Favorite Sixpoint Brew

Shane,

Please report back your findings (and maybe you could convince somebody else from the team to try a side-by-side tasting too?).

I can only relate how I personally drink from a can: I place my lower lip along the rim of the can and pour the beer into my mouth; by no means do I completely cover the can's opening. Maybe because of my personal can drinking
technique I am able to 'better' perceive beer aroma from the can?

Cheers!

Jack

P.S. I side comment about drinking from the can wrt sanitary drinking: cleaning the top of the can with a wet paper towel (or something similar) is an easy way to mitigate an unsanitary top of the can. I will freely admit that I personally do not make this effort; I am either just lazy or just unconcerned about some 'dirt' on the top of my can.

 

Jack,

Before the proliferation of science, people did notice in the medieval period that metal rimmed glassware stopped the spread of infection (most notoriously the bubonic plague). They may have not known it was because silver is naturally antibacterial, but it did do the job of not allowing bacteria to fester along the rim of the glass where people put their mouths (and for people who shared glassware).

Naturally, a glass drinking chalice with a metal rim is going to be way more sanitary than drinking out of a wooden cup (wood is filled with scratches and harbors all types of infectious agents and bacteria).

Pretty interesting stuff IMHO

 

Resin takes first place for me because of availability, but 3Beans and Global warmer are also favorites when in season.

 

I am on a quest to find 3Beans, come hell or high water.

 

There's nothing that tastes like resin and hi res , so hi res would be my favorite six point for how satisfying it is.

 

Shane,

You would have given Cliff Clavin a run for the money!

Cheers!

Jack

 

Are you able to get those down in NC?

We have some draft floating around....

looking forward to seeing your reaction next year when the new batch comes out...

in drinking? he was a force.... ;-)

 

Resin was my favorite sixpoint for a while.
But I think that Global Warmer may have replaced it.
Also honorable mention for hi-res, unfortunately I'm a sissy and can't handle more than one per sesh.

 

Unfortunately not but I work in VA daily and do a majority of my beer shopping here

 

Bengali

 

And that avatar photo....its you?

have you tried the 12oz Bengali?

 

I picked up the only two 12oz Bengalis that Total Wine had while I was on vacation in West Palm Beach. Great stuff. My Wegamans in VA supposedly had it and sold out briefly. They have the other usual's like Resin.

 

Last night Sweet Action was my favorite..........damn the new "tweak" is freaking fantastic.

 

Yes sir, loading the van as I'm typing this to play the same venue (The Norva) when the picture was taken...now if only they had Sixpoint brews on tap!!! Lol

 

Hmmm, 15 pages and nobody has listed Rad as their favorite Sixpoint............

 

RAD is probably the worst "beer" I've ever tasted.

 

If I have to pick a favorite, it's Autumnation. Something about the season and flavors together. Just a solid experience. All summer, I've been pounding the Crisp, Sweet Action, and Bengali (which took over Two Hearted as my go-to canned IPA). RAD I found a little too thick and juicy, guess I just expected more of a refreshing, light brew, especially given the ABV. 3Beans was my intro to the brand, and I loved it, but even working in NYC I can't seem to find any more of the BA ReBeans. Global Warmer was PHENOMENAL. And obviously Res and Hi-Res are the shit, but don't really like drinking IIPA's every day

 

Without at doubt it has to be Apollo... only available on draft, and probably the best Kristalweizen out there

 

Hmmmm, user on this site who only contributes to this thread to provide misleading information:

Sorry to "hear" that but as you know RAD is not really a beer, its a Cycliquid, meaning it straddles the boundary between a typical beer (made from solely fermented cereal grains, hops, water, and yeast) and other alternative fermented beverages.

Of course, if Sixpoint only made beers in order to cater to the whims of the majority on this site, we'd limit our selves to high-gravity IPAs and Imperial Stouts. But we're much more dynamic than that, and the culture of risk-taking is part of our DNA since inception.

Cheers!

 

Looking forward to sharing with you what we have in store this fall...