Sixth Course
Abnormal Beer Company
- From:
- Abnormal Beer Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 0.48%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 10, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2021
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To celebrate our sixth year, we bring you The Sixth Course, a West Coast IIPA. This birthday beer comes in at 9.2% and uses experimental hops HBC 630 & 472 to bring stone fruit, vanilla and wood age characteristics. The classics Nugget, Simcoe and Mosaic round out this tropical, dank double IPA.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
4.19/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American Double / Imperial IPA
Glass: Monkish 16-oz. mug
Price: $4.29
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: March 31, 2021
Consumed: April 11, 2021
Misc.: Canned on March 24, 2021
Grabbed this along with a bunch of other ones on a recent trip to Windmill Farms. Abnormal’s website called this beer “To celebrate our sixth year, we bring you The Sixth Course, a West Coast IIPA. This birthday beer comes in at 9.2% and uses experimental hops HBC 630 & 472 to bring stone fruit, vanilla and wood age characteristics. The classics Nugget, Simcoe and Mosaic round out this tropical, dank double IPA.” Looking up 630, it called for “…complex and fruity, with Sweet Fruits and Berries like Raspberry and Cherry, along with sweet candy-like esters and lactones giving creamy notes of peach and banana.” The 472, meanwhile, was described as “…oak, bourbon barrels, coconut, vanilla, citrus, and sweet fruit." Damn. I think I’ll like those hops.
Poured a light amber clear color with three fingers of white head. Plenty of bubble streams coming up from the bottom of the glass. Excellent foamy lacing. Very good retention. (Sight - 4.25)
Smelled vanilla, caramel, oak, nuts, woody Nugget, bourbon barrel, butterscotch, dank pine, black pepper, toffee and some basement aroma. Wow. Nothing like I thought it would smell like. About as good from the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Damn. Really liked this taste right from the first sip. Vanilla, caramel, toasted oak, bourbon barrel, woody Nugget, nuts, butterscotch, toffee, dank pine, Simcoe and some dark berry. Looking at hop profiles of HBC 630 and 472, was getting more 472 for sure. (Taste - 4.25)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.25)
Damn. Might have underrated this a tad, bit this was right up my alley. So damn good. (Overall - 4.25)
4.19 | 93 | A-
Jan 10, 2022Reviewed as: American Double / Imperial IPA
Glass: Monkish 16-oz. mug
Price: $4.29
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: March 31, 2021
Consumed: April 11, 2021
Misc.: Canned on March 24, 2021
Grabbed this along with a bunch of other ones on a recent trip to Windmill Farms. Abnormal’s website called this beer “To celebrate our sixth year, we bring you The Sixth Course, a West Coast IIPA. This birthday beer comes in at 9.2% and uses experimental hops HBC 630 & 472 to bring stone fruit, vanilla and wood age characteristics. The classics Nugget, Simcoe and Mosaic round out this tropical, dank double IPA.” Looking up 630, it called for “…complex and fruity, with Sweet Fruits and Berries like Raspberry and Cherry, along with sweet candy-like esters and lactones giving creamy notes of peach and banana.” The 472, meanwhile, was described as “…oak, bourbon barrels, coconut, vanilla, citrus, and sweet fruit." Damn. I think I’ll like those hops.
Poured a light amber clear color with three fingers of white head. Plenty of bubble streams coming up from the bottom of the glass. Excellent foamy lacing. Very good retention. (Sight - 4.25)
Smelled vanilla, caramel, oak, nuts, woody Nugget, bourbon barrel, butterscotch, dank pine, black pepper, toffee and some basement aroma. Wow. Nothing like I thought it would smell like. About as good from the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Damn. Really liked this taste right from the first sip. Vanilla, caramel, toasted oak, bourbon barrel, woody Nugget, nuts, butterscotch, toffee, dank pine, Simcoe and some dark berry. Looking at hop profiles of HBC 630 and 472, was getting more 472 for sure. (Taste - 4.25)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.25)
Damn. Might have underrated this a tad, bit this was right up my alley. So damn good. (Overall - 4.25)
4.19 | 93 | A-
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