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| Great with buffalo chicken pizza. |
Consistency is the pride of some brewers,
being able to churn out the same high quality beer over and over. The
Alchemist has been churning out 16oz can of Heady Topper for over 2 years
and it's still the same amazing beer. Sixpoint Brewery out of Brooklyn, NY
has no need for such consistency. Every year their seasonal seem
to be tweaked one way or another, some good, some bad, but
experimenting at all times. This years Autumnation is like none of the
others. Previous years it was a pumpkin beer, but this year it's a lovely
wet hop harvest ale made with the hop of choice chosen by Sixpoint's
lovely fans, Mosaic hops. Mosaic hops are a fairly new variety of hops
that pack a nice level of alpha acids, giving both excellent aroma quality
and even levels of bitterness in the finish.
Autumnation is a hop shadow box, taking a nice copper ale support and filling
it with a single hop that's loaded with tropical fruit citrusyness and a
bit of earthy fruityness. Then in the finish it's bitter, but doesn't suck
the life out of your tongue. A much needed dose of hop deliciousness in a
sea of pumpkin and fest biers. After a post birthday drying out this was a
nice way to get back on the wagon, or fall off it, I forget what the wagon
represents.
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