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!
Diesel pours a deep inky black. All but opaque but for the small glimmers of dark red light at the bottom of the glass. It's capped by a tall, quite resilient, layer of dense khaki colored foam that leaves marvelous lacing.
The aromas on this beer are lovely. A beautiful mix of aromatic hops and robust roasted malt. Lots of resinous piney notes with some citrusy grapefruit and a faint floral hint alongside bitter roasted coffee and hints at dry baker's chocolate. There's also an almost minty note in there that adds a bit of complexity.
Diesel is medium bodied. A lively bit of carbonation hits first alongside a bitter, resiny, piney hop punch. A subtle citrus fruit flavor grows stronger as I drink but eventually gives way to notes of bitter coffee and dark chocolate. Diesel is very drinkable and finishes dry with a lingering piney bitterness.
Sixpoint has yet to disappoint. Diesel is vey tasty, but I'm not sure how I feel about it as a winter seasonal. Only for the fact that it is a crime that I won't be able to get this beer in spring, summer, or fall. It is a lovely, quite hoppy, stout. Diesel tastes to me to be a bit of a companion piece to Sweet Action. The bitter hop flavors seem similar and Sweet Action brings the light cream ale/ wheat ale flavor, and Diesel the roastiness. Check this one out.
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