DRINKING HEALTHS RUSTIC DARK ALE

First pour of Drinking Healths Rustic Dark Ale

This is the first of Drinking Healths' line of "historic Ales and Porters."

Though we'll be taking inspiration from a range of historical sources, English and American, we start by considering a modern offering from right here in 21st century Boston. Pretty Things' Saint Botolph's Town Rustic Dark Ale has to be poured and tasted to be believed. We thought we'd do something of a tribute to the concept without trying to clone it exactly, because, well, you can just drink it directly for that.

And indeed the first pass at our version of a rustic dark is ready for drinking. Made with light and dark malt extract, decoction mashed with a blend of dark and crystal malts, roasted barley and malted oats, boiled with a modest quantity of Kent hops, chaptalized with dark sugars and molassess, open fermented in Boston air with a mix of English and Belgian ale yeasts, and finally dry conditioned with a small amount of Sovereign hops, the resultant dark, silky ale weighs out at 6.6% ABV.

Be sure to ask a Drinking Healths staff member for a 22 oz. sampler bottle!