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Submitted by klbeergeek on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:57am
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Allagash White

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:18pm
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Product - Allagash White
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma.

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Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
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Cambridge Brewing The Audacity of Hops

Submitted by Megan.Brazel on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:47pm
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Product Audacity of HOPS
Brewed By: 
Cambridge Brewing Company
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
70 IBU

Real change is here! No longer will American beer lovers be forced to choose between those quirky, eccentric beers of Belgium or the explosively flavorful IPAs of the United States.
We have brewed the change we have been waiting for!

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Fisherman's Brew

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:18pm
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Product - Cape Ann Fishermans
Brewed By: 
Cape Ann / Fisherman's
Self-Defined Style: 
American Amber Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Fisherman's Brew is an American Amber Lager, brewed by the docks of America's oldest seaport, Gloucester, Mass, from the finest 2-row barley imported from Munich, Belgium and England.

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This Vienna Lager is fantastic with medium weight meals such as glazed hams, cured meats, smoked fish, chicken, turkey and Cornish hen dishes. This beer would also work well with nuts and salads with nut accents.
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Goose Island Nut Brown Ale

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:19pm
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Product - Goose Island Nut Brown
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Nut Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Brewed in the English tradition, Nut Brown Ale combines the finest domestic and imported malts to produce a chestnut-hued ale of unusual complexity. Subtle notes of chocolate, honey and fine tobacco give this world champion ale an enjoyable and satisfying "nutty" finish.

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Goose Island's Nut Brown is an ideal beer to compliment BBQ ribs, Dungeness crab, and cheesecake
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Magic Hat #9

Submitted by Magic Hat on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:20pm
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Product - Magic Hat #9
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Not Quite Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
9º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite like it.

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Best enjoyed with spicy foods and to bring out the spice in life.
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Maine Beer Mean Old Tom

Submitted by Megan.Brazel on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 4:38pm
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Brewed By: 
Maine Beer Company
Self-Defined Style: 
Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Our American-style stout aged on organic vanilla beans. Intense notes of coffee and dark chocolate lead way to subtle notes of natural vanilla. Flaked oats generate a silky mouthfeel.

Malt – American 2-Row, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Midnight Wheat, Caramel 40L, Flaked Oats

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Pretty Things Baby Tree

Submitted by dannpaquette on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 5:56pm
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Product - Pretty Things Baby Tree
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Quadruple
Strength (ABV): 
8.6% ABV

Baby tree is a "quadruple" brewed with a single strain of Belgian yeast. While a commonly used style name on the internet, "quadruple" isn't in fact a style name at all but a brand of beer produced by La Trappe in the Netherlands. Its found a common usage as a cover-all for the darkest and strongest beers produced by Trappist monks, mainly because they haven't named them themselves. Two Belgian brewers use the term "Abt", Flemish for "Abbot". Historically the best beer made in an abbey (by the Cistercians/Trappists at least) was referred to in Latin simply as "prima melior".

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Pretty Things Field Mouse's Farewell

Submitted by dannpaquette on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:35pm
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Product - Pretty Things Field Mouse's Farewell
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

Welcome to our Field Mouse's Farewell. It's a late spring seasonal beer: French, rustic, 7%, full of different grains: Rye, Oats, Wheat and Barley. Like what a mouse would eat. The hops are Strisselspalt from Alsace, and Bramling Cross from England, and we combined Belgian and English yeast strains. Oldy woldy worldy.

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Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Pretty Things Fluffy White Rabbits

Submitted by dannpaquette on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 4:21pm
Product - Pretty Things Fluffy White Rabbits
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Triple
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Last Spring, we brought you a magical tree full of waving babies... and the Baby Tree has stuck around, we're happy to say. So this year we've made a pale gold, hoppy triple called Fluffy White Rabbits. We say White Rabbits in Yorkshire for luck, so here's a good way to drink some lucky beer and here's to a fabulous warm season for all of us!
The beer is 8.5% abv, with Saaz, Styrian Goldings and Amarillo hops. It's a fun one, we hope you enjoy it.

Dann's working on the poem this time. We'll get it up here once we've cracked it.

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Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Pretty Things Jack D'Or

Submitted by dannpaquette on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 5:38pm
Product - Pretty Things Jack D'Or
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Saison Americain
Strength (ABV): 
6.4% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

"Jack D'Or" is a simple table beer, or "Saison Americain" as we're referring to it. We are not trying to coin a beer style – we’re just having fun. At PRETTY THINGS we don't brew styles per se. Instead, we re-imagine everything and leave the style numbers in books on the shelves where they belong. What that means is that while other people might be able to put our beers into a category, we have a hard time with it! Our beers are first and foremost creative beasts, not "types" of beer. Jack D'Or is the kind of beer Martha and I like to drink before, after and during a great meal.

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Pretty Things Once Upon A Time 1945X Ale

Submitted by klbeergeek on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:47am
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Pretty Things Once Upon a Time 1945X Ale
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Low alcohol English Mild ale
Strength (ABV): 
2.8% ABV

The 1945 Mild (X Ale) is 2.8% and more of a mild-as-we-know-it. Dark, weak, grainy. It’s a fantastic way to get yourself into a World War II rationing frame of mind (Note; we recommend drinking this a bit warmer than the fridge).

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Pretty Things Saint Botolph's Town

Submitted by dannpaquette on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 7:17pm
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Product - SAINT BOTOLPH'S TOWN
Brewed By: 
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Self-Defined Style: 
Rustic Dark Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

When Martha and I began thinking about what type of beer to brew next for PRETTY THINGS, there was no discussion. In fact we've had it figured out for years. We both had our hearts set on brewing the sort of beer we loved so much in Yorkshire.

Many people know that Martha and I love Theakston's Old Peculier, at least the cask version. But Robinson's Old Tom is high on our list as well. Now that Samuel Smith has released Yorkshire Stingo that makes three. At the brewery where I worked in Yorkshire we made a unique beer called Morocco Ale that is quite similar as well.

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Brown ales typically have a mild hop presence and a subtly sweet, complex malt character that meshes beautifully with honey and tomato based barbecue sauce on all manner of grilled meats. Brown ale also shines with French onion soup, and could even work with a mild cigar.
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Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:21pm
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Product - Smuttynose Ipa
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
American India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

The citrusy hop flavor coming from a mixture of Simcoe and Santiams is pleasantly balanced by a smooth bitterness from the Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light bodied and crisp with a golden color that will throw a slight haze, as we bottle it unfiltered. At 65 IBU's, this is definitely not a training-wheels IPA, but is meant for hop lovers looking to satisfy their craving in a way that's not easy to find. We think they'll be quite pleased.

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Rich meats, wild fowl, intense earthy pastas are great choices as well as stews and chilies. Strong and sharp cheeses would pair nicely.
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Smuttynose Short Batch Series Vunderbar Pils

Submitted by klbeergeek on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 9:40am
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Smuttynose Vunderbar Pils
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Traditional Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
15 IBU

Classic, extremely drinkable pilsner.Its low bitterness and moderate body make it a perfect session brew.

The brewers at Smuttynose bumped up the acidulated malt to balance the mash pH and were able to mimic a traditional pilsner quite well. They also boiled the water first to soften it enhancing the smoothness of the brew.

Best With: 
Grilled chicken, turkey, sausages. Mild cheeses. Seafood.