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Brownstone
Sixpoint Brewery
- From:
- Sixpoint Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 10.54%
- Reviews:
- 178
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 15, 2005
- Wants:
- 57
- Gots:
- 32
Our bedrock Brown Ale, and one of the first beers ever brewed by Sixpoint. A smooth, malty trip down a hop-lined Brooklyn street.
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Ratings by BeerNotes:
Reviewed by BeerNotes from Ohio
4.32/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: Dark brown in color, pretty clear. Pours with a 1/4-inch eggshell head that dissipates quickly, but leaves some lacing on the way down.
S: Full malt aroma. A slight hint of toffee and nuts with just the tiniest bit of hops.
T: The malt from the nose is big up front, like a traditional brown ale. Hints of chocolate. Halfway down, the hops kick in and finish out the flavor.
M: Creamy on the tongue, but finishes a bit prickly and dry.
O: A really interesting take on a brown ale. The hop flavoring — and where it kicks in — makes this a surprisingly refreshing darker brew. The transition between the malts up front and hops in the back is a bit weird, and really the only downside to the flavor combination. It was a really smart move by Sixpoint to release this when they did, as the beer is a great segue from lighter, refreshing summer beers to the Märzens/Oktoberfests and pumpkin ales of the fall.
Apr 21, 2013S: Full malt aroma. A slight hint of toffee and nuts with just the tiniest bit of hops.
T: The malt from the nose is big up front, like a traditional brown ale. Hints of chocolate. Halfway down, the hops kick in and finish out the flavor.
M: Creamy on the tongue, but finishes a bit prickly and dry.
O: A really interesting take on a brown ale. The hop flavoring — and where it kicks in — makes this a surprisingly refreshing darker brew. The transition between the malts up front and hops in the back is a bit weird, and really the only downside to the flavor combination. It was a really smart move by Sixpoint to release this when they did, as the beer is a great segue from lighter, refreshing summer beers to the Märzens/Oktoberfests and pumpkin ales of the fall.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.96/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
It pours a nice brown color and yields the same color body. A great one inch white foamy head appears and lasts for a good two minutes. Nice spider-web foamy lacing appears and lasts practically forever. The smell has the hops in front of the malts. A slight nuttiness comes through as the beer warms. The taste has pretty much the same smells in the tastes combining and eventually yielding a slight enjoyable sweetness that I really like. The palate is about a light to medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. Overall, this is good. I’d have it again.
Jun 09, 2017
Brownstone from Sixpoint Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
452 ratings
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