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July 20, 2017 4:28 pmIn 2014, we started going straight to farms to source our hops. Know why? We were tired of the Hop... View Article
In 2014, we started going straight to farms to source our hops. Know why? We were tired of the Hop... View Article
Before we get to beer clean glassware, think about how beer gets into your glass. It’s a remarkable, painstaking process,... View Article
Think about beer… it’s a humble beverage. It’s been the drink of choice for the working classes for centuries, great... View Article
You might know about our “tweaking” process with Jammer, as we work to dial in the various flavor components. But... View Article
Netarts Bay, where we harvest the sea salt for Jammer, is an oyster haven… ‘Netarts’ literally means ‘Oyster’ in the... View Article
Little Raspy is a little sensitive. People don’t know him all that well yet, he’s low ABV, and got a... View Article
A new series is cropping up here at Sixpoint. In the first ever state-centric series release, these offering have a... View Article
Everyone knows that moment… when you need the right craft brew to bring it all home. Whether it’s in the... View Article
Magnify… Amplify… The eyeball is the prism that transmits light into image; your palate transmits loads of hop resin and... View Article
In time for Father’s day orders we’ve just released the newest item down at the Sixpoint Merch Cellar, a limited... View Article
There’s no denying it. The beer climate is changing. Ironically enough, a beer founded on change has now become our... View Article
Diesel is one of the original Sixpoint recipes, a black-as-night stout with piney bursts of American hop character battling through... View Article
Irish Hello is our latest beer brewed in collaboration with homebrewers as part of our Homebrew Alley series. Tom Jambor’s... View Article
Bang Bang Dudley is an Imperial Red Ale aged for months in Irish Whiskey barrels from Teeling Distillery based in... View Article
To create SENSI, the Mad Scientists travel out to the Hop Motherland in Yakima, Washington and visit with farmers, check... View Article
The Mad Scientists make a pilgrimage to the hop motherland during harvest time to experience ripe hop cones in their... View Article
Okay, this is one of the trickiest, weirdest turns of phrase in the brewing world. It seems simple enough… dry-hops... View Article
2015 UPDATE – September 18th and 19th: Sixpoint on Stone Oktoberfest is set to be nuts this year. It’s one... View Article
Sign up for the homebrew contest HERE. Homebrewing is the epicenter of the Sixpoint spirit… the essence of formulation is... View Article
Get Safe was a farmhouse ale we made for years as a BKLYN-only brew infused with local rooftop herbs. “Brett... View Article
Philly is one of our oldest markets (outside of NYC of course)… we’ve been slinging brew there since March of... View Article
Brewing beer is about creating a balance of flavors that work together to become greater than the sum of their parts.... View Article
Baltic tales spoke of ancient brewers tossing beans and barley into cauldrons, and steeping them to create dark, rich beers... View Article
Lil’ Raspy is a little sensitive. He’s low ABV, got a soft, white, fluffy cap and the raspberry puree he’s... View Article
FRESH OFF A 72-12 WIN, BROOKLYN KINGS TEAM UP WITH SIXPOINT BREWERY KENT ALE HOUSE FOR NYC’S FIRST-EVER “BRUNCHBY”
Summer is beer drinking season, that’s a well known fact. (Well so is winter tbh. Fall and spring not bad... View Article
In April 2013 we met Kyle Westfall at one of our favorite bars in Florida, Tap n Grind. We hit... View Article
Constant formulation is essential to the DNA of Sixpoint. Even though we’ve brewed our year-round beers hundreds of times, we’re... View Article
