Beer Type: Strong Lager (the unlawnmower beer) Hop Variety: 100% Hallertau-region hops Malt Variety: Weyermann, Bamburg, GR ABV: 5.8% IBUs: 45 Color: Brilliantly clear yellow-gold
es, so we brewed a double IPA. For starters its 9.5% abv, approximately 8.5 lbs/bbl of hops and I must apologize that we only have a theoretical bitterness to give you: just under 100. Our beers always test higher than theoretical but that’s all I have to go by. The hops and characteristics were CITRA (earthy, tropical fruit), CHINOOK (pine, grapefruit), EL DORADO (stone fruit, watermelon) & COMET (pungent, grapefruit) and the malt base is American 2-row, Maris Otter and a couple of German specialty malts. We performed a low temp ale fermentation for a clean profile. Juan came up with a fabulous grist for this beer and we filled in so many nooks and crannies with these hops. The beer itself is golden, neither sweet nor dry and positively loaded with lovely floral hops.
Meadowlark IPA is a new juicy and floral hoppy, hoppy ale we brewed to celebrate the flavor and spirit of American craft brewing. This 7% alcohol beer has a sunny orange-yellow colour, 85 International Bittering Units, a smooth mouthfeel and layer upon layer of soft flowery hops. We wove earthy Citra and bitter Bravo hops from the Pacific Northwest with intensely fruity and aromatic Galaxy hops from Australia. The malts are English pale malt & mild ale malt, pale crystal (1.3% of the grist), flaked barley with malty highlights from Munich malt and a bijoux of Roasted Barley. The resulting patchwork is as “American” tasting as short ribs and slaw, and provides an excellent accompaniment to that kind of food too! Very hoppy and bitter. Yum.
Babayaga, our autumn seasonal beer, appears each year just as the winds begin to blow a little stronger and the nights bring Winter’s first frost. The beer is a 7% export-strength woodland stout. We found this beer in a cauldron in a tiny wooden cabin perched on chicken legs in the woods near the Volga River. The old lady inside, an ancient witch/wise-woman/baby-eater called Baba Yaga, let us try some. We liked it so much, she said we could brew it for all of you here back home, as long as we named it after her. And so we did! How could we not have: she’d have eaten us if we didn’t!
High gravity malty stout brewed and bottled by Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project.
FRINGE AMERICAN PALE ALE is a dry, pale golden, 5.3%, hoppy pale ale using Chinook and Amarillo hops. The dryness and soft body are driven home by an almost dank Grapefruit pith character. If you just read the last sentence and thought “my goodness that doesn’t sound like a Pretty Things beer”, then this one truly is our “fringe” beer. Fringe is the sort of beer you crack a bit cool on a hot day in the yard. Don’t save it for a rainy day though – drink it now.