Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project

Client Brewer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2008

Closed in 2015

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Cambridge, MA, United States
Description
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project began on a shoestring budget in 2008. We exist to allow 20 year professional brewer Dann Paquette to make an honest living while giving his imagination free reign. We brew our beers in other people's breweries because we can't afford our own. We enjoy the up-at-dawn lifestyle and the freedom to brew beers of our own imagining. We brew all our beers ourselves: Dann brews and formulates, Martha mills in. We dream up our beers together, inspired by Europe, by history, and by BEER and all it can be. We are based in Somerville, but brew mostly in Westport, MA, hence the early mornings. Cheers!

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours gold with a white head. Aroma is moderate pale stone fruit and some lightly toasty malt. Med body or almost. Flavor is slightly toasty malt, pale stone fruit, possibly a touch of citrus. Maybe even a touch of earthiness. It’s dry and fairly bitter. I kept it in a frig, but maybe the citrus hop aspects went down over a few months. Still a nice drink tho.
Tried on 16 Oct 2016 at 19:15

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
22 oz bottle at The Sovereign. Served in a tulip. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of herbs, dark fruit, biscuit. Tastes of floral, herbs, biscuit, subtle funk. Medium body with a dry finish. Not aging too well.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2016 at 14:20

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 10 Overall 5
Thanks to Gender! Bottle into a tulip showing well filtered orange caramel brown with sparse white foam. The nose shows a lot of sweet caramel malts. The palate is light bodied and well carbonated. Flavors of sweet caramel malts and a light unharmonious bitterness. Not exactly a saison.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2016 at 16:06

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Light florals and some mash malt. Light caramel. Tangy finish. Golden amber pour with ok head and lacing. Bottle thanks to gendv6969696969.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2016 at 15:22

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the chriso and Ruth pre GBBF Shindig 2016 - London. Day 1. Pours black-brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds raisins, chocolate, toasted toffee and mellow smoked malts. Medium sweet flavour with notes of burnt sugars, scorched earth, brownies, toffee, charred caramel. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet on the finish, with further cocoa, mild smoke. Sweet and tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2016 at 01:46

7/10
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Tried on 15 Sep 2016 at 13:14

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
22 oz bottle poured into a tulip. Bottled October 2015. Clear golden orange with half a finger of off-white head. Aromas of herbs, toasty notes, biscuit. Tastes of herbs, caramel, malt, floral, yeast, sweet candied citrus. Possibly the last Pretty Things beer I’ll ever get to drink.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2016 at 19:02

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
6th August 2016
The great ChrisO pre GBBF gathering. Opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Rich dark malts, good dark chocolate. A sourish tang to the malt develops. Mild spice. Smoke? Pretty mellow. Rich and tasty but could do without the strong tang.
Tried on 04 Sep 2016 at 05:52

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
6th August 2016
The great ChrisO pre GBBF gathering. Hazy amber beer, patchy pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Ripe tasting malts, tangy toffee - caramel. Slightly spicy mid. Rich ripe fruits. Light spicy finish. Rich, ripe and tasty.
Tried on 03 Sep 2016 at 08:34

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle @ Chriso pre-GBBF Shindig 2016. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty smoky chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty licorice, chocolate and smoky flavor. Has a roasted malty licorice chocolate smoky finish.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2016 at 08:55