Random Beer Thoughts

[tosh1]

Sixpoint beers are some of the worst beers I've ever had that were supposed to be "good".

Agreed.

 

[Jnorton00]

Agreed.

Now a lot of their beers will taste like an onion though so now sure what's better.

 

[stupac2]

...Curious as to what a "first-of-its-kind sales channel" will be.

I got a weird reply on an /r/beer thread about ticketed releases (where I said that breweries have been using Eventbrite and similar for releases for years) from the sixpoint account saying:

Yes, they have. What doesn't exist is a fully integrated and native digital experience, which focuses on the beer customer and actually places value on the speed, automation, and throughput of the transactional elements of buying and procuring the beer.

The critical insight here is that people actually love the act of anticipation (whether for beer, for good food, or really anything that requires you to "earn" something by waiting) but people actually prefer not to wait in long lines. If those countless hours spent waiting in long lines could be repurposed to better uses, those customers would be way better off, and they would still get their awesome beer, and they still would even be able to "anticipate" the release and procurement of the beer without actually having to physically commit to standing in a long line.

Don't worry, all of this will become abundantly clear soon. In other words, we're about to drop some ISH. Stay tuned.

Stay tuned.

So apparently they have something planned that think is a really big deal. From the description there I doubt it, but we'll see.

Oh, and people who say "ish" instead of "****" should be shot into the sun.

 

[sacrelicio]

Has anyone tried the founders malt liquor yet?

I liked it quite a bit.

y tho?

FOUNDERS RERELEASING BOLT CUTTER, PROJECT PAM & SWEET REPUTE AS PART OF ITS BARREL-AGED SERIES

franch

They are ******* cockteasing us with the lack of CBS and CBH when they're re-brewing garbage like Bolt Cutter and Project Pam. They could just redo CBS and CBH alone and skip the rest of the backstage and those two would sell like crazy.

Sweet Repute is good though.

 

[user 312341]

Whoever wrote that reply should be shot into the sun.

FTFY

Earlier, I also stumbled across another article.

“I’m incredibly excited to join Shane and the Sixpoint team as we continue to pour our collective passion for brewing into innovative beers and experiences,” said Bachli, while drinking his go-to Resin.

“I am completely honored and humbled to be serving alongside Horace and Eric,” remarked [Sixpoint founder] Welch, while slugging down a Crisp.

Really?


Also the ONE beer I used to like, Apollo, got discontinued. Whoever was checking Untappd used to constantly get into it with friends who didn't give five caps. Nope.

Shoot them all into the sun too.

 

[shuggy1]

I got a weird reply on an /r/beer thread about ticketed releases (where I said that breweries have been using Eventbrite and similar for releases for years) from the sixpoint account saying:


So apparently they have something planned that think is a really big deal. From the description there I doubt it, but we'll see.

Oh, and people who say "ish" instead of "****" should be shot into the sun.

Of course they come up with this ish because nobody would ever wait in a line for their product anyways.

 

[regularjohn]

Sixpoint beers are some of the worst beers I've ever had that were supposed to be "good".

I went to Sixpoint in 2009, at the time i thought it was some of the best beer ever since i didn't have anything quite like it back then. Their popularity will continue to grow based on location alone, anyone who is new to beer and in the Brooklyn area will 100% go there. I tried to revisit some of their core lineup a few years after that.....and yeah it was pretty bad. I'm sure they still have some loyal customers but meh.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I got a weird reply on an /r/beer thread about ticketed releases (where I said that breweries have been using Eventbrite and similar for releases for years) from the sixpoint account saying:


So apparently they have something planned that think is a really big deal. From the description there I doubt it, but we'll see.

Oh, and people who say "ish" instead of "****" should be shot into the sun.

You mean Dark Lord Day? That is the epitome of repurposed standing in line. So was Hunahpu Day til this year when they let you pick up bottles before the fest.

 

[stupac2]

You mean Dark Lord Day? That is the epitome of repurposed standing in line. So was Hunahpu Day til this year when they let you pick up bottles before the fest.

If you go to the link the original article was treating it like some kind of stroke of genius by their local "gonna break out any time now" haze-fest brewery in bumfuck Mass. I don't really care who started it, or if most of them are still shitshows (lol DDG) but at this point someone who thinks using an online ticket site for a beer release is novel is either an idiot or such a noob that they shouldn't be allowed to talk about beer.

Of course they come up with this ish because nobody would ever wait in a line for their product anyways.

I was going to like this until I noticed the "ish". INTO THE SUN WITH YOU.

 

[seedavid]

I got a weird reply on an /r/beer thread about ticketed releases (where I said that breweries have been using Eventbrite and similar for releases for years) from the sixpoint account saying:


So apparently they have something planned that think is a really big deal. From the description there I doubt it, but we'll see.

Oh, and people who say "ish" instead of "****" should be shot into the sun.

Use of the word "native" makes me think they're going to release an app through which you can purchase releases or some ****. Which seems expensive, but isn't an altogether terrible idea, I guess.

 

[stupac2]

Use of the word "native" makes me think they're going to release an app through which you can purchase releases or some ****. Which seems expensive, but isn't an altogether terrible idea, I guess.

I was assuming it was something that every brewery could use, otherwise no one would care. Maybe the sixpoint media guy doesn't realize that? I dunno.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

I was going to like this until I noticed the "ish". INTO THE SUN WITH YOU.

