Barrel-Aged Righteous Ale
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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7.46
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Barrel-Aged Righteous Ale from Sixpoint Brewery 7 years ago
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.