Sixpoint 3Beans

Brewed by Sixpoint Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Pours dark brown and from a vigorous pour I got a tall ample head of mocha colored foam that fell to some sticky lace. Just a little light around the edges makes it look like cola. Nose is delicious. Coffee, chocolate and dark caramel malt. Smells roasty and cold. Malt is prominent and sweet in the nose but hides a bit of bread. I can’t wait to taste it. Oh delight! Coffee, smooth chocolate some warming alcohol and little toast. Mouthfeel is thin and creamy. There is good earth and a little bitter from the hops and a touch of dark fruit on the back palate that makes this seem very decadent. The coffee is extremely well done and not the slightest bit burnt. The cocoa is like silk up next to it. The alcohol is a little too prominent to call it smooth but it rounds out with hints of vanilla as it warms. The bread in this is mild and really well done. Truly great.

Can. Clear dark brown (almost black) liquid with small to medium light tan head. Aroma of coffee, bitter chocolate, biscuit, light ash, light booze and some fruity yeast esters. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of coffee, bitter chocolate and light booze. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice, bit boozy though.

Good coffee beer here. Was not as heavy as I was expecting it ot be but a rich full flavor.

Dark brown/black pour with a beige creamy head and lots of sticky striped lacing ... aroma of coffee beans, roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa and caramel malts ... taste is of caramel malts, bitter cocoa, coffee beans, roasted malts and a bitter roasted bite with some dry oak and vanilla ... finish is bitter dry and roasted with the abv hidden well .... mouthfeel is thin and porter like

poured from a can into a tuliped snifter. dark brown almost black pour with a foamy gray brown head that doesn’t stick around, but laces nicely. Smells coffee, roasty, vanilla, a little lighter in the nose than I thought it’d be. Taste is pretty big on sweet coffee. Dark chocolate bitterness. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, but I shouldn’t hold it up to stout standards. Some hop bitterness. Good strong porter

Brown pour, espresso and toffee forward with lighter coffee flavor on the flavor and a little residual chocolate flavor. Good stuff! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Can. Pours dark with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, sweet milk and a little cocoa. Very solid actually. Abv is well hidden.

This is one of the best stout beers I've ever had. It is packed with flavor and hits on all cylinders. I was a big skeptic of the can, but this one is done right. It's by far one of my favorites to recommend. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

a nice skinny can bought as a single. Really a nice mocha beer with medium body and easy sweet drinkability for 10% abv beer. Chococlate was there but creamy coffe dominated profile. Was a bit knocked for a loop after drinking this, sneesk up on you. Good but not above other chocolate/coffee beers out there.

Rated 3/28/13. Thanks to Momar42 for the 12 oz can! Poured into a Duvel tulip. A: Pours a very dark brown color. The head is a two finger mocha shade. I’m fairly impressed with the retention given the gravity, and the lacing left down the glass is beautiful and consistent. S: There’s a good amount of chocolate and coffee on the nose. The coffee seems to take on a hazelnut quality to it; always a good thing here. A bit of booze come through to the nose, as well. T: Alcohol is far more prevalent on the flavor profile, unfortunately. Most of the booziness is concentrated on the opening flavors. The finish, however, sees a surge of lightly roasted nuttiness that I enjoy somewhat, along with some more heavily roasted coffee. Some umami notes tie this together - actually, a lot of umami notes tie this together. Other notes of hazelnut and toasted oak appear, giving it some good complexity. Ultimately, I think the savory qualities are a bit too strong for their own good. M: There’s good creaminess within the texture, but it’s a bit more carbonated than I like from such a creamy feel. More damning is the fact that it doesn’t go down particularly easily, likely from the prevalent alcohol. O: I think this could have kicked ass if it were, say, 8% and just a touch sweeter (not cloying, though). As it stands, it feels too much like hard work drinking it. Not bad at all, though - certainly a unique take on a ’coffee and chocolate’ brew.