Dogfish Head Sixty-One, essentially their famous 60-Minute IPA tossed with Syrah grape must, pours dark red, almost purple in the right light.
It smells softly of grapes (there's red wine DNA in there, after all), but lacks a strong nose.
Those grapes are apparently saving themselves for the mouth, hitting the tongue first and last, with dashes of sweet malt in between.
Sixty-One has a pleasantly dry finish and borders on the thick-bodied, but its hop character is disappointingly low, given its roots in the "continuously hopped" IPA (and being from a brewery that's never feared hops... or anything else, really).
Dogfish Head once again earns points for an appealing idea, but the final result is flat enough to leave the drinker wanting for the original 60-Minute IPA.
Grade: C+
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