Excelsior! White Gold
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.33
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Maverick (5062) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Pours a mild gold. Nice head. Aroma is citrus. Nice taste which is graprefruity...........
SaltyGrog (4602) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Notes from July 2009 Growler from New Beer. Ommegang anniversary glass. A cascade of brass finally settles with a couple dollops of eggshell head over a deep gold, slightly hazed body. Decanting not being my best skill, I drop more sediment into the bottle then I should of. Today's color is now peach. :P The smell could use some work. Dusty & grassy, with some orange rind, lemon & Witbier strength alcohol & wheat. Initial nectarine tartness. Fading, it gives into rindy grapefruit & bittergreens. Finish is bready & yeasty, maybe a touch peppery. Grassy peach, & big on yeast now that I fumbled on the pour. As is warms it turns into more of a soapy whit, a style that has never grown much on me. Carbonation is alright. I sense a little menthol after a few pours. Dustier then I would of liked. Not too much trouble on the growler. By the glass, I could see coming back for another after running through a sampler. Slightly better in the bottle, but what's left are old bottles...
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From Apr 2008
I got this in a trade with nutbrown. Thanks Alan!
The label says Batch E!005 and it pours from the 750ml beige(?) foil(?) caped bottle a hazy straw gold colour with a 1 finger head of foam and what looks like a lot of carbonation. It turns from hazy to cloudy with subsequent pours and that's what I was looking for.
The smell is nice and spicy! Loads of cloves and pepper along with a god lemony nose. Judging from the smell, I think this one is going to be good.
The taste is very peppery up front with the clove and lemon I mentioned in the nose. Yum. I like how the lemon works so well with the spices..no over powering from either direction, just a real harmony going on here and that makes it oh so drinkable...8%abv????..you gotta be kidding me! Very very well hidden!
The more I sip, the more I notice the fine yeasty wheat flavour that kicks this brew up a few notches in complexity. And, despite how bubbly it looks in the glass, the carbonation is at a respectable light to medium light level and again, that works for me. Absolutely perfect mouthfeel for the style for me. This is truly a fine drinking experience and I'm further impressed with Ithaca Brewing's craftmanship. Btw, head retention is awesome and there's a lot of sticky lacing. I just thought you needed to know that. ;^)
Bottom line: This is about as close to perfection in the style that I'm probably ever going find so...let the scores fall where they may. Wonderful drop!
djd07 (28898) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Nathan. Pours a cloudy gold with small frothy white head. The aroma is strong funk, oak, fruity malt. Medium mouth, yeast, spice, oak, lingering dry finish. Very good.
nuplastikk (10387) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
750ml bottle. Almost but not quite gushing champagne carbonation. Unfiltered hazy orange tan. Funky and zesty. A pretty nice Saison. Massive white head isn’t going anywhere fast. Wheat farmhouse tones, very authentic Belgian feel. A touch of tartness. Delicate fluffy mouthfeel. Quite excellent. World Class. One of the better US Saisons I’ve had.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is grapefruit, some mild spices, sour wood andf mild earthy notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, citrus, some yeast and mild spices. Balanced, and actually rather refreshing, even though it’s a rather big beer.
TBone (30035) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle 750ml (batch 43, bought from NYC, WPBF)
Hazy yellow color, good cloudy white head. Fruity, intensive farmhouse bretta aroma. Medium-bodied. Crisp carbonation. Very good grapefruity flavor, zesty, fruity. Good bretta beer.
laiti (11646) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
75 cl bottle @ wPBF’14
Aroma has lots of bretta, some white wine and citrus. Very foamy palate. Flavour has grapefruit lemonade, some bretta notes and citrus. Interesting.
maniac (11830) reviewed Excelsior! White Gold from Ithaca Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On 06/18/2011. Hazy white body small white head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma with some spice and caramel. Sweet spice and fruity citrus hop flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I have had this a few times over the years and this is a very nice beer. This particular bottle (batch 043) was shared at a tasting. Pours light gold with a giant beautiful head. Aroma is full of brett - kind of a candy -like funk (not sweet), just steaming piles of it. Some floral aspects to it as well. Flavor is in the same ballpark but not quite as intense. Nicely full mouthfeel with a sprinkling carbonation. Real nice stuff. Note: this beer is probably ageable for about 2 years, after that it goes downhill.