Sweet Action

Beer Name: Sweet Action
Brewery: Sixpoint
ABV: 5.2%
Serving method: 16-oz can in a pint glass
Born/Bottled/Shipped on: Best by 9/20/11

This is the second of my Sixpoint gift beers. Kate drank the other 2, so you'll have to ask her how they were. I know she hated one of them, but I don't remember which one it was. Sweet Action is supposed to be a balance of sweetness and bitterness, so that's what I'm expecting.

This beer is a hazy orange color that poured with a very heavy head slightly less than an inch thick. It faded slowly, leaving just a thin layer on the top of the beer for most of the pint. There is an aroma of hops at first, but it's gradually replaced by malt. The aroma isn't very strong though. This beer leaves a light lacing behind at the end of the pint.

Much like the can suggested, there is a nice mix of sweetness and bitterness here. The sweetness starts off each sip, and there is a hoppy bitterness at the end. There is a mild carbonation in the beer, and it has sort of a creamy feel to it. The whole thing is very smooth and easily drinkable.

Final thought - I'm not sure why I let this beer hide in the fridge for so long. Well, it's only been 2 weeks, but still. This is a very enjoyable beer, and it deserved a better treatment. Luckily it comes in a can, so there's not a whole lot that can go wrong while it sits in the fridge.

-Jon