Did anyone get out to Publick House today and try them out? Pretty interesting interpretations of recipes from back in time. I was surprised that the 1838 variation was just 2.9% ABV. Definitely worth a try. I wish I had those beers at the start rather than having them after already a few beers down..
My bad. Either the Publick House menu was printed wrong or it was the waitress who got it wrong.. Good brews nonetheless
Didn't go, but picked up a bottle of the 1838 at Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont. It was $8, the 1945 was $6. Just for anyone that missed the event and wants to pick some up. They seemed like they had a pretty good supply.
Oh boy, I didn't even know these were in the offing. I've been really impressed by their historical recreation beers (especially the KK) and I'm stoked to try these two.
Regardless of the taste (always delicious) of any historical beers Pretty Things brews, it is fucking awesome that I get the chance to taste something that people drank waaaay back in the day. Cheers to Pretty Things!
Had the 1945 version today. Delicious for 2.8%, wish there more milds around. Was looking for some low abv beers today, also went with a Bluebird Bitter. Next up, the 1838 version, sounds awesomely hoppy.
Does the Craft Beer Cellar have the 1945 X ale refridgerated? I was told by my sales rep that Pretty Things explcitly told them(the distributor) it had to be kept cold, but I was at another store today and saw it case stacked . Just wondering if they were just bsing and trying to be safe.
Not at the Publick House, but I did have both on cask at Deep Ellum. It was fun to do a side-by-side comparison. I love the historical recipe reenactments that PT does. But I didn't write a review for these newest beers because I'm not quite sure what angle to take. All Dann is trying to do in the Once-Upon-A-Time series is remake old recipes exactly as it was, for educational fun. So as long as he followed the recipe so-to-speak, mission accomplished. I just happen to find the previous beers in the series (KK, EIP, that other Mild) all to be outstandingly delicious, so it was easy to review them and score them well regardless of the educational piece. However, while I enjoyed the 2 latest milds, they aren't brews I 'd reach for again. I'm not quite sure how to incorporate the rate-to-style element of my review because I'm unfamliar with milds of centuries past, and both are just recreations. But I assume there's something to be said for the recipe lying in capable hands. I bet if someone else other than Dann recreated it, you may get something a little different.
I found the 1945 a great session beer in the true sense of the word. Four or five pints of it went down very easily at the launch. I preferred it to the 1838. Though after a couple of days the cask version of 1838 was amazing. Probably all gone now. Especially the way I was hitting the cask at Deep Ellum yesterday.
