Strange Brew: Pretty Things – Saint Botolph’s Town Rustic Dark Ale

Brewer’s Description: This Yorkshire-inspired beer is a big malty brown ale fermented in open squares with Yorkshire malts and eclectic yeast strains.

PRETTY THINGS isn’t all about simple replication. As a rule we don’t do beer “styles” straight up, as it doesn’t leave any room for creativity. Instead we take our inspiration from great beers as a starting point.

“Rustic Dark Ale”, is about as apt a descriptor as we could come up with for Saint Botolph’s Town (we almost used “New World Stingo” but decided to save that for a future beer). This ale is formulated with the malts of Thomas Fawcett & Sons of Yorkshire, England as its base. When I was brewing in Yorkshire I visited this magnificent maltings many times, seeing crystal and roasted malts still made by hand. On brew day their crystal malt gave an amazing golden raisin-like aroma in the kettle. Fantastic!

Availability: Year Round, on tap and in 22 oz. bottles available in MA, RI, NY & PA

Beer Geek Stats:

“In the end we have an ale of 5.7% abv with a big malty, almost smokey Black Malt character, a bitter attack from First Gold hops, a rich barleymalt finish and an old ale tartness around the edges. We’ve even timed its tan head, standing proud for ten minutes!”

Have you tried Pretty Things St. Botolph’s Town? Leave your thoughts about it in the comments section below …

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