Durham's Rockfish Seafood Grill is hosting a "Cask Ales for Tails" event from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday (10/24) to benefit Second Chance Adoption.

Six Triangle breweries are bringing cask conditioned beers for sampling. A $10 cash donation at the door gets you in to taste the beer and enjoy light appetizers. Plus, bring extra cash to buy raffle tickets for prizes. All money collected will be donated to the charity.

The breweries include Haw River Farmhouse Ales of Saxapahaw, Deep River Brewing Co. of Clayton, Steel String Craft Brewery and Four Saints Brewing Co. in Asheboro. Plus, this event will be the Triangle debut of two breweries: Raleigh Brewing Co. and Crank Arm Brewing.

Here's a LINK to the event's Facebook page.

While I have beer drinkers' attention, you may want to mark this event on your calendar:

Hillsborough's Wooden Nickel Pub is hosting a cask beer fest from noon to 11 p.m. Nov. 3. Forty dollars gets you a souvenir glass and a taste of cask-conditioned brews from Fullsteam, Big Boss Brewing Co., Aviator Brewing Co., Haw River Farmhouse Ales, Mother Earth Brewing and several other breweries.

For more information, check out the Wooden Nickel's Facebook page. Tickets will be sold at the door.
 

(If you hadn't heard of some of these breweries, check out my post in June about the breweries on the horizon in the Triangle. I can't believe we have 2 more since that time.)

Rockfish Seafood Grill in Durham is hosting "Casks for a Cure" fundraiser from 6:30-9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24 that may intrigue local beer lovers.

Manager Michael Hayek explained that he got three brewers who have yet to open their breweries to donate casks for the event. For beer geeks, Hayek said, "It's like trying it before you can buy it." The future breweries and their donated casks include:

• Hillsborough's Mystery Brewing Company donated a blond ale steeped with hibiscus flowers.
• Saxapahaw's Haw River Farmhouse Ales donated a winter harvest dark saison made with pumpkin, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, honey, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and allspice.
• Carrboro's Steel String Brewery donated a black wheat ale made with cocoa nibs.

For a $10 donation, you will get a t-shirt, food samples and tastes of the three casks. Proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The restaurant is located at 8030 Renaissance Parkway, Suite 905, Durham.

For more information about the event, go to the Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/pXqfy0 or call 544-9220.