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4Beans
Sixpoint Brewery
- From:
- Sixpoint Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 7.97%
- Reviews:
- 302
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 11, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 07, 2014
- Wants:
- 77
- Gots:
- 221
With the addition of Madagascar vanilla beans, 4BEANS takes Sixpoint Imperial Porter to the next level. Romano beans used by bygone brewers provide body, as the flavors of dark malt, cocoa and coffee are rounded out by smooth vanilla. The result is a quadrality of roasted, savory, and complex flavors. Modern formulation meets Baltic tradition and BKLYN partnership…it's Mad Science.
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Ratings by buschbeer:
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 FL. OZ. can
Served in a snifter
It pours jet black and is topped with an inch of mocha head that leaves a little lacing.'
I smell dark fruit, chocolate, vanilla and roasted malt.
It has a pronounced roasted malt flavor. The chocolate and vanilla are more subtle than I expected.
Full mouthfeel
It is a solid beer. It didn't live up to my expectations though.
Sep 13, 2015Served in a snifter
It pours jet black and is topped with an inch of mocha head that leaves a little lacing.'
I smell dark fruit, chocolate, vanilla and roasted malt.
It has a pronounced roasted malt flavor. The chocolate and vanilla are more subtle than I expected.
Full mouthfeel
It is a solid beer. It didn't live up to my expectations though.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4.05/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Cola black color with medium light carbonation. Has a slight creamy feel,medium body yet somehow also has a bit of a thin body feel
Aroma is excellent roasted coffee beans with equal parts roasted malt followed by vanilla and milk chocolate.
Taste is almost identical but the vanilla shows up more than in the aroma . Vanilla actually needed to be toned down a bit as this was very good without it
It still was an excellent beer and glad I picked up a four pack . This is totally worth a try and the high abv is really well hidden
Dec 04, 2018Aroma is excellent roasted coffee beans with equal parts roasted malt followed by vanilla and milk chocolate.
Taste is almost identical but the vanilla shows up more than in the aroma . Vanilla actually needed to be toned down a bit as this was very good without it
It still was an excellent beer and glad I picked up a four pack . This is totally worth a try and the high abv is really well hidden
Reviewed by Nass from Florida
4.32/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I am getting some cocoa, some coffee, the vanilla & romano beans added make this beer a little more robust. This is strong & savory at 10%, but it's well made & the high abv is well hidden. I dig the Sixpoint can artwork as well. Cheers! A-
Oct 17, 2018Reviewed by cosmicdebris from Connecticut
4.43/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.43/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
BA 4bean pours a dark chocolate color with a full medium brown head. You really smell the vanilla and coffee on this one. Big roasted coffee flavors with and Vanilla. The rye really compliments the other flavors. Alcohol is there but not what you would think for a 10 % beer. Very easy to drink for this hi of an ABV. Overall I am impressed would definately reccomend BA 4bean from Sixpoint.
Dec 01, 2017Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.14/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The appearance was a black pour with a healthy finger’s worth of white to off white foamy head that dissipated immediately. Light lacing started to cling but slid into the body. The smell started off with an eloquent sweet to bitter espresso; fresh, sticky and smooth over cocoa. Light vanilla balances sweetly. The taste was smooth sticky sweet cocoa over sweet and bitter espresso meshes together finely to leave a sweet wet bitter espresso to cocoa aftertaste. A quick sticky finish smooths it all out. On the palate, this one sat about medium bodied with a nice sipping feel to it. Carbonation runs light allowing the espresso to be the bitterness, but because of the vanilla, the palate, just absolutely feels wonderful. Overall, I think Sixpoint hit exactly what they wanted to do.
Jun 09, 2017
4Beans from Sixpoint Brewery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
988 ratings
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