Sixty One
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Rotating|
Score
6.41
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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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explosivedog (14050) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Strong grape notes dominate over any hops, but it’s a nice grape. Blackcurrant, sweet syrup, a little tart cranberry. Not a bad drop.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a burnt red color with a moderate transparency about it. One finger white foamy head quickly dissipates. Messy foamy head all around.
The smell was pretty awful - malted cherries, burnt sugars, sticky burnt bread, grape must. It didn’t combine at all.
The taste was just cherry to grape sweet. The aftertaste was way too sticky with the malts.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium. Definitely cloying in the feel. And then a semi-dry finish.
Overall, yeah, not sure what happened here, but this is probably one of the worst Dogfish Head beers I’ve ever had. No chance in hell, I’ll come back to this.
drpimento (5997) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Not bad on everything except for the flavor which kind of reminds me of refrigerator taste.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
At the brewery: pours reddish with a pinkish frothy head. Aroma is citrus, malt, and hints of grape. Taste is not very bitter, somewhat sweet, kind of confused but not off balanced. I guess that is the DFH way.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Clear rosy/amber pour with a fleeting pink head. Light fruity aroma. slightly vinous. The flavor is IPA highlighted by the hop bitterness on the front, with a wine-like finish with acids and tannin. Light effervescent.
JK (8181) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Copper color and very little carbonation. Aroma immediately has grape skin. Flavor is moderately bitter with hops but there is some taste of grape here also. A little acid, and aftertaste with light hops and fruit. I enjoyed this.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Red amber with a lasting white head. Aroma of grape juice, with a touch of grassy hops. Sweetish fruity and hoppy flavour with a mild bitter finish
DSG (25977) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Thanks Alon. Clear amber. Aroma of butter, slightly skunky and slightly piney hops, malt, caramel, and some overripe grapes. Sweetish flavor with malt, caramel, some grape hints, and bitterish stale hops. Medium-bodied.
cheap (9533) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
From a bottle, this is a fruit beer? Ha ha, very funny for an ipa dressed in syrah. Quite attractive with its ’i wanna bee wine like look." upon first taste impressions, barely can call this a fruit beer, its ipa-ish in nature from start to fin. Must say, it does hide the alky content well and its a little less mouth coating than a triple ipa. Well, now I guess I need to try the DFH 30, heheh. IPA lovers will like this fruit beer, surprised its not rate in the 90th percentile on RB considering its ipa attitude.
MarcoDL (7854) reviewed Sixty One from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at tasting. Aroma of tardy fruit, hop and caramel. Taste has fruit, caramelised malt, dry bitter grass and some pine. Just good.