The Three Cranes Tavern in Charlestown, MA was in business for 140 years or so before a fire put it out of commission. Sure, it was the battle of bunker hill when the British set the entire city on fire that burnt it down in 1775, it still has a place in our local lore. The Three Cranes tavern became a pile of rubble only to be rediscovered during an archeologist dig in April 1986 in what is now City Square, Charlestown. The Three Cranes Tavern was home base to Governor John Winthrop and was briefly served as the home of the seat of Government for our Massachusetts Bay Colony before our independence. What does this have to do with anything? Nothing really, except that Mystic Brewing released there latest beer for the fall season. Three Cranes Saison, made with locally harvested Cranberries, is something I've been looking forward to since Mystic announced it's release.
Mystic's Three Cranes did not disappoint me at all. Poured into my favorite Owl wine glass, it smells faint of cranberries and malts. It pours a nice pink tinted pale with plenty of carbonation wafting up in and carrying some dry hop aromas. The taste is almost bone dry with some wonderful tartness from the cranberries, with nice wheaty breadyness to carry it home. Paired with some dark chocolate as dessert, it really makes one of the best after dinner beers. Loved it.
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