Pretty Things

Still sitting on a Baby Tree.

Really loved this brewery, they were one of the first I consistently bought stuff from once I got past drinking only the Stone/SN/Lagunitas-tier stuff (tier as in the stuff everyone drinks when they're just getting into craft, obviously all of those breweries still make terrific stuff) and I'll always remember them for it. And given that I'm in upstate NY and not Boston, we definitely still have some of their bottles kicking around. Gonna see what I can find.

 

I used to go to that place all the time, I lived right down the street in 1996-1997. Many good times had there.

 

I sure hope they were messing with you.

 

I do miss PT and seeing Dann and Martha around town. Besides making some damn tasty beers, they're just really cool people.
Aside from the barleywine and maybe St Botolphs, I don't see most of their beers holding up that well... just the styles they are.
It's funny, though, I pulled a bottle of my homebrew out last week, and realized it was bottled into a reused PT bottle (I don't bother taking off labels - when they wear or wash off is fine by me.)
and realized how long they've been gone...

 

I am also sitting on a Fumapapa in the beer fridge and can't quite face the fact that I won't ever drink a PT beer again. Jack D'Or was my wife's favorite beer. I particularly enjoyed their Once Upon a Time collaborations with Ron Pattinson.

I ran into Dann and Martha at an Indian restaurant in Harvard Square a few months ago. They were in town for a wedding. I didn't really get a chance to talk and didn't want to bother them since they were with a group of friends, but I told them how much I missed their beer. Dann seemed a little surprised and flattered, but he shouldn't have been.

 

fort point market just busted out some barbapapa and our finest regards.

 

I'd be interested in hearing how they turn out if you do decide to purchase.

 

Framingham CBC sent out a cryptic pic of the tops of unidentified pretty things bottles

 

They spilled the beans in the comments. Barbapapa and Our Finest Regards.

 

Armsby Abbey has these right now. 2014 vintage

 

From the basement
Cheers all

 

Looks like Martha and Dann are permanently leaving New England and staying in Jolly Old England:
https://www.rmcmedia.co.uk/vibe/food-and-drink/article/Brewery-to-open-on-Old-Dairy-site

 

This, combined with the news that Enlightenment is (probably) going to be re-opening in the pacific northwest, is a real bummer for the New England beer scene. Despite the explosion of new breweries in New England, those two offered a lot of beers that no one has really replaced.

 

I have one last bottle of Jack D'or hanging around the back of my fridge, from their last tasting in Somerville a couple years ago...what are the odds that's still drinkable?

 

Not good, I think belgian yeast gets weird after that long. Only one way to find out

 

Looks like a new brewery is being planned in the UK
https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/microbrewery-planned-for-former-dairy-site

 

Hope the Brits like buying bombers.

 

Looks like Ben has one last Enlightenment treat for us - a pale lager collaboration w Notch.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1784534924924907

 

Thanks for this. Just down the road from my parents. Abbeydale is a delightful part of Sheffield. Hope they get it up and running.