Happy New Year! Well we hoped you have been enjoying the beers since the last time we spoke. Our Finest Regards was in fact a beer that we had lots of fun drinking over the holidays and since. We’ve paired … Continued
Welcome Lovely Saint Winefride
Welcome to Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project,
based in Somerville Massachusetts.
Dann and Martha Paquette brew Pretty Things beers. We are tenant brewers, working in a rented brewery, which we take over on brewdays. We do all the labor involved on each brewday, and our host brewery packages our beer for us. Dann is a 20 year veteran professional brewer, so brewing is not only a passion in our family – but our pastime.
Our flagship beer is Jack D’Or. Jack is the mournful grain of barley you can see to the left. He is the soul of beer, nature’s magician, creating sugar from starch and bringing together the Pretty Things to produce the substance we adore: beer.
With a great, gleaming moustache, knee-deep in a wooden mash tun, Jack D’Or conjures himself into beer. Helped along by the other “Pretty Things”, the mischievous hops and yeast – a magnificent fester will no doubt ensue! One of the most joyful transformations in nature, better than any rabbit from a hat, beer is the result.
Look up for info and below for our blog – we’ve got a lot of information on this here web site. There are plenty of nooks and crannies to enjoy. Enjoy the crannies!
CHEERS: While you’re at it, why not visit our other website, oldbeers.com, for our Once Upon a Time historical beers!
Martha, Dann, Jim & Anya
Pretty Things and “Process” now open for business in Union Square
The Fringe Union, a 4,400 square foot co-working space and home of Pretty Things HQ has recently opened a pop-up shop in Union Square, Somerville. The shop is called “Process” and is attached to home goods store Grand at 374 … Continued
Our Finest Regards 2011
The last beer on our annual calendar is Our Finest Regards, our yearly tribute to the great beer drinkers who support Pretty Things all year long. OFR is also an ode to barley on a grand scale. Barley is an … Continued
Paquette’s Almost Famous Pork Pie Recipe
My head swelled to the size of a non-meat pie when my recipe was published in the Boston Herald a few months back. Had I really achieved the sort of fame only previously known by helicopter traffic reporters and Major … Continued