Java Power
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.20
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6/10
Coffee doesn’t really pair up against the hops. Get the bitterness but none of the coffee flavor really.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2023
at 23:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @ City Swiggers. This is a clouded looking orange colored one. A small lacing just off-white head on the top. Smells quite buttery and almost roasted bitter at first. There's traces of needles, green coffee beans, hey wait a minute, this is a coffee IPA! It all makes sense now. Lots of the near roasted green coffee beans. The thing I thought was diacetyl did drag the total score a bit down at a moment, but I kinda like the aroma more and more. Tastes really really good. The coffee is perfectly balanced between the grassy hops. Nice and oily in the mouth and it's about average, perhaps a tad below on the bubbles. Loaded with lovely green coffee on the taste. Hints of licorice also, and it's loaded with fresh grassy hops. Really tasty this one. Really. 18.06.2015
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2016
at 06:13
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Clear golden color. Nice aroma of fruity coffee, fresh hay. Taste is straw on a coffee background. Works well.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2015
at 13:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got this from butters_mcgee. 12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/9/2015. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, roasted coffee, light nuttiness/cocoa, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aroma with great balance and complexity of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops, coffee, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, roasted coffee, light nuttiness/cocoa, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, roasted coffee, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops, coffee, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Good amount of dryness after the finish from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky/resinous, and slightly creamy mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent coffee IPA style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops, coffee, and moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. The coffee is not overdone at all; it balances, well while still letting the hops shine. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2015
at 21:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at EBF - Pours gold -nose/taste of coffee, citrus and caramel malt - medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2015
at 00:03
8/10
Tried
on 21 Mar 2015
at 13:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
New England Bucket List Trip #194. Keg at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a thin creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of coffee, earthy, floral and citrus hops. The taste is chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, citrus hops. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2015
at 00:09