The Groundskeeper Spilly
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.76
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark purple beer that pours with minimal carbonation - fairly sweet aroma, with mild peat, dark fruits, bubble gum, and root vegetables - low carbonation, slick mouthfeel - starts rather sweet, with strong notes of plum - strong peat character and earthy/vegetal qualities emerge after that - spicy hops dry things out a little bit, and lingering smoke lasts long through the finish - lacks the depth of character a good scotch ale should have, but it’s fairly tasty, and the lingering smoke gives it extra points in my book.
jcr (3164) reviewed The Groundskeeper Spilly from Sixpoint Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14
Draft at Blind Tiger. Cloudy, dark brown pour with a small, off-white head. Average aroma of toasted and roasted malts with some hints of floral hops and smoke. The flavor was lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body with average carbonation. Bitter finish. The hop profile in this reminded a little of 3Fs Robert the Bruce, but the malt profile wasn’t quite up to snuff for a scotch ale. Still, a pleasant, easy-to-drink beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The beer is a dark brown color. Aroma is light candied dirt, lightly earthy, and faint pine. Taste is really nothing much, faintly sweet dark malts, and faintly sticky. Some mineral in there and leaves a dry earthy aftertaste. there is nothing off putting but really nothing strong comes out. Where as the tripel was a good recreation of the style this needs more work. Simply, its a faintly Scotch Ale.
On tap @ Blind Tiger, tulip glass.