Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Sixty One

Sixty One

 

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

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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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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Reddish colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Some grape notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2015 at 06:44


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

This is a little odd, but still good. The grape must is different, adds some interesting flavor to the yeast. Pours maroon with decent head. Finishes bitter but not as bitter as the 60-minute. Tap at Rehoboth brewpub.

Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2015 at 16:50


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Into a taster showing cranberry juice red. The nose shows a lot of random sweet wine (this could be red or white). The palate is full bodied and well carbonated rounded with a red wine bitterness at the end more so than an IPA bitterness. Wine fruit flavors show throughout with a lightly tannic texture. A strange combo but still approachable.

Tried on 13 Sep 2015 at 19:52


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

355ml bottle. Pours orange with a small head. Aroma of malts, fruits and hints of berries. Taste is sweetish, fruity and malty with hints if caramel and berries. Finish is sweetish and caramely. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2015 at 12:16


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

35.5 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Aroma is fruity with passionfruit, peach and toffee. Flavour has peaches, some cereal and minerals. Easy-going but nothing special. And where are the hops?

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2015 at 00:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Kvickly Allerød. Hazy reddish amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 200815

Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2015 at 13:41


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Dogfish Head Sixty-One ].Clear medium red orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, butterscotch, wine - red wine notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light bitter with a average duration, fruity, buttersctch. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140813]

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2015 at 13:28


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Tried on 14 Jul 2015 at 06:13


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

Draught @ Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Pours clear amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, toffee, citrus and grape. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long malty, caramel and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 22 Jun 2015 at 22:28


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

On tap at the brewpub. It’s a clear amber colored beer with a small beige head. It’s rather malty on the nose, with pale malts, caramel, bread and a good hoppy touch. Full body and a soft carbonation. Dry. Bread, caramel, pine cones, resins and some citrus peel in the flavor, lasting for a good while. A bit malty for my linings, but sure nice. 150621

Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2015 at 21:17