Beast Mode
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.68
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We all have a beast within.
Think of early human civilizations… tribes gathered around campfires, hair ragged, eyes ablaze. Strange brews slosh in crude wooden cups and run down their beards as they drink deep. Their half-wild dogs roam beside them. Unleash it. Re-live it. BEAST MODE.
BEAST MODE comes in many forms. It’s about the thrill of inspiration, about Mad Science in action, it’s about loving your beast, and channeling the BEAST within. The beer incarnation is an unconditional porter born from the fierce compassion for animals that’s forever intertwined with Beer Culture.
Beast Mode pours chocolate lab with ruby highlights, and the nose is downright beastly — coffee, roast, hops, caramel. The texture is medium bodied with roasted bitterness upfront on the tongue, followed by sweet toffee and malt on the tail end. The beer finishes dry without any lingering bitterness. Lots of bark but it won't bite — just a howler and growler.
Think of early human civilizations… tribes gathered around campfires, hair ragged, eyes ablaze. Strange brews slosh in crude wooden cups and run down their beards as they drink deep. Their half-wild dogs roam beside them. Unleash it. Re-live it. BEAST MODE.
BEAST MODE comes in many forms. It’s about the thrill of inspiration, about Mad Science in action, it’s about loving your beast, and channeling the BEAST within. The beer incarnation is an unconditional porter born from the fierce compassion for animals that’s forever intertwined with Beer Culture.
Beast Mode pours chocolate lab with ruby highlights, and the nose is downright beastly — coffee, roast, hops, caramel. The texture is medium bodied with roasted bitterness upfront on the tongue, followed by sweet toffee and malt on the tail end. The beer finishes dry without any lingering bitterness. Lots of bark but it won't bite — just a howler and growler.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours clear medium brown color with reddish highlights with light tan head. Roasted malt and chocolate aromas. Lightly roasted malt flavor with some chocolate and pine hops. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Mouthfeel is somewhat thin. More of a hoppy brown ale to me. There are much better widely distributed porters out there.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2015
at 21:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can, pours a brown murky color, thin fizzy head. Aroma is bold citrus with small traces of dark grain and chocolate malt.
The flavor has a lot of dark grain with burnt bread and citrus hops. The body is very thin even in terms of a porter. The finish has a citrus and floral bitterness that lingers for a good duration after the sip. The bitterness is on the harsh side and the thin body doesn’t help with anything. Well, every brewery is entitled to a swing and a miss. This is a swing and a miss, "Strike out, the batter takes a seat"
The flavor has a lot of dark grain with burnt bread and citrus hops. The body is very thin even in terms of a porter. The finish has a citrus and floral bitterness that lingers for a good duration after the sip. The bitterness is on the harsh side and the thin body doesn’t help with anything. Well, every brewery is entitled to a swing and a miss. This is a swing and a miss, "Strike out, the batter takes a seat"
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2015
at 16:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Location: Draft at Barcade - JC, 2/7/15
Aroma: It has an aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, some dark malts, and pine hops.
Appearance: Dark brown color with a small brown head and fairly coating lace.
Flavor: The flavor is both malty and hoppy, chocolate, roast, earth, and pine.
Palate: The body is medium, soft carbonation, finishes on the drier side.
Overall Impression: I thought this one was pretty good. It's kind of somewhere between a Porter and a Black IPA. Definitely worth trying, but not a standout for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2015
at 14:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pours dark brown white head. Nose/taste of pine, cocoa, toasty chocolate. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2015
at 23:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Beer Run. Pours a clear reddish brown with a large foamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of spicy, floral hops, caramel, smoke, mild roast, fruity finish, even a little bubblegum. The taste is chocolate, roast, citrus hops. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2015
at 18:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours dark brown. Small white head. Smell is sweet, bit chocolatty. Taste is bitter, herbal in a way more than hoppy. Light mouthfeel. Some coffee. Ok
Tried
on 03 Feb 2015
at 17:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
I’m giving a lot of 3.7’s it seems but that is what my heart wants. shared again by my cousin at super bowl party, i had my qualms about drinking this since i clearly support the Patriots. dark brown beer. lovely hoppy nose with chocolate as well. tastes of roasted malt, chocolate, piney hops, earthy, caramel. fine palate. perhaps a mish mash of styles but diggable
Tried
on 02 Feb 2015
at 15:03
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can: Pine needle and charred oak nose. Clear brown, sticky yellow head. Tobacco dominated flavor, charred oak and pecans underneath. Light to medium body soft carbonation. Kind of dances the line between full blown IDA and brown porter, but I think the latter is more appropriate. Good hoppy porter.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2015
at 18:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Glens Garden Market. Poured a dark brown color, some ruby notes on the edges. Medium sized tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, some light resin and earthy hops. Flavor was light resin notes, hops. A bit like a black IPA, or more accurately, a pretty well hopped porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2015
at 13:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft. Clear brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of light caramel. Taste is similar.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2015
at 16:10