Sweet Action - Sixpoint Brewery

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On-tap at Cole's. A creamy IPA. Lots of C-hop aroma and vanilla maltiness. Creamy head on medium golden soapy head,lace fresh. Really good hoppy flavour, a juiciness like a good American Pale Ale. Then this extra level of maltiness that sweetens the finish. Bottom Line:The beer works.

Serving type: on-tap

12-27-2007 03:48:59 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.22/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

no clue how this one is a cream ale, but all i know is it was damn good, poured into a pint glass and enjoyed on 7/3/11

the pour was a nice light amber with a huge head of white that towered over the top of it. lots of lacing here. immediate hop nose that would not quite mixed with a mellow grain and a nice and light feeling across the palate. smooth and crisp with light buttery notes hidden under the crisp citrus flavor. nice dry finish was just what the doctor ordered.

overall this was about as clean and crisp as a session ale gets, no doubt.

Serving type: can

07-04-2011 03:05:53 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Can courtesy of Trevor. Thanks.

A: The pour is a slightly cloudy orange color with a fluffy white head and minimal lacing.

S: Starts off with a nice bready sweetness and a bit of biscuit malt. A light floral and citrusy hop aroma with just a faint caramel note. There might even be a little bit of honey to it.

T: Crisp and light with lots of biscuit and bread malts along with honey sweetness. Lightly hopped, but a bit more than your standard cream ale. Not much bitterness, but a nice bit of floral and citrus peel hop flavor.

M: The body is somewhat light with a moderate level of carbonation.

O: Certainly one of the better cream ales I've ever had and a very nice, easy to drink beer. Perfect for the summer.

Serving type: can

07-28-2011 04:44:38 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

4.28/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On tap at Capone's this past weekend. Served in a mini snifter.

Right off the bat, I'll say that I was quite excited to try this one, as it's been the number one Cream Ale for quite some time nice. Since most beers in this style are pretty awful, I was anxiously anticipating trying a good one. This delivered. Bigtime.

Pours a clear golden color with a really nice white head. Good retention and some swell lacing. Good so far. The nose was really quite faint. There was a touch of floral hops with a bit of breadiness. Pretty tame. Really tame, in fact. The taste countered with an explosion of flavor. Perfect balance between light bready/grainy sweetness and floral and herbal hops. Nice and delicate. Very refreshing. Best cream ale, by far. The feel backed that up. It was nice and crisp with a solidly bitter finish. Really well done. Enthusiastic thumbs up, Sixpoint.

Serving type: on-tap

04-25-2011 22:06:49 | More by Thorpe429

UCLABrewN84

California

4.2/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks to mjtiernan for sending me this one!

Pours a hazy orange with a 2 inch puffy white head that fades to a foamy, craggy cap. A very nice latticework of lacing forms on the glass on the drink down. Smell is of nice citrus zest and herbal hops with a slight honey smell as the beer warms. Taste is a nice balance between sweet malt and citrus zest and herbal hops. Mild hop bitterness lingers on the palate after each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good cream ale with a nice balance between the malt and hops.

Serving type: can

08-27-2011 22:39:01 | More by UCLABrewN84

brentk56

North Carolina

4.38/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Arrives at the bar with a hazy amber color and a modest head that drops to a ringlet while leaving a bit of lace

Smell: Grapefruit with some biscuity undertones

Taste: Immediate blend of grapefruit and the biscuit with increasing fruity bitterness developing by mid-palate; nice blend of bitter fruit and crisp Germanic malt flavor after the swallow with a hint of sweet floral action on the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Just a great drinking beer for a hot day (or a cold one for that matter); refreshingly crisp but with nice fruity complexity

Serving type: on-tap

05-04-2008 20:43:04 | More by brentk56

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottle: Poured a medium bright amber color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of semi-sweet caramel malt with light citrus hoppy notes. Taste is also a good mix between some caramelized malt with a light hoppy finish with subtle notes of citrus. Body is about average with good carbonation. Nice session style beer with limited complexity.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2012 18:36:18 | More by Phyl21ca

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.55/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

So, when a brewer "chooses" an adjunct for flavor, effect, and principal rather than being "relegated" to the poorer adjunct of corn, does it suddenly make the Cream Ale well-crafted?

