Sixpoint Bolshoi!

Formerly brewed at Sixpoint Craft Ales
Style: Imperial Stout
Brooklyn, New York USA

22oz unlabeled bomber with gold wax from Shane, poured into a snifter. Given my past experience with Sixpoint, I was expecting a good beer...and I was also expecting a massively carbonated beer. Sure enough, a careful pour at a relatively cold temperature yields a gigantic three inch tan head on top of a pitch black body. The head takes forever to dissipate and levels good lacing. The aroma is fairly sweet but with a hefty bitterness throughout the nose. There is plenty of dark roasted malts and bakers chocolate as well as hints of coffee. Additional whiffs of raisins and plums thrown in as well. Very complex and interesting nose. The taste is much more subtle and dominated by dark roasted malts and lots of semi-sweet chocolate. I don’t get as much of the bitterness and very little of the dark fruits. The finish is slightly dry with hints of the bitterness that really came out in the nose. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with tons of carbonation (par for the Sixpoint course) and very, very smooth. This is one interesting impy stout from Sixpoint and the taste goes from subtle and simple to complex as it warms. Very good stuff.

Stratford tasting @ Cletus house. Pours a black body with a tan head. Malty chocolate body, a bit roast y and chewy with a slightly acidic roasted finish. Not bad.

Another rare gem shared by JW77...delicious even after 3 years. Dark brown pour with a creamy tan head. Nice chocolate notes jump out of the glass followed by molasses, dark fruits and more chocolate! Flavor is creamy and delcious. Age hasn’t hur this bad boy. Alcohol? I didn’t even detect it. Flavor has such a great chocolate flavor. Toffee, molasses, and light hints of coffee too. Man this was good.

Bottle sample at Muckfest 2009 Day 1. Cloudy and chunky brown pour with a big tan head. Malty and chocolatey aroma with some boozy notes. Raisin and chocolate flavor with a coffee finish.

Black/dark brown, small tan head. Surprising amount of hop bitterness considering the age. Plenty of bittersweet roasty malt. No signs of slowing down, could handle more age easily. Very nice.

Had at Hophead22’s Imperial Stout Tasting. Thanks Tim. Black with an off white head. Sweet malt, chocolate, orange, cherry, and caramel aroma and taste with some well balanced coffee notes to the taste.

22oz bottle from treyrab, yeah buddy, thanks Trey. Black pour and a tan head. Sweet malty aroma, molasses and dark fruits. A slight coffee bitterness, but it’s a sweet bitterness, very drinkible, this has aged wonderfully, thanks again Trey.

Batch 74, Bottle 159. Sweet chocolatey coffee aroma. Black with big tan foamy head that laces glass as it thins. Sweet chocolate coffee. Hides alcohol well. Leaves a warm not too bittersweet choco aftertaste. Very nice. Tempted to rate it higher. If I ever get another and tastes this good, I will.