Bengali Tiger - Sixpoint Brewery

tectactoe

Michigan

3.86/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

On tap at the Oak Cafe. Pours a slightly amber, almost orange color with mild clarity, just a touch of haziness as I stare through the glass to the other side. A soapy, white head caps the brew off and leaves some spotty, chunky lace on the way down. At first, the aroma is very subdued; hard to pick up almost anything from the start. Maybe some grassy hops and bitter citrus. As I take a few sips and let it warm up a bit, the aroma starts to finally come alive. A big, biscuit profile is the background to a collage of rigorous hops; piney, leafy, floral, and heavily herbal. Citrus rinds, tangerines, grapefruits. Once you finally get a good whiff of this stuff, you can tell it's going to be a hop monster.

And upon tasting it, you confirm that it is. There's a unique bitterness that hits your palate the moment you take a sip and lasts until well after you've swallowed. Full of pine-tree flavor and light spice; earthy, herbal-tea like hops dance around your palate, super leafy, grassy, and ashy. The fruit flavors err on the bitter side of things and not so much the sweet side; grapefruit pith, lemon rinds, orange and tangerine zest. That's not to say it's completely unbalanced, however - the fruit adds a bit of sweetness to the mix, and the biscuity-malt backbone is powerful enough to stand on its own two feet without being completely obliterated by the hops. At first, there was a slight off-flavor I was picking up, almost a little "soapy", but with time, it has coasted away and I'm not getting it at all anymore - just a nice array of herbal, piney, and resinous hops and citrus. Medium bodied with a hefty helping of carbonation.

Pretty good IPA; nice lasting bitterness and combination of hop profiles. Not a huge citrus bomb, rather the citrus flavors actually seem to add to the bitterness as well. Good balance with a sturdy malt foundation, easily drinkable.

Serving type: on-tap

01-28-2013 12:40:30 | More by tectactoe

alex_hart

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

05-19-2013 02:22:55 | More by alex_hart

Photekut

Azerbaijan

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

05-19-2013 01:18:52 | More by Photekut

jl28r1

Texas

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-18-2013 16:51:43 | More by jl28r1

DJB2231

Delaware

4.75/5  rDev +20.3%

05-18-2013 12:23:04 | More by DJB2231

Lob

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

05-18-2013 02:27:53 | More by Lob

Teddy-Pickles

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-15-2013 22:47:30 | More by Teddy-Pickles

tnbeatty

Vermont

4.75/5  rDev +20.3%

05-15-2013 13:37:45 | More by tnbeatty

jealmanzar

New York

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

05-14-2013 18:26:28 | More by jealmanzar

drummermattie02

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

05-14-2013 18:14:13 | More by drummermattie02

Bustersuess

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-14-2013 17:36:40 | More by Bustersuess

wesvt

Vermont

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-13-2013 22:29:08 | More by wesvt

patpbr

Ohio

4.16/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16 oz can poured into a mason jar
A - Deep orange with an agressive head
S - Citrus and pine hops
T - like the smell citrus hops, pine, grapefruit and a bit fruity
M - Medium body and high carbination, but easy to drink
O - I have overlooked six point, will be trying more now.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 20:38:16 | More by patpbr

RaulMondesi

California

3.64/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

What in the Sam Hill? What in the same hill?... Raul is just done doggone perplexed. What is this bad boi?

Right when I popped the can, it smelled like Osirus. Raul was all stoked. But the flavor... Raul is like, "UHH!" But Raul is also like, "huh?" It's good like Robert DeNiro, but it's also bad like Robert DeNiro. Well, maybe not "bad," but, "huh?"

Try it like a tootsie pop my children, because if not, you may never know.

Serving type: can

05-13-2013 01:21:31 | More by RaulMondesi

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-12-2013 18:07:57 | More by mikeburd1128

Neorebel

New Jersey

3.91/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Bengali Tiger pours a burnt-orange hue, with a mountainous, off-white head of froth. The head on this beast billows out so much during a power pour you'd think it was a Belgian Tripel. Great retention, too. The aroma was nice and zesty , consisting mostly of grapefruit. Flavor wise, there was a nice lemon & pine hop taste that was fairly straight forward. The finish gave me an orange bitterness, which I liked. This is a very light beer, and I did not get much of a malt backbone coming through at all, despite my expectations. Overall, the name's misleading, this is more of a tame, feminine type of beer for a summer's day. Conveniently in a can!

Serving type: can

05-12-2013 16:01:58 | More by Neorebel

willth

Michigan

1.85/5  rDev -53.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2

Was really looking forward to this. This was my first Sixpoint Beer. Cracked it open and had it in a 16oz snifter. First beer of the night so no influence on my palate.

Appearance: Very nice straw/orange color. Noticed a lot of floating sediements, a little more then I am use to but in line with most non filtered ipa's.

Smell: First thing I smelled was the hops then the citrus. Not quite a grapefruit smell but along those lines.Then the pine needles exploded

Taste: This is where things went bad. I am not sure if it was a bad can (date was fine) but it tasted like a belgian ipa that finished with a weird sour hop note. For it being 62ibu i was thinking it would have a hoppier taste. The malt was a touch over powering. Not a very balanced ipa.

Mouthfeel: Malty but seemed under carbinated.

Overall: I hate dumping beer but i drank about 4 ounces and just couldn't drink anymore.
It just wasn't my thing where i love ipa's. Next im going to try Resin and hope thay is better then this.

Serving type: can

05-12-2013 01:39:42 | More by willth

i080054

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-12-2013 01:11:09 | More by i080054

Lagerhouserules

New York

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-11-2013 22:44:50 | More by Lagerhouserules

BeastLU

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-11-2013 15:59:39 | More by BeastLU

Tacoboomerang

Virginia

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-11-2013 02:48:02 | More by Tacoboomerang

AnnArborJoe

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

05-10-2013 17:05:06 | More by AnnArborJoe

ejh06752

New York

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

05-10-2013 02:12:31 | More by ejh06752

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -17.7%

05-09-2013 23:54:21 | More by tommyguz

tastymug

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -17.7%

05-09-2013 22:42:31 | More by tastymug