Pouring with a hazy strong golden color that hinges on rusty copper, the beer releases a moderate yet terse white head that struggles slightly with both retention and lacing. The appearance is more substantial than the typical Cream Ale, but not what's expected from the craft community.

The surprising aroma of hops leap into the olfactories first and doing so with a pungent mix of earthiness and citrus character. Background notes of malt and slight vegetation reinforce the hops with balanced scent of malt, wood, grass, and cereal grains- mainly corn.

Flavors work in reverse as the malty-rich taste of breads, crackers, and crust formidably build the beer's first impressions. The mid palate of hops allow for a mild grass, citrus, and 'stemmy' taste that bridge onto the cereal-corn taste that rise late due to the fleeting malt taste. Hop flavor morphs into earthy bitterness that aids in a snappy and bitterly balanced finish.

Indeed creamy and fully textured to start, the beer's sweeter and fuller mouthfeel retains until quite late in taste, up until the sudden and sharp hop dryness and mild astringency to finish.

So back to the question- is Sixpoint's Cream Ale considered a craft beer because it's a microbrewery who created such? It is when it tastes more like a Pale Ale. One thing's for certain- this ain't your father's Cream Ale.

Serving type: can

03-21-2012 16:36:12 | More by BEERchitect

oberon

North Carolina

3.65/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Coles,poured from the tap into a standard pint glass a hazed light golden with a thinner but well retained white head.Mainly toasty in the nose with a bit of citrus and sweet-like vanilla wich was more pronounced on the palate.Flavors start out mildly sweet with some vanilla melding into a leafy hop finish.Not overly complex but it nicely blanced a good drinker.

Serving type: on-tap

01-06-2008 23:32:51 | More by oberon

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.28/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a (512) anniversary glass.

Didn't see having a third cream ale today, but at least this one is a bit of an oddball take on the style (sort of, anyway). It pours a clear brass topped by a finger of off-white foam. The nose comprises wheat, grass, light flowers, light orange rind, and a streak of biscuit. The taste brings in more of the same, with the grass and wheat really strangling out everything else. What results is a mild bitterness that seems a touch out-of-place and detracts from the proceedings for me. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, despite the bitterness, which isn't all that powerful anyway, this is a solid cream ale. It may not be all that indicative of the style, but it's enjoyable enough.

Serving type: can

11-20-2012 06:49:22 | More by TMoney2591

metter98

New York

3.95/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: The beer is hazy light amber-orange in color and has a half-finger high off white head. A light amount of carbonation is visible from the rising bubbles.
S: There are aromas of sweet fruits and pale malts in the nose along with some hints of citrus hops.
T: The overall taste is fairly similar to the smell and has some fruity flavors along with a mild amount of sweetness.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate with a light to medium amount of carbonation.
D: The beer is relatively easy to drink and is quite sessionable.

Serving type: on-tap

11-10-2010 04:25:37 | More by metter98

WesWes

New York

4.33/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

The beer pours a hazy dark golden color with a thick frothy offwhite head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a light pale and carapils malt scent along with a mildly hoppy aroma. The taste is great. It has a refreshingly smooth pale malt flavor with a very citrusy hop finish. It's light and quite bitter; very tastey indeed. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is an excellent drinking beer. It's light enough for summer drinking, but hoppy enough for the alpha heads to enjoy.

Serving type: growler

04-22-2008 16:53:37 | More by WesWes

drabmuh

Maryland

3.65/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served at Resurrection Ale House in Philly. Beer presented in a shaker pint glass. Beer is amber with mild haze to it. Carbonation is moderate and the head is nearly non-existent. No lacing.

