Sixpoint Brewery Belgian Double IPA

Belgian Double IPA

 

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

  IPA - Belgian Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.88
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Belgian IPA amped up to 10.5% abv
 

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8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Notes from 1/29/2009. Pricey little growler filled at New Beer. Poured into my Ommegang Anniversary glass. Slightly chill-hazed, orange/amber underneath stiff-peaks of off-white head. Immense citric notes of pineapple, orange, & grapefruit overflowing from this beer. Candied ginger & spicy yeast perfume along thanks to the alcohol. A sharply sweet bready malt upfront, followed by a tangerine & leafy green bitterness macerated in ethanol(that lingers). Minor medicinal qualities peak through. A school crossing of yeasty, doughy dryness finishes it off. When I drink this, I think of a richer rendition of a tripel. Slightly syrupy. It rolls more then pastes. Carbonation is spritzy, but small, fluffing the feel up. Price, availability, & the fact that I can't compose myself to have another might make me say, maybe next time. Might. :)

Tried from Growler on 31 Dec 2024 at 21:42


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

9th October 2008. GABF. Clear brown beer. Hoppy but with a distinct taste of ginger! Unusual. Nice!

Tried on 13 Jan 2010 at 16:26


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A dark amber IPA with a thin white head. In aroma, pungeant c-hops, with mentol notes. In mouth, a musty bready malt with loads of c-hops, mentol, rich and harsh. Tap at BCTC 2009.

Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2009 at 23:57


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Growler I filled up @ BCTC. Color is thick but clear dark copper orange. Aroma is obviously full of hops but its also got a thick maltiness but not in the caramel sweetness that I hate. The hops are stingy green with sweet tropical fruits and the malt is a light syrup. It actually works decently well together. Some heat mixes in there to spice it up as well. Flavor is a spiky orange marmalade, which is a combination of the hops (fruit), malts (sweet) and alcohol (spike). A strong bitterness really helps offset some of this. Some light tea and a faint cleaning product as well. Its good stuff and works in the big sense. However, its not centered well and is a bit all over the place. I would like a more concentrated in a specific direction kind of brew. But for being allover the place it still fun. The Belgian yeast acts a bit as a muddle-er, adds to the syrupiness, not as clean and a thicker, murkier flavor.

Tried from Growler on 04 Aug 2009 at 00:22


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Manhattan Cask Fest - hazy dark gold beer - smells very hoppy and phenolic, with citrus fruitiness and bitter herbs - a bit of a mess in the flavor - a lot of alcohol, rubbery phenols, a touch of sulfur - some belgian-ish sweetness, spices, and potent hops try to cover these things up, but do a bad job of it - very hot finish - spleh - a mess, at least in this cask.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2008 at 20:52