Maybe you haven’t gotten your dad anything, but Father’s Day isn’t for a while, right? Well, it’s Sunday, June 21st... View Article
“City to the Keys” is a small-batch draft release we’re pipelining straight from BKLYN to Florida. The Sunshine State has... View Article
One thing we love about The CRISP is versatility… we’ve always been fascinated by the different experiences you can have... View Article
Hundreds of years ago, on the banks of the river Gose, a new type of beer was brewing. Brewers used... View Article
Signal IPA is a hybrid formulation that combines smoky malt and aromatic hops. And now the Mad Scientists have struck... View Article
As brewers, one of our main goals is consistency. You walk into a pub, the ‘keep pulls the handle, the... View Article
Announcing the new line of unconventional goodies from the Mad Scientists, Sixpoint Beer Dust represents the first foray into powdered... View Article
Mad Science is always grounded in brewing history and in bygone tradition — action without knowledge… well that’s just madness.... View Article
The recipe formulation started with numerous homebrews back in the late 90s. As the Sixpoint Star started to shine and... View Article
Certified “Jeff Jammer” From BKLYN Sales Dude Jeff Gorlechen (He’s the OG Sixpoint Salesman, 10 Years and Counting):
Our Sixpoint Beast Untappd Photo Contest has come to a close and we’re so proud to announce our prize winners. The... View Article
Sixpoint Gets Medieval and Drops ABIGALE in 6packs and on Draft…
NYC Beer week has returned for 2015 and we’re stoked to be participating at a variety of some of NYC’s... View Article
Drinks of fermented grain have helped create communal gathering points since the beginning of civilization. Our modern beer community, with... View Article
In November 2014 we got an email about an improbable event called Cocoa’s Boobjob Rager. Don’t get it twisted… it’s a... View Article
On February 10th and 11th we’re hosting the first ever Sixpoint Mad Science Fair with our friends at Union Beer.... View Article
Here at Sixpoint, we love homebrewing. That’s how this whole thing got started, 20 years ago in a basement in... View Article
Mad Scientist obsession never stops, even after the formulation has been created. HI-RES is that obsession manifested, as we search... View Article
We all have a beast within. Think of early human civilizations… tribes gathered around campfires, hair ragged, eyes ablaze. Strange... View Article
London porter, in the 1800s, was utterly unmatched in scope, reach, and quality. Our latest small-batch release, Xporter, continues the... View Article
NYC Winter Jazz Fest is a modern improvised jazz bash, and one of the best runs of jazz concerts in... View Article
If you got nothing but coal for Christmas it’s okay… LUMP, the latest Mad Scientists brew, is here for you.
We’ve crafted a new small-batch brew, “Beer Tick,” as part of a concert series with one of our favorite bands... View Article
Sometimes, competition breeds greatness… (sometimes) The first annual in-house Holiday Beer contest is in full swing here at Sixpoint.
Since you’re on our website, you probably know about RESIN, Sweet Action and our canned brews. But did you know we... View Article
Heather McReynolds, Brewing Manager, is shaking a cask, and reaching in to pull out a rotting bag of once-fresh hops.... View Article
For our second release of Global Warmer (now in six-packs!) we’re holding an online tasting, and this time, it’s truly... View Article
There’s no denying it. The Beer Climate is changing.
Questions of definition dominate the “Session Beer” conversation… putting aside the debate over ABV, let’s talk about the session itself.... View Article
RESIN is our liquid ode to hop extraction. It’s the original Mad Scientists’ slim can, and we’re pumped to announce... View Article
Win the game. Drink the beer. Hash the tag. Get the swag.
Beast Mode continues. After a groundswell of interest on social media, we’re releasing three recipes from Beer for Beasts for the homebrewing... View Article
The Atlantic Antic is NYC’s largest street festival, an extravaganza that spans four neighborhoods and goes from Hicks Street to... View Article
We’re proud to introduce the newest addition to the Sixpoint App… Sensi Harvester. In anticipation of SENSI HARVEST we’ve built this throwback, classic... View Article
Adam Zuniga (@beerandthecity) is Sixpoint’s reigning metal head, and when he talked with the guys at Barrier Brewing about doing... View Article
In the Sixpoint offices, cookies come and go. But we always return to one mainstay… Hobnobs, the oaty biscuit with... View Article
Over its four year existence, we’ve now created 100+ exclusive, custom brews for Beer for Beasts. The festival is right... View Article
LOCKN’ Festival is a 4-day jam session in Arrington that hosted 25,000 people in its inaugural event last year, and this year... View Article
*** Now With Updated Beer List! Read More. *** Beer is culture… it brings people together and enlivens conversation, serving... View Article
The Punk Rock Brew Tour is a badass shakeup of the average tap takeover that takes place over 3+ weeks... View Article
When Nikola Tesla tested his mighty coil it created massive lightning bolts 135 feet long. Miles away, thunder from the... View Article
Every project has its cycle. At Sixpoint, the seasonal program has evolved. Last fall, Sixpoint Founder Shane Welch brewed an... View Article
Hundreds of years ago, Scottish coastal farmers sowed their fields with abundant seaweed as a fertilizer. The briny seaweed imbued... View Article
The World Cup is the pinnacle of the planet’s most popular sport played out on its biggest stage, so the... View Article
Philly Beer Week is the original, the first city-wide festival devoted to great beer, and still the largest beer week... View Article
RAD is the inaugural Cycliquid and the beginning of a new cycle of Sixpoint Mad Science. The brew was inspired... View Article
We’ve brewed a small-batch IPA as clear, fresh and pristine as the Vermont landscape… introducing Green Mountain Man. This piney brew... View Article
Gizmodo is building the Home of the Future for a week in NYC, offering a peek into what technologies could soon be... View Article
Mad Science is fueled by experimentation. At any time in the brewhouse, there are different small-batches, from our twenty gallon... View Article
The translucent cascade of the sun-god once again sparkles in your glass. Apollo is touching down on draft across the... View Article
We released 3Beans last January, and, after a brazen run assaulting palates, it disappeared like a Nordic warrior into blinding... View Article
After brewing BENGALI TIGER for the past ten years on draft, and for the past three years in 4-packs of 16-ounce... View Article
A true hop lover’s hop, Nugget provides ample bitterness to classic American styles. Pale Ales and IPAs get their familiar... View Article
For Mad Scientists Series #19 our brewers scoured dusty brewing tombs in ancient catacombs, and pored over old manuscripts by... View Article
The Red Hook Crit is an annual high speed bike race through the streets of Brooklyn. It started seven years... View Article
We introduced the Sixpoint BeerFinder in December, 2012, providing Sixpoint fans a way to find our product wherever it is... View Article
For our very limited release Imperial Otis, we souped up our oatmeal stout recipe and aged it in Willet Bourbon... View Article
Sixpoint is based on the idea that forward-thinking experimentation and formulation is ceaseless, but carried on the shoulders of tradition—and... View Article
Saisons are vibrant, quenching and often funky farmhouse ales brewed during the winter months with the help of laborers who... View Article
The 6th annual New York City Beer Week starts Friday, February 21st, spans ten days and features hundreds of events.... View Article
UPDATE: For 2015 Hi-Res Click Here We crafted HI-RES as a testament to ceaseless, intrepid human nature. RESIN, our first... View Article
This month’s Spice of Life is Sorachi Ace, a Japanese hop.
Sixpoint was founded on the strength of homebrewing formulation. Before he went professional, our founder, Shane Welch, crafted over 1000... View Article
Update: The Simultap was an in-depth conversation that zoomed in to talk about Hi-Res, its ingredients, its spirit and its... View Article
For the 2015 Update Click Here! We crafted RESIN as an embodiment of the sticky quintessence of hops… a... View Article
The Brunswick Mum was a German ale brewed at a high gravity for export. In German it’s known as the... View Article
For Winter JazzFest we created Spontaneous Construction, an improv beer inaugurated in 2012. Three of our brewers chose favorite hops... View Article
In November we put out the challenge to Sixpoint fans; create a toast worthy of Beer Culture. Dozens of creative... View Article
When tackling some especially spicy cuisine, what drink do you reach for?
Our Spice of Life IPA pours a smooth caramel gold with a soft foam cap. The pretty pour, balance and... View Article
Dan Reeve is a professionally trained graphic artist, cigar writer, beer aficionado and home brewer from Columbus, Ohio. After becoming... View Article
For Immediate Release: Sixpoint Brewery and Stillmank Brewing reach agreement over “Lil’ Wisco” beer trademark concerns