Sweet goodness I'm so happy it's Friday! Today's happy hour focuses on a producer of delicious brews, Sixpoint Brewery based in Red Hook Brooklyn. We took a tour of their brewery last weekend (during the Added Value event) and it was really great to see where the magic happens. I think the last brewery tour I took was the Miller Brewery in Milwaukee back when I was about 14. The differences couldn't be greater, thank goodness. Sixpoint is a tiny operation, based in a small brick building about the size of our apartment and started by a couple of guys from Wisconsin. But what they lack in size, they more than make up for in spirit and good tastes. The brewers taught us about different types of hops, even letting us taste different types, some that were fresh and others that were cooked for longer and had a deeper flavor. It was interesting to understand how much the flavor of beer is influenced by those little seeds.
Perhaps the best part of the tour came after it was over and the beer started pouring. We tried four of their best brews, brownstone, a nice slighty darker and nuttier beer, bengali tiger IPA, a super hoppy beer, Righteous Ale, a wheat beer and sweet reaction, a special edition of sweet action, a slightly more citrusy beer. Unfortunately Sixpoint doesn't bottle their beer yet, but if your in the New York area, look for sixpoint at your local bar, it's good stuff.
Cheers! Have a fablulous weekend!
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happy hour: sixpoint brewery
Sweet goodness I'm so happy it's Friday! Today's happy hour focuses on a producer of delicious brews, Sixpoint Brewery based in Red Hook Brooklyn. We took a tour of their brewery last weekend (during the Added Value event) and it was really great to see where the magic happens. I think the last brewery tour I took was the Miller Brewery in Milwaukee back when I was about 14. The differences couldn't be greater, thank goodness. Sixpoint is a tiny operation, based in a small brick building about the size of our apartment and started by a couple of guys from Wisconsin. But what they lack in size, they more than make up for in spirit and good tastes. The brewers taught us about different types of hops, even letting us taste different types, some that were fresh and others that were cooked for longer and had a deeper flavor. It was interesting to understand how much the flavor of beer is influenced by those little seeds.
Perhaps the best part of the tour came after it was over and the beer started pouring. We tried four of their best brews, brownstone, a nice slighty darker and nuttier beer, bengali tiger IPA, a super hoppy beer, Righteous Ale, a wheat beer and sweet reaction, a special edition of sweet action, a slightly more citrusy beer. Unfortunately Sixpoint doesn't bottle their beer yet, but if your in the New York area, look for sixpoint at your local bar, it's good stuff.
Cheers! Have a fablulous weekend!
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September 19th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
[...] Kelly wrote a fantastic post today on “happy hour: sixpoint brewery”Here’s ONLY a quick extractPerhaps the best part of the tour came after it was over and the beer started pouring. We tried four of their best brews, brownstone, a nice slighty darker and nuttier beer, bengali tiger IPA, a super hoppy beer, Righteous Ale, … [...]