Sixpoint Express

Brewed by Sixpoint Brewery
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass

(Old BA rate - tap) Really bright orangey copper color, and looks quite different most most other Quads....this is much lighter in color, but still interesting looking. Spices and even catch some bubblegum; light fruit; yeasty. Tart at first with a hint of sour fruit; great maltiness; darker fruit flavors; and spices finish it out. Lots of layers. A little syrupy, and much heavier than the appearance suggests. Fairly light carbonation. Hugely drinkable even though it’s more like a sipper for me. Couldn’t even tell the abv was 11.3%.

Growler purchased from Bierkraft in Brooklyn. Appearance: Tangerine with honey corners. Nice fluffy 3 finger buttery white head. Lots of retention and lacing. Smell: Tart green apples and grapes coupled with a nice belgian style yeast. Touch of molasses and lemon. Taste: Bready in the beginning but gives way quickly to the tartness of green apples, grapes and lemons. Soon you get a plum/fig/honey combination and a tart finish that lasts a long time. Mouthfeel: Oily and slick with a good amount of carbonation. Medium bodied and a touch light for the style. Drinkability: The light body, generous carbonation, and strong tart quality which masks the alcohol makes this an extremely drinkable 11.3% brew. Home Run Sixpoint! Serving type: growler Reviewed on: 03-14-2009

Bottle @ Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu release. Pours hazy dark golden orange color with white head. Aromas of dark fruits and bread dough. Doughy flavor with some raisins and figs. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Thanks to JW77 for sharing this.

Thanks to my boy JW77 for this one. A: Pours a cloudy amber hue with a thin white head. No retention or lace. S: Aromas of sweet fruits with a hint of dark fruit. Light spice, caramel, and a bit of booze. T: Malty up front. Caramel and brown sugar with hints of apple, pear, and a touch of raisin. Hints of spice and light hops. M: On the fuller side of medium, smooth.

750ml ’growler’ at the DC local tasting. Pours a clear, transparent copper amber with one ring of white head. Aroma is boozy, dried fruits, caramel. Flavor is nice, sweet, a little boozy, apples, pears, a little candy. Full bodied and drinkable even at 11%.

Growler, thanks nimbleprop. Clear amber body with small white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, alcohol, molasses/caramel, Bourbon. Taste is moderately sweet, honey/molasses/caramel, some alcohol, cantaloupe. Medium-full body, low carbonation.

Really, this is nothing like a quad. This is a highly attenuated barley wine. Lots of caramel, dark fruits, some herbal hops. Tannic, bitter finish.

Tap at Barcade. A solid quad. Pours a light red with a fine white head. Nose of slightly funky yeast and sweet fruits. Flavor is a balanced blend of fruits, spice, malt and Belgian yeast. Medium bodied and high in alcohol, this alcohol warms. Sweet and slightly bitter finish.