Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Sixty One

Sixty One

 

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Rotating
Score
6.41
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 60 Ticks: 111
Sixty One was born at the crossroads of serendipity, experimentation and brotherhood.

Whenever Dogfish Head President Sam Calagione and his neighborhood friends gather for drinks, they give each other a big ol' man-hug and order a round of 60 Minute IPA. A few years ago, Sam also ordered a glass of his favorite red wine and poured a little into each pint of 60 Minute. They all dug the combination of fruity complexity and pungent hoppiness, and the blend became a beloved tradition.

Sixty One captures that tradition in a bottle and marries two Dogfish Head innovations: beer/wine hybrids -- which Dogfish has focused on for well over a decade with beers like Midas Touch and Raison D'être -- and continually hopped IPAs.

The name Sixty One is a reminder that this beer is Dogfish Head’s best-selling 60 Minute IPA plus one new ingredient: syrah grape must from California. The label, painted by Sam, is a twist on a typical watercolor. Rather than using water, Sam mixed the green pigment with beer and the red pigment with wine. And because Sixty-One pairs so well with chocolate, he painted the browns on the label with melted chocolate.

Sixty One debuted in March 2013.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pinkish orange pour from bottle. Winey notes obviously. Interesting blend of grapes and classic ipa

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:24


8

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:46


7

LCI from yesterday

Tried on 11 Oct 2024 at 06:54


6

Tried on 11 Oct 2024 at 03:20


5

Tried on 20 Feb 2022 at 18:16


5.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Odd, a marriage of IPA bitterness with vinous acidity in dire need of harmony, offering up grape and citrus and wort, leading to a mild, wine-tinted, buttery finish. Just doesn’t work, but at least it’s pretty.

Tried on 12 Jan 2020 at 01:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy

Tried on 21 Nov 2019 at 01:40


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Kings Beer & Wine. Reddish with a small head. Aroma and taste of hops, grapes and some malt. On the light side.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2019 at 15:33


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Pours a clear pinkish with a pink/white head. Little carbonation, thin head. Aroma of wine must. Tastes like an IPA with a nice smokey hop flavor. Palate includes grapes and resin. Novel.

Tried on 20 Nov 2018 at 03:22


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Draft. A- Berry. A- Ruby color, clear liquid, pink head. T- Caramel, berry, mild tannic acid. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, slightly astringent finish. O- Okay. Not really fruit beer or IPA. It's more like a cheap wine in my opinion. Meh.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2018 at 00:48