cask. 7.5% ABV and 23 IBUs.
50. Twain’s 11th Hour APA is Decatur’s favorite American Pale
Ale. At 5.5% ABV, 11th Hour has become synonymous with Twain's Brewpub over the
last decade. Made with pale malt and Citra and Amarillo hops, this impressive
ale is bright and expressive with a soft finish. Today marks the first time this
beer has ever been served on cask.
51. Variant Brewing No Small Matter is an 11% ABV English Barleywine
with Cook Island vanilla beans. Look for complex flavors dominated by malt,
featuring notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, and biscuit crust.
52. Wild Heaven Eschaton
Belgian-Style Quadrupel is a strong, dark
Belgian-style ale known for its complex flavors of dark fruit, spice, vanilla,
and oak, often compared to red wine with a drier finish. This version sits at a
potent 11% ABV.
53. Wild Leap Atlanta’s Meetings
& Partings Cranberry White IPA. This 6% ABV hoppy ale is a hybrid blend of a Belgian-style
Witbier and an American IPA, showcasing flavors of cranberry puree, orange peel,
coriander, and Centennial and Chinook hops. This cask was dry-hopped with
spruce tips.
54. Wrecking Bar Ye Olde
Sprinklerhead English-Style Barleywine. This
award-winning 12.5% ABV strong ale is a showcase of malty richness and complex,
intense flavor notes of toffee, bread crust, dark fruits, and a nuance of port
wine and Oloroso sherry.
55. Yazoo Brewing Gerst Amber Ale - A clean, approachable beer made
with mostly German malts and a hint of flaked maize to remain as true as
possible to the original style brewed by the Gerst Haus Brewery in Nashville,
Tennessee, back in the 1800s. 4.9% ABV.
