Sixpoint Brewery 4Beans

4Beans

 

Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.42
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 28
With Madagascar vanilla beans, 4BEANS takes Sixpoint Imperial Porter to the next level.

Romano beans used by bygone brewers provide body, as the flavors of dark malt, cocoa and coffee are rounded out by smooth vanilla. The result is a quadrality of roasted, savory, and complex flavors. Modern formulation meets Baltic tradition and BKLYN partnership… it’s Mad Science.

Baltic lore spoke of a land where dark, rich and satisfying beer, brewed of beans and barley, fell in showers. Prepared in cauldrons and consumed from horns, this was truly the drink of the gods. Centuries later, an all-sating dark ale was resurrected at Sixpoint: 3BEANS was created from the BKLYN trifecta of Sixpoint, Stumptown cold-brew and Mast Brothers cacao husks... ...no formulation is ever finished — the quest for improvement is ingrained n Mad Scientist DNA. Madagascar vanilla, the legendary 4th bean, rounds out and enriches the bold flavors of barley, cacao husks and cold-brew coffee.
 

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can from Top Hops, NYC. It pours opaque, near black with a thick light tan head. The nose is sweet, sticky, vanilla, chocolate, sweet coffee.... Pretty much a filthy Starbucks frappachino. The taste is so very sweet, lightly bitter, coffee grounds, vanilla fudge, chocolate, alcohol boost, dark fruits, rocky road and some astringency with coffee cake on the finish. Medium + body and moderate+ carbonation. Far too sweet and boosty for me. Rather one dimensional also. "Not my kind of beer"....

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2015 at 20:42


6.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Refrigerated tall aluminum can poured into a glass. Dark brown with no head. Aroma is coffee, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate.

Tried from Can on 10 Sep 2015 at 19:44


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can from Beer Run. Clear dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Looks a little viscous. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, mild roast. The taste is coffee, maraschino cherries, dark fruits, vanilla, cocoa. Medium bodied, smooth, alcohol well hidden. Solid.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2015 at 21:47


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce can. Pours a nearly jet black color with a medium beige head. A big sweet coffee lactose nose. The flavor is similar; rich coffee, chocolate, smoke perhaps, dark fruit. Solid. Not overly a coffee beer, more a smooth silky porter.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2015 at 00:27


Coffee espresso, chocolate

Tried on 01 Sep 2015 at 20:08


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Poured from can thanks Airforcehops. Dark brown chocolate pour with a thin tan head. Aromas of vanilla coffee and mild chocolate. Taste is chocolate and coffee.

Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2015 at 21:00


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Aroma: chocolate, coffee, vanilla, caramel, Appearance: clear black, brown head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, chocolate, coffee, vanilla Palate: medium body, sticky feel, soft carbonation, long finish, Very nice

Tried on 30 Aug 2015 at 09:41


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a can it is a dark brown with an ecru head. The aroma is coffee and the taste is a bitter sweet flavor that resonates coffee and black licorice on the palate.

Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2015 at 16:52


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From a 12 oz can. Pours a clear cola with an ecru head. Aroma of coffee. Flavors of coffee and chocolate. Bitter roast finish.

Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2015 at 16:48


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can: Sweet coffee nose, chocolate underneath. Black, thick sticky beige head. Sweet coffee, smoke, charred meat. Chocolate and soy sauce at midpalate. Vanilla and charred oak finish. Full body, intense, easy carbonation, somewhat creamy. Very complex, excellent transitions, a meal in a glass.

Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2015 at 18:24