Barrel-Aged Righteous Ale
Sixpoint Brewery in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.48
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We’re not saying you should worship what’s inside the barrel…
but there’s a certain righteousness about a beer made with three types of rye malts and then smoothed out in a blend of rye whiskey and bourbon barrels. The journey spans months, but the results are undeniable—a RIGHTEOUS ale indeed.
After years of tinkering with small batch, we went all in on this barrel fleet. Hundreds of Woodforde Reserve Rye barrels from and Widow Jane Bourbon barrels house the precious liquid that makes up Sixpoint’s second ever network wide barrel-aged release.
Righteous is housed in both Bourbon and Rye barrels for a layered and complex beer with flavors ranging from spicy rye character to maple to vanilla.
but there’s a certain righteousness about a beer made with three types of rye malts and then smoothed out in a blend of rye whiskey and bourbon barrels. The journey spans months, but the results are undeniable—a RIGHTEOUS ale indeed.
After years of tinkering with small batch, we went all in on this barrel fleet. Hundreds of Woodforde Reserve Rye barrels from and Widow Jane Bourbon barrels house the precious liquid that makes up Sixpoint’s second ever network wide barrel-aged release.
Righteous is housed in both Bourbon and Rye barrels for a layered and complex beer with flavors ranging from spicy rye character to maple to vanilla.
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8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours copper with a large creamy head.Nose shows vanilla, creme caramel, sultanas, toffee and soft booze.Flavours include more vanilla and caramel, a fair whack of booze, some coconut and rum-like notes. Also some soft spicy and piny hops, and a reasonable bitterness mixing in with the booze finish.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2018
at 12:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can. Deep copper, red color. Small frothy beige cap. Interesting grainy malt nose has minerally, metallic notes. Bittersweet toasted malt flavor upfront. Earthy and robust. Some brown sugar sweetness in middle. Resiny, syrupy notes in finish. The whiskey and bourbon notes are subdued, but add depth and richness.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2018
at 02:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz can. Flavor profile works really well, rye and barrels complement each other well. Rather barrel dominated. Solid offering still, full bodied but drinkable. Massive barrel aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2018
at 03:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Wine Warehouse. I enjoyed the non-barrel version a couple weeks ago, let's hope this one is even better. Pours murky brown with a soft beige head. Aroma is rye, bourbon, vanilla, coconut, caramel. Flavor is sweet caramel, bourbon, earth, vanilla, chocolate. Boozy, slightly sweet, Delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2018
at 23:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a murky brown color with a huge foamy beige head that lingered and left excellent lacing. The aroma was fruity hops, caramel and a hint of whiskey. The flavor was very strong whiskey then a sourish and off note followed by fruity hops, a bit of pine and tobacco. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2018
at 15:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bourbon nose. Clear orange, medium yellow head, good lace. Orange, caramel, whiskey accents. Medium body, easy carbonation, hot. Tasty, a bit boozy.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2018
at 21:53