Sixpoint is my favorite brewery (appreciation thread)

SierraNevadaBill = Sierra Nevada

Starkbier = Victory

bulletrain76 = Firestone

SamCalagione = Dogfish Head (admittedly doesn't post often)

NightShiftBeer = Nightshift

Chris Lohring = Notch

JacksAbbyBrewing = Jack's Abby

 

Resin tastes really, really good.

Don't know nuthin' about all the rest of this stuff.

 

I love Sixpoint as well. still, the criticism of any brewery that opts for best-by dates instead of bottled-on dates is extremely valid. some of my favorite breweries continue to do this, like Sixpoint, and it's just irritating how I have to remember every breweries' month range instead of just glancing at the bottled-on date. there is no universal month range for best-by so it's a dumb thing to do.

that's pretty much my only criticism of them -- and it's the same criticism i have for another one of my favorite breweries, Victory, as well. at least for the hoppy beers, 5-6 months is too long.

 

Good to know, thanks!

 

Re: 1- it definitely isnt hard but they are doing while others are not so there is something to be said about that
Re: 2- they also began releasing 6packs of crisp which they said will be a lower price point
Re: 3- totally subjective for given styles
Re: 4- see 1
Re: 5- they arent getting better? Hi res was the talk of the spring for IPA

 

These guys arent active though...im not trying to sound like a sixpoint homer fanboy but they definitely are a fun brewery...whats your favorite brewery? And wouldnt u be amped if they responded to your suggestions?

 

can you trade for 3,4,5??? Never had!

 

Clownshoes is also active on here!

 

I have to agree that as much as I like The Crisp I pass it by for other cheaper pils most of the time. I also do not like the idea that not just sixpoint but all beer is gaining higher prices each time I go to the bottle shop. I love resin and I buy it a lot but I don't want to see sky high prices either. The other thing that keeps sixpoint beer out of my shoppign cart is that they do not name a style on the box. I am sorry but I want to know what it is before I buy it. When I get home if I remember to look it up then I will know.

What I like besides the beer of course - which I really do like a lot - is the freshness dating on the package. Clear, unmistakeable dates! Those dates put those cans in my refrigerator.

 

Do they brew their own beer now or ate they still doing contract brewing

 

i'm sort of in-line with the OP here.

It is a brewery that has one of the most common pro/con's in the industry - they are popular where hip drinkers are, they are nearly unsellable in the suburbs.

I live an hour outside of Baltimore. It is difficult to find any Sixpoint out here, and if you do, anything but Bengali is probably old.

Meanwhile in Baltimore...
Go to a bar in Hampden, Charles Village, Station North or anywhere else the average beer drinker might have an MFA, lo and behold, you can find the beer.

I have been ordering and hand-selling their beers in my store because i like the liquid and the packaging, and I'm trying to build a customer base for them. It's so frustrating when people think they're just 'hipster beer'. Even though they *ARE* that, they're not *JUST* that.

ya know?

 

6. They banned me from their facebook and twitter pages, and pretty much called me an uninformed idiot with dysfunctional tastebuds when I respectfully submitted a complaint to their "customer service" department after I drain-poured an entire case of their contract-brewed beers because they were awful.

 

Also:
MikeMorendi = Due South
Gunhaver = Cigar City
Even Funky Buddha and Saint Somewhere are on here, but I can't remember the usernames.

 

Just a helpful FYI - Sixpoint is actually lowering their cost/ounce with the new 6-packs (haven't seen these yet), as well as putting the style right on the box too. They also print a best buy date on the box (I prefer bottled on, but better than nothing)

 

What beer(s) and what was the problem?

 

And also Chaseabeer = Prairie Artisan Ales

 

also at TW, I brought back copious amounts of Resin and Crisp from there

reason 7) they donated a keg of 3 Beans to Brews for New Avenues on Sept. 6th


I do wish they would go to canned on dates instead of best buy dates though.

Cheers

 

augiecarton = Carton Brewing
Ford42 = Weyerbacher

Greg Koch of Stone has posted here too (I forget his username), but he doesn't post often.

 

This makes me very happy.