Brownstone
Sixpoint Brewery

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From:
Sixpoint Brewery
 
New York, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 10.54%
Reviews:
178
Ratings:
452
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 09, 2023
Added:
Mar 15, 2005
Wants:
  57
Gots:
  32
Our bedrock Brown Ale, and one of the first beers ever brewed by Sixpoint. A smooth, malty trip down a hop-lined Brooklyn street.
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Ratings by BeerFMAndy:
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Reviewed by BeerFMAndy from Wisconsin

4.18/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can poured into a Sierra Nevada imperial pint
6.0% ABV, 45 IBUs, 21 SRM, Best before 26APR2013

A - Rich ruby mahogany in color, Brownstone pours clear with a tall tan head. The firm pile of foam lowers slowly, collapsing around the perimeter but leaves whispy-to-chunky lace left on the pint for a sexy appeal!

S - Brownstone has a pleasant balance to the nose from the very beginning. Dry toasted bread is drizzled with zig-zagging strings of melted caramel and served up to combat the hoppy nose. Delicate pine and wood earthiness keep with the brown ale theme while a faint ale yeast fruitiness of plum and fig closes the aroma out.

T - Brownstone loses some of the aroma's more intricate complexities but replaces them with other interesting and unique traits. Toast and caramel sweetness linger with a lightly roasted coffee bean flavor that all overcomes the faint pine and woody hoppiness.

M - Smooth to the last drop, Brownstone is a medium bodied brown ale with a dry bite and crisp hoppy lingering bitterness but the finish feels just a little bit thin with a touch of alcohol poking through.

O - An easy drinking brown ale, Brownstone is crisp and clean with great malt and hop balance for an understated result. Sixpoint packs in delicate nuances which prevail when contemplating it's nature but are comfortable being lost in it's drinkability.
Oct 25, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by imperialking from Illinois

Mar 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.09 by cdub70085 from Connecticut

Aug 15, 2021
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.96/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
It pours a nice brown color and yields the same color body. A great one inch white foamy head appears and lasts for a good two minutes. Nice spider-web foamy lacing appears and lasts practically forever. The smell has the hops in front of the malts. A slight nuttiness comes through as the beer warms. The taste has pretty much the same smells in the tastes combining and eventually yielding a slight enjoyable sweetness that I really like. The palate is about a light to medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. Overall, this is good. I’d have it again.
Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by animal69 from Louisiana

May 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by eddiefl from New York

Feb 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.3 by rderedin from Maine

Sep 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.67 by Lare453 from Florida

Sep 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.51 by kkazemi from North Carolina

Aug 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by Boone757 from Virginia

Jul 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

May 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.91 by Spreetaper from New York

Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.72 by DRBiser from Maryland

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kono52 from New York

Nov 25, 2014
 
Rated: 2.9 by MichaelLamb from New York

Nov 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Nov 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by David_Menendez from Pennsylvania

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by hilgart1 from Illinois

Nov 08, 2014
Brownstone from Sixpoint Brewery
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 452 ratings