4Beans
Sixpoint Brewery

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From:
Sixpoint Brewery
 
New York, United States
Style:
Baltic Porter
ABV:
10%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.14 | pDev: 7.97%
Reviews:
302
Ratings:
988
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 11, 2019
Added:
Sep 07, 2014
Wants:
  77
Gots:
  221
With the addition of Madagascar vanilla beans, 4BEANS takes Sixpoint Imperial Porter to the next level. Romano beans used by bygone brewers provide body, as the flavors of dark malt, cocoa and coffee are rounded out by smooth vanilla. The result is a quadrality of roasted, savory, and complex flavors. Modern formulation meets Baltic tradition and BKLYN partnership…it's Mad Science.
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Ratings by stortore:
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Reviewed by stortore from Illinois

4.08/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce can into a snifter.

Pours a deep brown, mostly opaque, with a small head of dark foam. Some cling. Smells of coffee, lightly roasted malts, some chocolate and vanilla. Pick up some spiciness, maybe cinnamon, cloves, a little black pepper? Taste leads with the malt, then coffee, chocolate, more vanilla than the nose. Hides the ABV well, no alcohol warming at all. Smooth, fairly creamy. Not thin, but could use a fuller body.

Very good beer, well blended and flavorful. Great nose appeal. Well worth a purchase.
Nov 04, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by BdM from Netherlands

May 11, 2019
 
Rated: 2.62 by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

May 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by hseldon15 from California

Apr 21, 2019
 
Rated: 3.54 by mholdefer from Alabama

Jan 31, 2019
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Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Cola black color with medium light carbonation. Has a slight creamy feel,medium body yet somehow also has a bit of a thin body feel
Aroma is excellent roasted coffee beans with equal parts roasted malt followed by vanilla and milk chocolate.
Taste is almost identical but the vanilla shows up more than in the aroma . Vanilla actually needed to be toned down a bit as this was very good without it
It still was an excellent beer and glad I picked up a four pack . This is totally worth a try and the high abv is really well hidden
Dec 04, 2018
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Reviewed by Nass from Florida

4.32/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I am getting some cocoa, some coffee, the vanilla & romano beans added make this beer a little more robust. This is strong & savory at 10%, but it's well made & the high abv is well hidden. I dig the Sixpoint can artwork as well. Cheers! A-
Oct 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.46 by ebwang from New York

Jan 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.17 by GrumpyGas from Illinois

Dec 23, 2017
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Reviewed by cosmicdebris from Connecticut

4.43/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
BA 4bean pours a dark chocolate color with a full medium brown head. You really smell the vanilla and coffee on this one. Big roasted coffee flavors with and Vanilla. The rye really compliments the other flavors. Alcohol is there but not what you would think for a 10 % beer. Very easy to drink for this hi of an ABV. Overall I am impressed would definately reccomend BA 4bean from Sixpoint.
Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by axf4129 from Indiana

Oct 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.29 by robrio89 from Connecticut

Oct 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by wjbent from Florida

Sep 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.23 by jhavs from New York

Aug 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by Grackos from Florida

Aug 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.29 by SkyyNapalm from Massachusetts

Jul 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.52 by MJSFS from Florida

Jun 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by TimberSwanson from Pennsylvania

Jun 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jun 12, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4.14/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The appearance was a black pour with a healthy finger’s worth of white to off white foamy head that dissipated immediately. Light lacing started to cling but slid into the body. The smell started off with an eloquent sweet to bitter espresso; fresh, sticky and smooth over cocoa. Light vanilla balances sweetly. The taste was smooth sticky sweet cocoa over sweet and bitter espresso meshes together finely to leave a sweet wet bitter espresso to cocoa aftertaste. A quick sticky finish smooths it all out. On the palate, this one sat about medium bodied with a nice sipping feel to it. Carbonation runs light allowing the espresso to be the bitterness, but because of the vanilla, the palate, just absolutely feels wonderful. Overall, I think Sixpoint hit exactly what they wanted to do.
Jun 09, 2017
4Beans from Sixpoint Brewery
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 988 ratings