While many breweries focus their collaborations efforts locally, Somerville, MA-based Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project will brew beers with like-minded allies from around the world. Their most recent partnership is with Naparbier, a brewery based near Pamplona, Spain. Pretty Things brews mostly European style beers, while Naparbier brews mostly popular American styles, which presents the type of interesting […]
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Pretty Things Grampus
The craft beer market can be a little trendy. A particular beer or beer style can gain popularity and lead to a host of imitations and clones. The shelves of any good beer store are currently saturated with hop-bomb double IPAs, barrel-aged Imperial Stouts and sour beers. A few brewers coined the “session IPA” term […]
Pretty Things Barbapapa Russian Imperial Stout
Historically, imperial stouts were highly alcoholic dark ales brewed in Britain for export to Russia as it was a favorite of the Russian monarchy. More recently Russian imperial stouts have become one of the most popular styles for craft breweries, especially in the winter months. It seems that a large segment of craft beer drinkers […]
Pretty Things Meadowlark IPA
There are a lot of things to like about the Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, unique and well balanced beers in a wide variety of styles, cool labels featuring original artwork, and non-traditional seasonal beers to name a few. One thing I’ve always enjoyed is that many of the beers come with stories, some […]
Pretty Things/Yeastie Boys Our Turn Your Turn
With their interesting takes on traditional British, Belgian and American styles Pretty Things beer and ale project has emerged as one of the most popular microbreweries in the Boston area. Technically they aren’t a microbrewery, as there is no physical brewery (the beer is contract brewed at Buzzard’s Bay brewery in Westport, MA), thus the […]