Beer's aroma is pretty mild but mostly malty with a hint of nuttiness. The appearance and aroma are not getting me very excited about this beer. There is also a mild graininess to it.

Beer is medium to light in body and semi-malty. The flavors are all really subdued. There is an odd bitterness to this beer that I can't tell if its from mild hopping or over extraction. I guess it all comes together into a decent beer but not my favorite blonde by a long shot.

Serving type: on-tap

07-27-2010 15:13:19 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

3.68/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours an orange color with a white head. The aroma has some toffee and biscuit notes, as well as some grass and pine from the hops. The flavor is fairly similar. The hop notes balance very well with the sweet notes from the malt. I get some nice toffee quality and a hint of pine. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Serving type: can

09-20-2012 01:24:14 | More by Mora2000

MasterSki

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to Greg (gory4d) for bringing a 32oz swingtop from Whole Foods all the way to Chicago. Served in a Night of the Living Ales mini-pint taster glass.

A - This is thankfully still carbonated after the plane ride from NYC. One finger of light blonde/off-white foam that dissipates to a thing ring. The beer has a hazed golden blonde body and there is spotty lacing left on the sides of the glass.

S - Buttered biscuit and caramel malts, a touch of sweet fruits, and light floral hoppiness. Smells like a blonde ale should, I suppose.

T - Again, light sweet malts and grain, a touch of fruit, and some mild residual hoppy bitterness that builds a bit after multiple pours. Nothing super-interesting, but clean and refreshing.

M - Lower carbonation, with only a mild tingle of the upper lip. High residual stickiness, and a smooth clean texture. It's about right for a 5% session brew.

D - This would be an excellent macro replacement/ballpark brew. Just some solid easy drinking beer!

Serving type: growler

08-30-2009 20:10:18 | More by MasterSki

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

4.15/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 16oz can into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a light amber color with a short white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains light caramelized malts, citrus and a good amount of hops.

T: The taste starts out with mildly sweet flavors of citrus and caramel, followed by a strong IPA-like burst of hops bitterness. The malt character is on the lighter side but creates a very good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly hoppy.

M: Crisp and very smooth, light-to-medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.

O: Tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style but hoppier than most which I consider a positive trait, this is a very nice flavorful lighter beer to pound down for a long time.

Serving type: can

11-13-2011 01:13:07 | More by TheManiacalOne

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.98/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured out as a golden yellow color with a foamy white head on top. The lacing is decent along with the retention. The smell of the beer has a nose full of Cascade hops. The flavors of the beer is citrusy with a good fresh flavor and bitterness in the back end. The mouthfeel of the beer is soft and creamy feeling, subtle carbonation and just smooth in general. Overall it's hoppy and clean, it's also refreshing in my opinion, I found it to be enjoyable.

Serving type: can

01-19-2012 17:29:23 | More by Knapp85

russpowell

Oklahoma

4.38/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours an effervescent honey color with 3 fingers of cream colored head. Great head retention, & lacing

S: Cereal notes, crackers, some lemon & perfumy hop notes

T: Follows the nose, much dryness, a touch of flowery hops & grassyness up front. Grapefruit comes through as this warms, plus grainy & dry notes. Finishes grainy with red grapefruit & lemongrass

MF: Light/medium bodied, firm carbonation, but not overdone. Turns creamy with great balance

Super drinkability, a new highwater mark for this style IMO. This is the kind of cream ale I would drink on semi-regular basis or more so

Serving type: can

05-28-2012 03:49:08 | More by russpowell

emerge077

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Can poured into a tulip glass, body is a glowing opaque orange with an ample cap of white foam that puffs up above the rim of the glass momentarily.

Mellow spiced apple aroma, some light yeast impression, otherwise clean and not overly aromatic.

Flavor also has an apple character, lightly sweet at first becoming bready like a buttered biscuit, then drying out with crisp and lightly bitter finish. The buttery diacetyl note is a little distracting but seems acceptable in small amounts. Might give another try down the road, but it's not my favorite from Sixpoint.

