Six Point Bengal Tiger IPA
by Andrew R. Miller
(Fredericton, NB)
Six Point Bengal Tiger IPA
Six Point Brewing, NY, USA
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It was once common for breweries to stamp a six pointed star on their barrels to represent the purity of the product inside. Each point represented the essential elements of beer: water, yeast, barley, hops, malt and the brewer themselves.
Six Point Brewery is located in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, where the six-pointed nautical star is found carved or printed on historic buildings due to its maritime history; the brewery itself is a block from several piers.
This is one of the best IPAs that I have ever had. To begin, the colour is a nice amber, with a faint but delicious nose. The taste is creamy and fresh with a lovely hint of apricot and honey. As in any true IPA, this fruitiness is balanced with a lot of hoppy bitterness, but unlike a lot of American kick-ass IPAs, the Bengal Tiger is not harsh!--just a perfect simple bitterness. This stuff has a very long IPA style finish that keeps on giving...
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