Sixpoint Brewery

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Sixpoint Brewery
Location Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
United States
Opened 2004
Owner(s) Shane Welch
Active beers
Name Type
Apollo Kristallweizen
Bengali Tiger American IPA
Brownstone American Brown Ale
The Crisp German Pilsner
Diesel American Stout
Gorilla Warfare American Porter
Harbinger Saison
Old Krusher American Barleywine
Otis Oatmeal stout
Resin American Double IPA
Righteous Ale Rye beer
Signal Smoked IPA
Spice of Life Series Rotating Single Hop American IPA
Sweet Action Cream ale

Sixpoint Brewery is a microbrewery founded 2004, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York. The Sixpoint logo is a combination of the brewer's hexagram and the nautical star.[1]

History

Sixpoint was founded in 2004 by Andrew Bronstein and Shane Welch who met as classmates at the University of Wisconsin. Andrew grew up in Manhattan and provided the cash investment needed to lease facilities and begin brewing. Shane, a former homebrewer who grew up in Milwaukee created the initial recipes. The microbrewery is located in a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) factory in Red Hook that formerly manufactured filing cabinets.

Brand

Sixpoint began business by only distributing kegs to local bars and restaurants; instead of bottling its beer, filling growlers at bars was the only way for customers to drink the beer at their homes. Sixpoint now distributes its beer through many different distribution companies throughout the Northeast. They began canning their beer in June 2011, releasing four varieties: Sweet Action, Righteous Ale, Bengali Tiger, and The Crisp. They began releasing seasonals the following fall with Autumnation, and Diesel in the winter.[2][3]

Sixpoint Brewery freight entrance on Dwight Street, Red Hook

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About—Logo". Sixpoint Craft Ales. Sixpoint Brewery. Retrieved 2013-02-16. 
  2. ↑ Adams, Paul (October 28, 2008). "Brooklyn Returns to a Heady Time". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  3. ↑ Tarquinio, J. Alex (November 25, 2009). "Beer Connoisseurs Defy Hurdles to Start Breweries". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 

Coordinates: 40°40′26.4″N 74°0′42.4″W / 40.674000°N 74.011778°W / 40.674000; -74.011778


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