Sixpoint Express

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Tap at the Ginger Man in NYC. Decent but not great for the style. Hazy orangish-amber color with a medium off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, dark fruits, banana, and Belgian yeast. Flavor is more of the same, very sweet and malty, with candi sugar and alcohol noticeable. Syrupy, fairly full palate with somewhat low carbonation.

Finally got to this unfortunately not the aged batch I hoped for but beggars can’t be choosers. Snifter @ Ginger Man. Color is a glowing dark orange/light copper, cannot see through it. Aroma is strong alcoholic malts with some indistinct hops. It is sweet and lightly syrupy. Taste follows suite with the sweet and syrupy and a thin alcohol maltiness. Basically, its a Sixpoint without the hops. Not really sure what makes this a Quad either.

22oz bomber from Bierkraft courtesy of mikeyv35 poured into a snifter. Pours fairly light for a quad, a hazy caramel orange with a small, short-lived cream-colored head that recedes to a collar and leaves spotty lacing. The aroma is boozy and sweet with lots of spices. Tons of yeasty sweetness in the nose which also lends a bit of spiciness as well. There are alcohol-soaked fruits as well. The taste also has lots of initial sweetness from yeast and candi sugar with a big dose of fruit in the middle. The finish is an interesting combination of coriander and spicy yeast combined with a subtle alcohol burn that builds up after each sip. The mouthfeel is thick and almost syrupy with soft carbonation and just coats the palate with fruity sweetness. I certainly can’t compare this to most quads I’ve had but I definitely liked it though the massive sweetness and high ABV lend itself to be more of a sipper.

On tap at the Peekskill Brewery. Pours a hazy tawny amber with a medium beige head. Sweet plum, a little rubbing alcohol, banana, and a bit of coffee. Medium thick body. Boozy and sweet with some caramel, and dark fruit. Finishes rather gummy and grainy with more alcohol, and some caramel.

On tap at The Ginger Man.Good mouthfeel and lacing. Yeasty aroma and yeasty sweet. Not a bad quad, but not the best I have had of the style.

Smells like high quality fruit snacks, spice citrus. Light with a touch of lace. Mild spice and almost bitter. Not your typical quad... Not half bad.

This beer has eluded me for quite some time, and now I’ve finally found it, in the form of a growler fill from Big Z - anyway, it certainly is quite light in color for a quad - actually, nothing about this beer is like a quad - BSA, sure - the nose is coriander, tangy citrus and cereal grains - the flavor is quite the same - a lot of grainy flavor - equal parts wheaty tang and boozy sweetness - the alcohol burns a little bit, but is still fairly hidden - a touch of bitter herbs - mostly just grainy and boozy, with a touch of overripe fruit sweetness- the wheat and clove phenols remind one of an imperial hefe - a bit messy, and not true to style, but an interesting beer.

Tap @ Cambridge Commons... Poured hazy orange with a thin white head. Fruity, sweet aroma with a little bit of alcohol. Smooth, mildly carbonated palate with a foamy texture. Lots of alcohol notes in the initial flavor with cloves and tea leaf characters. Had caramel malts and hops in the finish. Would have never guessed this was a quad ale, but still pretty tasty.