You've gotten more liberal with the likes, eh Stu?

 

[stupac2]

You've gotten more liberal with the likes, eh Stu?

 

[Barroomhero]

I was going to like this until I noticed the "ish". INTO THE SUN WITH YOU.

Is ish OK not as a substitute for **** (never heard that ***** before), but to note uncertainty/vagueness?

I think I missed 50ish pages in the Catalina thread in the past two days...


Asking for a friend.

 

[FoudreGuy]

FTFY
Whoever was checking Untappd used to constantly get into it with friends who didn't give five caps. Nope.

Whoever ran Sixpoint's Untappd account sent me a huge care package of four 4-packs (Bengal, Resin, Crisp and Global Warmer), a t-shirt and stickers just cause I had an out of date can of Resin and didn't like it. And I live in Washington, a state they don't distribute to.

 

[JulianB1]

When Resin is fresh it's still a pretty damn good beer if you want a late-2000s throwback bitter boozy pine/resin bomb. It definitely lives up to its name and can be a nice change of pace from a lot of the usual stuff these days.

 

[FoudreGuy]

The fresh Resin cans they sent tasted the exact same to me. Too malty for my liking.

 

[JulianB1]

The fresh Resin cans they sent tasted the exact same to me. Too malty for my liking.

I usually have it on draft, so maybe that makes a difference. But it's definitely maltier than most west coast offerings and I'd never even consider bothering with it if I lived out there and stuff like Boneyard, Reuben's, etc. was readily available. It's better out here than something like a Stone or Ballast Point double IPA that typically shows up less fresh (although maybe with Stone's new Richmond facility that's changed, I don't really know as I haven't drank any of those beers in months).

 

[FoudreGuy]

I usually have it on draft, so maybe that makes a difference. But it's definitely maltier than most west coast offerings and I'd never even consider bothering with it if I lived out there and stuff like Boneyard, Reuben's, etc. was readily available. It's better out here than something like a Stone or Ballast Point double IPA that typically shows up less fresh (although maybe with Stone's new Richmond facility that's changed, I don't really know as I haven't drank any of those beers in months).

Sixpoint actually distributes to the Portland area now, I've always wondered how they fare with the local competition.

 

[JulianB1]

Sixpoint actually distributes to the Portland area now, I've always wondered how they fare with the local competition.

I doubt it will fare well, both because of freshness/shipping/shelf stability and also because the PNW simply does that style of IPA better.

 

[falc0n26001]

Sixpoint actually distributes to the Portland area now, I've always wondered how they fare with the local competition.

I'm a fan of their coffee stouts. I'm not a fan of Resin but I enjoy Hi-Res occasionally. People here like them, probably because they do a lot of events.

 

[stupac2]

Is ish OK not as a substitute for **** (never heard that ***** before), but to note uncertainty/vagueness?

I think I missed 50ish pages in the Catalina thread in the past two days...


Asking for a friend.

That is how "ish" is intended to be used and is perfectly acceptable. The minced oath use is the one that requires immolation.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I'm a fan of their coffee stouts. I'm not a fan of Resin but I enjoy Hi-Res occasionally. People here like them, probably because they do a lot of events.

The owner spends half the year in PDX, so I can see that.

 

[sacrelicio]

I think Sixpoint is pretty solid. Nothing to go crazy over but decent enough IPAs when fresh.

 

[trickytunadicky]

If you go to the link the original article was treating it like some kind of stroke of genius by their local "gonna break out any time now" haze-fest brewery in bumfuck Mass. I don't really care who started it, or if most of them are still shitshows (lol DDG) but at this point someone who thinks using an online ticket site for a beer release is novel is either an idiot or such a noob that they shouldn't be allowed to talk about beer.

I was going to like this until I noticed the "ish". INTO THE SUN WITH YOU.

A clickbait article made clickbait statements? And I didn't click on it?!? How???

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

3 Beans, Resin and Global Warmer are ones that I liked that I can think of off the top of my head. Looking at their website they make a lot of beer I ain't never had nor heard of.

 

[tylerk88]

Big fan of Sixpoint's Sweet Action. Can't think of a better, more readily available cream ale...

 

[tylerk88]

Big fan of Sixpoint's Sweet Action. Can't think of a better, more readily available cream ale...

After positing this it occurred to me I haven't had a can in several months... a quick google search revealed that this was discontinued?! Sweet Action is now a blonde ale...

 

[MooltiPass]

After positing this it occurred to me I haven't had a can in several months... a quick google search revealed that this was discontinued?! Sweet Action is now a blonde ale...

Yeah, I think they reformulated some of their recipes without changing beer names in the last year or so.

I did enjoy Six Point's stuff when I was starting to get more into craft back in 2011 or so. Back when they were primarily in sixteen ounce cans and I wasn't as well versed in the overall market I was a pretty big fan of Bengali and Resin. I'll still have a can of Resin from time to time if a friend buys it and think it's mostly alright, but I fully hopped off the Six Point train after the initial Hi-Res release. That was a pretty big jump the shark moment for them in my book and that statement they put out about their "new" method for beer distribution is just a laughable word salad.

 

[JCastle1]

After positing this it occurred to me I haven't had a can in several months... a quick google search revealed that this was discontinued?! Sweet Action is now a blonde ale...

Might only be renamed for the market. Just like Ballast Point's "German Pale Ale" was renamed to "California Kolsch".