Cask ales at Whole Foods

I went to the monthly beer tasting at the Whole Foods in my neighborhood and they were serving cask-conditioned beers. Last month was my first Whole Foods tasting and they only had about four booths with two beers each. They sell pint glasses for $5 and the money goes to charity. 

This time was it was a cask ale special. They had two casks from Heavy Seas; the Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale and their Red Sky at Night - Saison Ale. The only other brew in the house was from Peak Organic Brewing Company and that was out of the bottle. Peak was at the last tasting as well although this time they actually had a friend of the brewery as opposed to a store employee. 

My first sample of the Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale from the cask was quite pleasing. I’ve had it before but this had more distinct hop flavors compared to the bottle. I think it was much less bitter than the bottle or appeared to be with the low carbonation and unfiltered cask qualities. The guy who was pouring was friendly and said they have a license to sell growlers. So I ran home and washed the O’hooley's growler that has been on top of my fridge for over a decade. Talking to the guy again he said they’d be throwing out a lot of beer that evening. They were pouring full pints for shoppers but I think I was the only growler. He said they will have one cask during each monthly tasting. 

I’ve got just enough room in my fridge for two, maybe three, more 12oz bottles I think.