Sweet Action
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.57
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“Ever heard of Sweet Action…the magazine?”
That short-lived sensation sparked one of our first collaborations—the beer you hold in your hand. Our quest to classify SWEET ACTION has ended; it’s a beer your brain can’t categorize, but instead speaks directly to your palate. Our senses and intuition sometimes conquer rational thought. It’s Mad Science.
If you traced from 2004, you’d see that SWEET ACTION is a representation of our palates at any given point in time… it’s a vibe more so than it was ever one distinct formulation. This version, a juicy, blonde wheat ale, is the latest iteration in that story.
The first brew was for a friend’s party. In three separate phone calls, she requested three different beers. First it was a wheat beer. Then it was a lager because her dad loved ‘em. Then she wanted a pale ale. So we put them all together and fermented it out with a Belgian yeast to 7.2% ABV. It was a super spicy brew with tons of biscuit malt, aromatic malts, and some bitter, dank American hops. This all took place in Madison, Wisconsin.
Then came the infamous photo shoot. A chance encounter in 2004 in Red Hook, BKLYN, led this beer to be served at a launch party for a short lived local magazine. The thing finally had a true namesake, after the magazine: SWEET ACTION.
That might leave you wondering, what exactly is SWEET ACTION? Well, sometimes knowing isn’t everything. Sink one… your palate just gets it.
Early-harvested Simcoe hops give Sweet Action a peachy aroma, while Canadian White Wheat smoothes out the body and gives the beer that hazy look.
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Fisler (3085) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Schöne Balance zwischen bitter und süß, harmonisch abgewogen, hohe Drinkability. Sehr guter Durchschnitt.
Robin Svensson (13124) ticked Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
mjs (11994) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Keg at Sori Taproom, 20170725) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness and caramel. Palate was medium bodied and soft with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, caramel, creaminess, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, hoppy and bitter. A nice brew with soft palate.
martin00sr (12419) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear amber, airy offwhite head. Aroma has passionfruit, candied fruit, pine and caramel. Piney, caramely flavour. Peachy notes too. Refreshing bitter bite. Quite hoppy for a cream ale?
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Can. Pours clear orange, large white head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma is malty, floral, notes of grain, pine. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, pine, oranges, malt. Medium body. OK.
Palme (4406) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap @ Umami Burger, NYC. A near clear mild amber one, only a little lacing islandy off-white head on the top. Mildish nose. Some peach sweetness, candy and not too much more. It's also really mild in the taste. Thin oily in the mouth and it's just about average on the carbonation. A bit mineralish and dry in a way. Mild red fruits and some peach. A bit dull, but tasty. Works with the burger! 21.06.2015
Charlotte (10579) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap clear amber colour with medium white head.Aroma is smooth and creamy with taste of strawberrys and malt,light body and sweet light finish.
MrSpooks (5447) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Strange beast we have here. Huge malt sweetness, deep and caramel-filled, yet immediately overturned by a pungent hoppy middle and back. Citric and piney on the fade, with a lingering undercurrent of sticky malt heaviness. Kind of like an attempt to make a light beer approximation of an old ale or a barleywine. I’m digging this brew, but I feel like I need another one to be sure where I stand.
Drebus (8639) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A bit like a barleywine without the heavy alcohol. Malty, hoppy, sweet, slightly sticky sweet. Medium body, nice carbo.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Tap) clear, bright orange colour with a small white head; aroma of jam, bit of citrus; creamy palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish