Sixpoint Craft Ales in Brooklyn, New York

We are on another one of our brewery streaks here at BarBEERians. Sixpoint Craft Ales has been all over a radar and we have been drinking a variety of brews from them lately, resulting in back to back reviews from the same brewery. Sorry to all our readers that aren’t located in New York since this is probably not readily available, but alas, we can’t just review Pacific Northwest beers forever. My favorite thing about the Sweet Action has got to be its name. For some unknown reason it just sounds so appealing. It also helps that its big brother is called Double Sweet Action, I mean come on guys, that almost sounds like a threesome!

Although it wasn’t quite as good as a threesome, the Sweet Action wasn’t a bad beer, probably even better when its fresh off the tap. Dirty blond, and promising luscious gratification, the Sweet Action had a hop-front aroma with some definite sweet notes floating around, perhaps even some green tea somewhere in there. The hop flavor was more mild than the nose, with slightly pronounced citrus and lots of sugary honey. A weak bitter finish cleaned the palate nicely, but the overall mildness of the flavor was a bit disappointing.

Although Sixpoint Sweet Action was quite sessionable, it was pushing the boundaries of mild. Given that it is a blonde ale, this may not be overly surprising. I guess the name Sweet Action threw me off just a bit. I was expecting something with a little more zip, but man, that Double Sweet Action just sounds oh so tempting.