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Tesla Lager
Sixpoint Brewery
- From:
- Sixpoint Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 9.3%
- Reviews:
- 83
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 05, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 08, 2014
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 47
The brew is an energetically hopped lager with a notable wheat component. It taps into a current of hop-forward Sixpoint beers, while remaining a distinct Mad Scientists formulation. In the glass, a light amber glow shimmers with a 7.1% ABV and a formidable 49 IBU of bittering power – Sixpoint TESLA is uniquely an “Electrified Wheat Lager.”
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Ratings by jwat:
Rated by jwat from Pennsylvania
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oct 07, 2016
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oct 07, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MaltsOfGlory from Oregon
3.51/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can
Pours a big two finger head into my tulip glass. Maybe just a hair off white. The body is orange, somewhat dark for a lager. Visibility is quite high. Medium amount of bubbles coming up. Head retention is good so far. Looks good.
The nose is a little sweeter than usual, it has to get the sugar for 7% from somewhere though. Caramel. Slightly metallicy. Some piney hops are present, mostly kinda an astringent hop aroma, pretty strait forward. My nose is a little stuffy, but this only smells ok. A little on the sweet side, and while it's present, there is not a very detailed hop aroma.
Yeah, this is a pretty flavorless hop profile, bitterness is noticeable, but not much flavor contribution. Not quite as sweet as I was expecting, but it's also not that refreshing or crisp. Very wet mouthfeel though. Perhaps I'm used to drinking euro lagers, so the style is not my things right now. But then again, Six Point doesn't specify a lot of their beer categories, so who knows if this is really an American Lager, as it says in BA. Overall the flavor is quite watery and flavorless. You even get more sweetness out of a macro lager. Hop bitterness is nice, but dang, no flavor.
As mentioned, the mouthfeel is pretty wet. Also, extremely watery and characterless. The carbonation is there, and about medium. With a noticeable bitterness. But nothing is making the beer feel like it's even sitting in my mouth, not even the carbonation. I know it's a lager, but this is too thin and vanilla for me.
The drinkability is high, but it's not because it's terribly delicious.
The appearance turned out quite nice. I got solid lacing out of a glass that usually yields very little. The head retention was above average as well. Good looking beer.
Overall there is nothing bad about this beer, it's not off putting, it's just really missing in the flavor category. Overall, it's ok.
Oct 29, 2018Pours a big two finger head into my tulip glass. Maybe just a hair off white. The body is orange, somewhat dark for a lager. Visibility is quite high. Medium amount of bubbles coming up. Head retention is good so far. Looks good.
The nose is a little sweeter than usual, it has to get the sugar for 7% from somewhere though. Caramel. Slightly metallicy. Some piney hops are present, mostly kinda an astringent hop aroma, pretty strait forward. My nose is a little stuffy, but this only smells ok. A little on the sweet side, and while it's present, there is not a very detailed hop aroma.
Yeah, this is a pretty flavorless hop profile, bitterness is noticeable, but not much flavor contribution. Not quite as sweet as I was expecting, but it's also not that refreshing or crisp. Very wet mouthfeel though. Perhaps I'm used to drinking euro lagers, so the style is not my things right now. But then again, Six Point doesn't specify a lot of their beer categories, so who knows if this is really an American Lager, as it says in BA. Overall the flavor is quite watery and flavorless. You even get more sweetness out of a macro lager. Hop bitterness is nice, but dang, no flavor.
As mentioned, the mouthfeel is pretty wet. Also, extremely watery and characterless. The carbonation is there, and about medium. With a noticeable bitterness. But nothing is making the beer feel like it's even sitting in my mouth, not even the carbonation. I know it's a lager, but this is too thin and vanilla for me.
The drinkability is high, but it's not because it's terribly delicious.
The appearance turned out quite nice. I got solid lacing out of a glass that usually yields very little. The head retention was above average as well. Good looking beer.
Overall there is nothing bad about this beer, it's not off putting, it's just really missing in the flavor category. Overall, it's ok.
Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
3.99/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
One of my new favorite brewers, and another great offering...
Kinda reminds me of a Boston Lager but with more flavor, a better and more full-bodied mouthfeel, but without that tangy bitterness that the SA has (IMO). The rustic orange colored liquid pours out a nice foam topping that laces well down the glass. The taste is hop-forward, again, without being overly bitter. I really enjoyed this as a lager - not so light but not a variation to an IPA either.
Aug 10, 2018Kinda reminds me of a Boston Lager but with more flavor, a better and more full-bodied mouthfeel, but without that tangy bitterness that the SA has (IMO). The rustic orange colored liquid pours out a nice foam topping that laces well down the glass. The taste is hop-forward, again, without being overly bitter. I really enjoyed this as a lager - not so light but not a variation to an IPA either.
Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia
3.13/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.13/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
12 oz can, wine glass, canned 15 October 2017. I misread the best by on the bottom as the canned date. Whoops!
Poured hard, it builds a huge head and looks in all ways like an IPA. Slightly hazy orange, check. Tan-ish, large, and well retained head. Check, check, and check!
Citric, hoppy, much like the Two Hearted past the best by date I recently had. I’m not going to knock it, really, based on my mistake buying it. A little caramel, but really quite benign, like the IPA from the brewpub that doesn’t get it.
Taste follows in the same well worn lane of tasting like a pale ale variant.
Now in the feel, I bet you could have fooled me into thinking this was an IPA when it was fresh. It is t remotely lager-like; a bit syrupy, dragging at the bubbles.
Man, this really wasn’t what I was expecting for reasons preconceived and resulting from my mistake. I’ve tried to be fair, but it fits in the American IPA category more than any lager style.
Jun 12, 2018Poured hard, it builds a huge head and looks in all ways like an IPA. Slightly hazy orange, check. Tan-ish, large, and well retained head. Check, check, and check!
Citric, hoppy, much like the Two Hearted past the best by date I recently had. I’m not going to knock it, really, based on my mistake buying it. A little caramel, but really quite benign, like the IPA from the brewpub that doesn’t get it.
Taste follows in the same well worn lane of tasting like a pale ale variant.
Now in the feel, I bet you could have fooled me into thinking this was an IPA when it was fresh. It is t remotely lager-like; a bit syrupy, dragging at the bubbles.
Man, this really wasn’t what I was expecting for reasons preconceived and resulting from my mistake. I’ve tried to be fair, but it fits in the American IPA category more than any lager style.
Reviewed by connecticutpoet from Connecticut
3.77/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Appearance – One and a half finger head on a clear deep yellow body.
Aroma – Floral, spruce, and a little bit herbal. Surprising from a lager.
Taste – Pine hops and a little wheat malt. A bit more bitter than the style would suggest, followed the nose.
Mouthfeel – Good, not too heavy.
Overall – As someone who prefers ales, this was a pretty good lager and I would have it again.
May 31, 2018Aroma – Floral, spruce, and a little bit herbal. Surprising from a lager.
Taste – Pine hops and a little wheat malt. A bit more bitter than the style would suggest, followed the nose.
Mouthfeel – Good, not too heavy.
Overall – As someone who prefers ales, this was a pretty good lager and I would have it again.
Reviewed by hophugger from Virginia
3.6/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Slightly dark clear gold in color with minimal head yet foamy and spidery lacing. Hops and malt are the main players in the aroma. Taste says lager but it is set apart by a nice bittery and clean hop taste. Finish Is crisp and a slight bitterness lingers. Not a lager fan but will rate this to style to be fair.
Mar 12, 2018Rated by cbdouglass from Maine
3.42/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
First try on a hoppy lager like this. Nice malt start with big hops flavor. Very drinkable and different from the IPA flavor.
Mar 10, 2018Reviewed by Ego from New Jersey
3.55/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
eyes...
Massive head, a tall 3+ fingers on an easy pour, after a few minutes the head peels back but stays at a nice level, we have slightly darker than straw hue with a tornado of bubbles swirling about the bottom, nice looking
nose...
musty, wheaty and slightly hoppy, a touch of mowed grass
taste etc...
super silk smooth, like liquid talcum powder massaging your mouth, the carbonation level is perfection (which enhances the mouth feel even more), the flavor is muted, there is definite notes of everything in the nose, the ABV is no where to be found in the flavor
verdict?
nice, well made but perhaps I am so used to top fermentation that I just prefer ales these days.
Mar 04, 2018Massive head, a tall 3+ fingers on an easy pour, after a few minutes the head peels back but stays at a nice level, we have slightly darker than straw hue with a tornado of bubbles swirling about the bottom, nice looking
nose...
musty, wheaty and slightly hoppy, a touch of mowed grass
taste etc...
super silk smooth, like liquid talcum powder massaging your mouth, the carbonation level is perfection (which enhances the mouth feel even more), the flavor is muted, there is definite notes of everything in the nose, the ABV is no where to be found in the flavor
verdict?
nice, well made but perhaps I am so used to top fermentation that I just prefer ales these days.
Reviewed by dertyd from California
3.75/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The beer pours out a dark golden color, with a slight haze to it and 1 finger of off white head----------- the aromas are of tangerine, grass, dank weed and Carmel malts----------- the flavors are of grass, pine and grapefruit, the beer has a medium mouthfeel with a lite bitterness on the finish------------------ overall this was a great take on a lager, it wanted to be an ipa so bad but still kept it's lager drinkableity----------------
Feb 24, 2018
Tesla Lager from Sixpoint Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
276 ratings
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