Serving type: can

05-02-2012 03:01:18 | More by emerge077

Gavage

New Jersey

4.33/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: orange in color with a 1" head that slowly falls to a thick surface foam.

Smell: malt sweetness and orange citrus easily rise from the glass.

Taste: grainy malt, fruit sweetness, grass, oranges, and a moderate bitterness makes up a refreshing ale.

Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer. Crisp from start to finish. Aftertaste is short.

Drinkability: this beer was extremely quaffable and a definite session ale. Simple profile but flavorful. Worth seeking this one out.

Serving type: on-tap

09-22-2009 12:11:59 | More by Gavage

jwc215

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours slightly clouded orange-amber with a creamy white head that is well-retained. A modest amount of lacing sticks.

The smell is of citrus, bready notes and pale malt.

The taste is of pale malt with cracker-like bread. Citrus and slight herbs support and balance the maltiness well. It has a sweet kiss with a refreshing, crisp tea-like dryness in the finish, which holds on long enough to be satisfying.

The feel is smooth and crisp. It has a mild, refreshing feel.

This is a well-balanced, tasty, easy-drinking ale! A nice pint from a can.

Serving type: can

01-03-2012 22:28:29 | More by jwc215

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Jimmy's 43.

A really nice, easy drinking ale. The aroma reminded me of an orangesicle and the flavor reminded me of guava juice with a touch of herbal tea. It's almost a shame that this is a cream, simply because I think it limits the fine subtle flavors this beer would otherwise be capable of. That said, this cream ale rocks.

Serving type: on-tap

09-16-2007 23:36:01 | More by tempest

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Last can from Sixpoint.

A: The cream ale is amber, bright orange from top to bottom despite a mild haziness. Another ale that sports a rich lacing head.

S: Light and biscuity with a surprising hop kick. The malt side doesn't really stand a chance against the citrus hops.

T: The hop-centric nature of the cream ale is unusual. Each sip is quite light but packed with citrus and flowers. The first half of each sip is biscuit, gradually building to the hops by the halfway point. After the brief flourish, the hops fade away and the airy malts of the cream ale return. Very interesting while the hops loiter around.

M: The mouthfeel alternates between mild and vibrant; I like the vibrant side much better.

Serving type: can

11-21-2011 01:54:45 | More by akorsak

WVbeergeek

Ohio

4.1/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a pounder can with a bright amber orange slightly hazed body with a large light khaki head forming thick and rising well above the rim of my glass. Lacing is well banded and even down the sides of my chalice. Aroma has more great smelling cereal grains with a bit of orange peel and marmalade sweetness in the background. It's like hanging out in the grain room it really gives the experience of mashing in freshly cracked malts. Flavor wise it's interesting I was expecting something one dimensionally sweet, because of the cream ale style and the name Sweet Action. However this beer is all about the balance between the malts and hops and even more so in this case it's got a nice solid lingering citrus hop bitterness with each sip. Each sip has a nice malty diverse flavor not just sweet, but a blend of diferent flavors hit the palate. It's actually quite dry even semi spicy with a dry yeast nuttiness going on, it's hard to pick out the hops used here not typical alpha acid hops used in most micros today something earthier. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with an even nice flowing carbonation really nothing harsh about it and like I said the dry finish only helps the drinkability. Overall a quality beer out of Brooklyn NYC, I'm glad I got the chance to try it.

Serving type: can

08-28-2011 14:03:50 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.63/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Off the tap 5-5-2007. Pours a whirlwind of bubbles. Nose is very sweet hops. Flavor is a slightly subdued hop experience. At least subdued from the hop bomb comparable aspect. It is mildly firm with pine attributes. Subtle citrus tones on the body as a whole. Feel is smooth and slightly thick on the liquid. Overall a good drinker. More subdued than some of Sixpoints hop head creations.

Serving type: on-tap

12-31-2007 05:41:44 | More by RblWthACoz