REVIEW: Sixpoint Global Warmer & Die Hard

I'm excited about this one. A new beer from one of my all time favorite breweries and one of my all time favorite movies. I knew when I started this whole Christmas beer and movie pairing excursion that I had to check out Sixpoint's newest, Global Warmer, and Die Hard, what might be the definitive American action movie. At first blush, neither is easy to come up with a celluloid or brewed counterpart to. I think I've come up with something though. Let's get to it.

REVIEW: Brooklyn Lager

Alright, better late than never right? So, today we've got a dry hopped Vienna lager in a 16 oz can from Brooklyn. This sounds like a winning recipe. I don't really have a ton to add here! To the beer!

REVIEW: Brooklyn East India Pale Ale

It's been far too long since I've taken a look at a beer from Brooklyn. Almost a year in fact since I talked about their terrific Oktoberfest. But the liquor store down the road from my new apartment has had the East India Pale Ale here on sale so here we go. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint 3Beans

You guys know I couldn't let a new Sixpoint beer pass by the wayside without taking a look at it. I love these guys and their fabulous beers. Their newest ale, 3Beans is brewed with coffee beans, cacao beans, and romano beans, hence the name. A beer brewed with coffee and chocolate is old hat around these parts. But romano beans, which are similar to green beans? That one seems a bit odd. Turns out that brewers in medieval Europe, in many Baltic countries, didn't have access to traditional brewing ingredients. So they often had to turn down different avenues for fermentable sugars. They used, you guessed it, beans. Sounds intriguing to me! As always, with any new Sixpoint beer youtube is required viewing. This video chronicles the creation of and tribulations involved in getting the beer into my grubby little hands. If you can watch that video and don't come though on the other side excited about beer you're nobody I want to be friends with. So, we've got a 10% ABV, 85 IBU imperial stout brewed with Mast Brothers chocolate, Stumptown cold pressed coffee, and romano beans. Three Brooklyn companies, three beans, one beer. Sounds good to me! To the beer!

REVIW: Sixpoint Diesel

Alright. Christmas is finally over. And along with it, hopefully this wonky schedule as well. Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday and the lateness of this one. The three posts on Christmas and then a busy day yesterday threw everything off. So Today's post is the one that I had planned to go with yesterday, and then tomorrow we'll be back to regularly scheduled programming. Hopefully. So anyways, Christmas is over, so gone are the spiced winter warmers, but the cold is still here in a big way. That has me hankering for a stout. Enter Diesel from one of my favorites, Sixpoint. In the grand Sixpoint tradition, Diesel bucks traditional style guidelines. For all intents and purposes diesel is a stout, but theres also a lot of black IPA inside that beautiful can as well. Sounds quite delicious. One last Christmas related tidbit, that beautiful Sixpiont tap handle in the background of the photo up there? That was a very thoughtful and incredibly cool Christmas gift from my lovely girlfriend,m Meredith. Thanks again, Mere! To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint The Crisp

So I've taken a look at just about all of the beers to be had from that Brooklyn beer maker I hold so near and dear, Sixpoint. Up until now those beers have all been ales. Today's beer, The Crisp, Is the only lager in their rotation. Take a minute to notice the subtly different shape of the "label" on the can here which serves to differentiate the lager from the ales. That's a pretty damn good piece of design work. The Crisp is a German pilsener that clocks in at a rather robust 42 IBUs and 5.9% ABV. To the beer!

REVIEW: Brooklyn Oktoberfest

Another day, another fall seasonal. Today's is the Oktoberfest from Brooklyn Brewery. Not really too much to say here. It's a style I like and a brewery that makes great beer. Let's see what we're getting into. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Autumnation

The two prominent trends for fall seasonals are rich, spicy pumpkin ales and fresh, hoppy wet hopped ales. It seems that the mad scientists at Sixpoint couldn't be bothered to choose between the two. Autumnation is brewed with pumpkin, ginger, and has been wet hopped with fresh Citra. Now I love pumpkin ales and I love fresh hop flavors so this could be something special. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Brownstone

Try as I might, I'm just not ready for fall seasonals. I'm really not ready for fall period. I'm still in summer mode. Even though I spent last night at Nippert Stadium watching my Bearcats kick the hell out of Pitt and in doing so keep the River City Rivalry trophy in Clifton for a good long while, it somehow doesn't really feel like football season yet, like fall yet. Part of that is still because it's quite warm out. Part of that is because the Reds' magic number is down to 17. But whatever the reason, I'm not quite ready to get into Oktoberfests and pumpkin ales just quite yet. Don't worry, they're coming. I've got quite a few already in the fridge waiting for the first evening with a palpable chill in the air. In the meantime, let's take a look at the newest canned offering from what has become one of my favorite breweries, Brownstone, from Sixpoint. An American Brown Ale checking in at 6% ABV and a rather hefty 45 IBUs. To the beer!

REVIEW: Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55

A little bit of a peek behind the curtain here. Last Saturday I found myself thirsty for a beer, as I often do. Ryan Ludwick had just hit a walk off home run to lift the Reds to a 3-2 win and complete a huge three game sweep of the Cardinals. Big big win. I think it goes without saying that when I saw this beer in the fridge it seemed awfully appropriate. Baseball and beer. It doesn't get much better. Like my favorite beer to drink while watching the Reds, Christian Moerlein's OTR, Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55 is a pale ale. How does it stack up? To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Righteous Ale

The beers I've tried this week have left a lot to be desired. Ranging from bad to mediocre. You'll have that from time to time. They can't all be great. But I need a good one to end the week on. So, with that in mind, I turn to the brewery that has quickly joined my pantheon of all time favorites, Sixpoint. Today's offering is their rye beer, Righteous. Clocking in at 6.3% ABV and 57 IBU. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Apollo

I believe my love for Sixpoint's beers ought to be quite clear by this point. I can't seem to go to the liquor store anymore without coming home with one of their four packs. Case in point: today's offering, Sixpoint's Summer seasonal, Apollo. A Bavarian style Kristallweizen. A very cool video of showing the inception of and inspiration behind the beer, as well as Sixpoint's founder and brewmaster heading over to Germany to drink and find the perfect authentic yeast, can be found here. Highly recommended viewing. Well, does Apollo stack up with the rest of the great beers from Sixpoint? One way to find out. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Sweet Action

Cream ale. For many this style of beer is typified by beers like Little Kings and Genesee Cream Ale. Lighter macro-brews brewed with adjuncts, workmanlike, nothing really to write home about. Seeing a craft brewer take on this style though, that's something I'd like to check out. Enter Sixpoint's Sweet Action. Checking in at 5.2% ABV and 34 IBUs. To the beer!

REVIEW: Sixpoint Resin

My first canned beer on the blog! I'm a little surprised it's taken this long. For many canned beer brings to mind cheap. fizzy, lagers, but in the past few years the craft beer industry has come to cans in a big way. and for good reason! Cans are much better for beer than bottles. They keep beer fresher for longer and are completely opaque. Light is one of the biggest enemies of beer and cans keep light out much better than bottles. Also, cans chill more quickly, can be taken more places, and are more easily recycled. Honestly, the only thing keeping me from endorsing canned craft beer 100% is the lack of the label to peel. But goodness, if the cans are as gorgeous as this one from Sixpoint, I think I'll manage. Sixpoint is a brewery that I have been dying to try. I have heard nothing but great things about them and they just started distributing to Ohio a couple of weeks ago. The first day they were available I headed over to Dutch's in Hyde Park and picked up a couple of four packs. First up: their brand new imperial IPA Resin. To the beer!