Spice Of Life - Simcoe - Sixpoint Brewery

Kendo

New York

4.03/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Got it on tap at City Beer Hall in Albany on 5/12/12.

A: Body is clear golden-amber with a small white head. Leaves behind good rings of lacing, however.

S: Citrusy and piney hops over biscuity or bready malt. Nice.

T: Sweetish malt underneath is followed by citrusy, herbal hops. Finishes with an almost lemony bitterness. Nicely balanced.

M: Medium in heft, with modest carbonation.

O: Good stuff. I'd get this again.

Serving type: on-tap

05-15-2012 01:15:55 | More by Kendo

jtierney89

New Jersey

5/5  rDev +21.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Pours a bright golden hue with a frothy bright white head with great lacing. Beautiful simcoe hop nose of grapefruit pine and citrus. Medium to full sized creamy body with exceptional smoothness. the modest malt body holds the essence of this single hop brew together as it delivers it over your tongue as one delicious sip of simcoe hop flavor. Well concentrated and a great hop show case. I love this beer. Why does it have to be draft only and brewed once!?

Stellar, fantastic. Amazing flavor and amazing drinkability.

Serving type: on-tap

03-20-2012 00:27:20 | More by jtierney89

drtth

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a nonic pint glass. Glass of cold water on the side to sip from periodically.

Appearance: As served the beer is a lightly hazed copper and gold color with a ½” head that leaves some lacing as it recedes. Sipping leaves some rings and patches of lacing that mostly cling to the sides of the glass. Some foam persists to the end of the beer.

Smell: The aroma has a nice pine-like and tropical fruit character mingling with some herbal notes and riding over some breadiness from the malt.

Taste: As predicted from the nose the flavor is pine-like with herbal notes and balanced out with the malt. There is also some tropical fruit sweetness that is almost hidden in there but that eventually makes its presence known. It all works together nicely.

Mouthfeel: The mouth feel is medium bodied, clean and crisp with adequate carbonation. The finish is medium long and ends on a nice moderate bitter note.

Drinkability and Overall Impression: Sipping this one was an easy thing. Each sip followed the earlier ones effortlessly and with anticipation created by a desire to have a bit more. I’ll certainly be ordering this one in the future if I find it again. My overall impression is that if one wants a single hop IPA to develop an appreciation for the Simcoe flavor profile this is the one to try. It is well made, enjoyable, and reasonably priced.

Serving type: on-tap

02-27-2012 22:06:31 | More by drtth

rudzud

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the armsby abbey. Poured into a standard pint glass.

A - poured a crystal clear copper with a creamy one finger head that left massive massive side lacing.

S - Aromas of musty hops and sweet malts. This has nice light tropical fruit aromas like mango but nice bitter hop note at the end.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice malt sweetness and light hop grapefruit finish. There is a nice smooth musky tropical hops with light mango and pineapple.

M - Nice and creamy with good carbonation. This is super, super sessionable beer. This is so drinkable.

O - Overalls this was a good spice of life. Nice prominent simcoe hops. I thought this was a good representation of simcoe. While not my favourite this is still a tasty beer.

Serving type: on-tap

02-17-2012 21:51:22 | More by rudzud

callmemickey

Pennsylvania

3.45/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Pale amber body. Nice clarity. Moderate off-white head. Spotty lacing.

S: Mild piney notes that are paired with a Saaz-like clean spiciness. Mild bready malts are also present.

T: A weaker version of the nose. Pine, spicyness, citrus and a little grass.

M: The spicy hop notes were a bit unexpected from Simcoe and gave this beer almost a single hop pilsner like taste. The faint bready malts certainly contributed to this impression.

O: An interesting use of Simcoe here. When I think, of course, of Double Simcoe and the other great beers that use Simcoe as a great addition (HopSlam, Pliny, etc). This just falls short of highlighting what Simcoe can do.

Serving type: on-tap

02-04-2012 13:15:24 | More by callmemickey