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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and chocolate, leading to a very dry and roasted finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2010 at 09:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
pitch dark,smooth brown head. roasted malts, sweetness, licorice, faint wood, very nice sweet licorice roasted grains flaovr, alanced.
Tried on 12 Sep 2010 at 05:41

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small chocolate brown head. Aroma is roasted dark breadish. Roasted dark malty flavoured. Mild chocolate note. Dark roasted malty and lingering into the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2010 at 05:39

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours black with a vague orange tint and creamy and lacing beige head. Sweet dark roast and vanilla in the nose. Medium body, sweet hard roast, raisins and licorice - lots of licorice. Discreet malt bitterness. 120910
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2010 at 05:33

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
22 oz bottle sent to me by alagnak. Bottled June 2009 one off on the label. Pour is a cloudy orange dark golden with a big three inch foamy head. Very unfiltered looking. Aroma is dusty grain, cherry fruit and skin, and some sour citrus. Taste is mildly tart and sour cherry on top of the malt earthiness. The straw maltiness is the more dominant flavor. Unique flavor, which features a slightly phenolic finish. Palate is medium bodied and well carbonated. Thanks for this one Chris, I had wanted to try it for awhile.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2010 at 16:57

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours hazy deep gold into an English pint. Off-white head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing to coat surface. Toasted mushroom and nut aromas. Soft with creamy caramel and dank hops. Lasting astringent but resinous bitter finish.
Tried on 07 Sep 2010 at 14:47

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
650mL bottle, pours hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of banana, clove and farmhouse yeast. Flavours of yeast, wheat, orange, citrus and banana.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2010 at 19:17

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bomber at Birreria Paradiso, shared with everyone in sight. Pale yellow color, great lacing. Aroma of white pepper, malt. Taste is lager-like, moderately bitter, slight pepper, some citrus. Nice.
Tried on 02 Sep 2010 at 15:39

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Tap at Rattle n Hum. Pours cloudy, brown-maroon with a moderate, off-white head. Deep aroma rife with ripe fruits, brown sugar and dark malts. Flavor is sweet with malts, plums and figs, along with some yeast, bread and spices. Medium in body with average to fine carbonation. Finishes sweet with some Belgian candies. A highly drinkable Quad.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2010 at 09:00

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tap at Rattle n Hum. Ah, the PT flagship! And an excellent one at that. Pours a cloudy, glowing orange with a strong, creamy white head. Lots of fruit in the aroma with mild tartness, spices and malty sweetness. Flavor is sweet with orange, pepper and bread. Light to medium in body with smooth carbonation, lending the beer an almost creamy character. Finishes sweet and crisp. Love this beer.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2010 at 08:56