notalush (7362) reviewed Otis from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at bobbique - I was excited to find this, as well - dark brown pour with light making it through the edges of the off-white head - roasted malts dominate the aroma, with hints of milky sweetness - I didn’t really sense a lot of hops in the aroma, nor in the flavor - medium-bodied with a slick mouthfeel - there is bitterness there, but it’s more like a coffee bitterness - a bit of cream and a semi-sweet, roasted malt finish - nothing stand-out, but a solid sweet stout.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Otis from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Bobbiques, poured into a pint glass. I was very pleased to find this especially in Long Island, since 6point is not to common around here. Don’t think it has been made for about a year actually. Color is black with a few brown tinges, small but strong head. Aroma is slightly sweet, strong fruity and citrus hoppiness, anda bit of milk/lactose. Taste is very nice, present roastiness, with a lot of hoppiness (again fruit and citrus). Just enough "stout" in here for me to enjoy the hops. Finishes with a strong hop bitterness. Medium carbonation, felt and works well with the hop bitterness. I usually do not like hoppy stout but for the second time 6point has impressed me with a hoppy stout.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Sweet Action from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught at Five Point restaurant, NYC
Hazy amber color. Simple Pale Ale, with some malt/caramel, but poor hopping and this one as well with the dirty water / tap water flavor.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Brownstone from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught at Five Point restaurant, NYC
Hazy dark amber color; thick head. Light aroma of caramel. Taste of caramel, bitter, with an off flavor of dirty water or tap water. Strange.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Barcade - I was hoping that the wood aging would mellow the hoppiness of this beer, and I was not disappointed - however, instead of mellowing the brashness of the original beer, and adding a subtle, wine-like character, what seems to have resulted is a kind of sweet, woody, bourbon.booziness - the merlot character is there, but the agressive nature of the beer is too much for it - I was hoping for a BA Leviathan result (a subpar beer becomes amazing after barrel aging), but instead we have a sub par beer becoming an entirely new kind of sub par beer - oh well, I gotta hand it to them for trying.
CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Bottle 65 cl) Deep, dark brown with a reddish hue and a dense, creamy, beige head. Aroma of dried fruit. Solid body with lots of fruit and vanilla and some vinous touches. Very delicate. 011206
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel and chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of chocolate, but also lighter notes of caramel and slightly burnt malts.
Anders37 (30297) reviewed Bolshoi! from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a black colour with a tan head. Dry malty coffee, chocolate aroma. Dry malty coffee, chocolate flavor. Long malty hoppy finish with some chocolate hints in the aftertaste.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Black Soul from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2 draught pints at Burp Castle on 9/23/06.
Dark tar-like black-brown, mostly opaque, with a hint of deep magenta on the edges, in the light. Creamy light-caramel colored head is well-retained and laces lightly as it recedes.
Strong molasses-like bittersweetness is evident up-front, while some creamy, lightly milky-like buttercream sweetness fattens things. A dollop of chocolate syrup washes over the nose and then is consumed by a gorgeous, ashy, roastiness that is brittle, delicate and displays great caution in its use. Hops provide an afterthought of green, leafy buds, some sticky resin qualities and light floral notes, trimmed by the chocolate and pale malt combo of sticky sweetness and drying roast. Aroma strength is medium-high, with no alcohol apparent and less yeast character than seen in Six-Point’s paler beers, no doubt due to the darker malts being used.
Sticky-sweetness is present, from the start, in the flavor, almost like a combo of gritty pale-malt sugars, cookie-like with hints of vanillla-flavored fudge and beads of molasses providing an off-setting bitterness and the defining stickiness. But soft hop bitterness and light, ashen roast help pick apart this stickiness and the beer finishes balanced, and by no means too sweet. Some nuances of coffee beans emerge as it warms, with more a focus left on the main flavors of caramel and chocolate. The typical one-two punch of brilliant malt-extraction and proper attenuation are here again wonderfully represented. The body provides heft and thickness up front, but eases out to become drinkable and quenching as it finishes, never compromising on flavor, of which it has quite a bit. Yet again, I don’t find bittering hops to be in excess in the least, nor do the flavoring hops dominate the beer. Notably, roast does not build up to a palate fatiguing astringency as it is apt to do in many American porters. Alcohol is not evident. Carbonation is moderate. As far as criticism, there was just a bit too much of a chocolate syrupy-like sweetness that built up, slightly, as I finished my second pint.
All in all, this was a hell of a weekend for trying Six Point beers. Whether off the fermentor or tap at the brewery, and on tap at Burp Castle, all were in peak form.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Atlantic Antic from Sixpoint Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught pint at the brewpub on 9/23/06.
Minimally-hazed amber/gold-leaf colored body has some strong polished bronze tints and a large, well-retained, white/off-white head that laces well as it proceeds down the glass.
Soft fruits in the nose are joined by leafy, lightly juicy hops, that add dryness near the end, being quite crisp and well-pronounced as the aroma progresses. Well-suited to balancing the medium-sweet, buttercream-like maltiness, and in the end, it’s very well-balanced, a strong trait in most Sixpoint beers. A very crisp, grainy, straw-like dryness is noted as well, further distancing the aroma from the sweetness (though it never comes off as under-malted in the least). Unpasteurized, as always, and just so attractively fresh and fragrant.
A slight hint of toffee begins the malt aspect, as I take a sip. Slowly spreading in to a slightly more accessible doughiness and finally finishing with some light pale sugars, it is, at all times, terribly well extracted and very comforting on the palate. The great attenuation level provides just the right amount of texture, and the low/appropriate carbonation keeps it flavorful without any noxious gassiness. Green, leafy, moderately bitter hops show off grass, herbs and light floral aspects, with only mild citrus traits. Some caramel and toffee reprise near the end of the glass, giving it a bit more heft, but it certainly remains another fantastically drinkable session-like beer. Alcohol never apparent, fruity yeast is moderate and provides light nuances without being overbearing.