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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 6.5%. Malty and slightly tart aroma. Cloudy orange colour. Very small white head. Good malty flavour, balanced by a bit of citrus. Medium to high bitterness clean and cleansing. Well-balanced. Some rough alcohol in the finish, but good nonetheless.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2010 at 10:24

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Pours black into a Sam glass. Mocha head with excellent retention trails sheet lacing as it slowly recedes. Mocha aromas. Dry with upfront chocolate-dipped pit fruit and smoked molasses. Lasting bitter chocolate finish.
Tried on 10 Oct 2010 at 19:17

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to a BA trade. Pours a hazy orange gold with a white heads that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces nicely. Aroma has citrus and floral notes with some sweet grain and a bit of horse blanket. Flavor is similar with more sweet grain and a bit of citrus and floral.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2010 at 22:09

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear dark red - black brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark roasted, sweet roasted, caramel, sweet tobacco, pipe gravy - snug. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100912]
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2010 at 00:42

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle, batch 10 nov 2009. Orange clouds, big carbonation, lacing golden head. Dry quite citric aroma. Lemon base flavour, ginger, light herbal notes. Dry mouthfeel, medium to thin body - feels a bit like lemon juice too. Quick finish. Refreshing drink, but a little one-dimensional really.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2010 at 16:20

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle on 07/10/2010. Clear light golden body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet spice and floral aroma. Big belgian spice and floral hop flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/8/3/15

Bottle 2/6/11. Cloudy orange body small white head Sweet fruit and spice aroma Sweet spice fruit and light caramel flavor Medium body mod carb 7/3/7/3/15
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2010 at 14:11

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of Jacob on 06/28/2010. Batch 4, bottled 2010. Cloudy orange body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet spice, fruit and dark malt aroma. Sweet dark malt flavor with spice and caramel. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2010 at 13:54

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap at Pony Bar. Pours a cloudy gold with a medium, white head. Aroma holds citru and earth hops, along with some light spices and bready malts. Sweet flavor with orange and lemon, plus some nice, floral bitterness. Medium in body with lively carbonation. Finishes sweet and fairly crisp and clean. Very nice.
Tried from Draft on 16 Sep 2010 at 05:22

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
bottle pours bright yellow and gold with a pillow of a white head. Aroma is floral, honeysuckle and lemon peel with white pepper notes as well. Flavor is delicious, balanced assertive grassy and earthen hops with a nice pal malt and hay body. This is a really nice beer, wish I had more for football season.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2010 at 15:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark brown with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and dark chocolate. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, liquorice, chocolate and caramel. Finished sweet.
Tried on 12 Sep 2010 at 13:05