Cascazilla
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.86
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SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Notes from March 2009 Initially purchased & consumed in December. Worked on a couple extras sixers throughout the winter. BB notch of March. First fresh examples of this beer I've ever had in a bottle. Wow. Ommegang anniversary glass. Light tan lathered head, sticky/scummy lace over a filtered rich dark bourbon amber. Smell is predominately toasted grains & caramel(lots), spiced sharply with pine & orange rind. Caramel to the point of being honey-ish. Alcohol is quite noticeable for 7%. Taste is mainly honey, toasted/burnt grains, & husks upfront, with juicy grassy & floral hops making their way in. Some tangerine rind. Not monstrously bitter at all, but very much the pronounced taste of unripened(green) fruit. A big detractor is that the alcohol is all there. Carbonation is lower then I'd like, body is a bit grainy & slick as well. It finishes dry though, with a hint of remaining bitterness. Great one at a time, & as a decent substitution for when Nugget Nectar isn't in season.
patrick767 (7169) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours mostly clear amber with a lingering white head. Smells of caramel malt and light citrusy hops. The flavor is of caramel malt and pretty aggressive resinous hops bitterness. Avoids the cough syrup of some red ipas. Quite good.
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Aug 2006
Poured from 12oz bottle a clear reddish gold with a medium sized head of foam that settled down to about a 1" layer and stayed the course that way.
The smell is a very nice caramel malt, similiar to what I get from a JW Lees Harvest or Thomas Hardy Ale, with similar results... leaves me going ahh.
The taste has that caramel flavour noted in the nose but there's definitely some biscuit and roasty goodness there as well and then the hops, in a pronounced grapefruit form, jump out at me but the finish returns to a fruity sweetness.... so there's a lot going on here in this Red Ale and I find that it's all working *extremely* well.
Bottom line: This is a *superb* Red Ale! I recommend it!!!
Thanks to Nutbrown for including this wonderful nectar in our trade!!
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was, obviously a rugged malty dark red to embittered brown color with a thick finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that roamed around the glass. Rich semi-thick foamy lace presented itself nicely around the glass.
The aroma started with fresh bitter piney hop oils. Floral and herbal and earthy hops flow into a rugged malty arrangement. Definitely has that \"green\" hoppy bitterness about it, with leaves, somewhat dry.
The flavor dryly keeps the hops over top of the malts, full and fueling a dry malty rich aftertaste. Quick dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Good level carbonation. Fulfilling dryness hits my tongue.
Overall, pretty good amber ale with a bit more hops than expected.
kangareuben (5049) ticked Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 9 years ago
trapped (8300) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Murky reddish brown with small frothy beige head, hoppy aroma, medium bitter caramel taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Interesting mix of hops and caramel.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear golden brownish orange with off-white head. Aromas of biscuit and citrus. Tastes of floral notes, citrus, biscuit. Medium body with a dry finish.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
12oz bottle from Wegmans, West Seneca, NY. A hazy reddish amber pour with a tight cream head; citrusy pine aroma; the taste starts the same but then develops a peculiar creamy caramel sweetness that doesn’t appeal to me at all. This is definitely a miss from my point of view.
westchesterco (2480) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Poured and shared a bottle it is a clear holden beer with a creamy white head. The aroma is peachy and the taste is citrus that resonated bitter on the palate
iphonephan (11575) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear light amber with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of grassy hops with hints of citrus and pine resin Medium bodied, bitter finish.