Day 304, Oct 31 / Autumnation

Day 304 / October 31, 2011

Autumnation

Sixpoint Craft Ales / Brooklyn, NY

A

NG

P

G

VG

O

 

I’m a simple man…

I was looking forward to the end of the Pumpkin Beer Run (PBR) for two reasons:

1 - As you can see from my ratings, I haven’t really enjoyed any of the last 5 pumpkin beers, and

2 - I planned on ending the PBR with the Sixpoint Autumnation, which others have described as a good beer, without much pumpkin taste at all.  The Autumnation is a wet hopped ale, brewed with just a touch of pumpkin, ginger and spices.

As I look back at the October calendar, it appears I did a mini Sixpoint Beer Run this month, with their Mad Scientist brew, Crisp Lager, and now the Autumnation.  Sixpoint is new to the DC area, so I guess I was overtaken by the novelty of it.  But based on the three beers I’ve had, I’ve got to say that these are not beers for everybody.  Sixpoint beers have a very bold style, with high hop bitterness and unique tastes.  I’ll compare them to Dogfish Head brews, in that they seem to want to create unique tastes to appeal to beer enthusiasts.

The Autumnation is a pretty complex beer – there’s a lot going on here.  There’s the fresh, but very bitter, taste from the wet hopping.  There’s a little pumpkin and spice.  There’s some strange citrus-y taste. 

I almost gave it a NG – I didn’t really enjoy it, but I can appreciate the style and character of the beer (that sounded snobby), so I’ll stay consistent and rate it a P for Passable Pumpkin.  Glad that Beer Run’s over!