Tinus (5082) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

7/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8

Hazy reddish brown amber colour, no head. Aroma of blueberry, tart, fruit, apple acid, brett and acetic acid. Quite sour flavour, tart, red fruits, blueberries. Dry finish, apple, berries, rather sour with brett notes.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Courtesy of ThirstyBird. Thanks Rian!)

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2012 at 04:14

Travlr (30174) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8

Bottle courtesy of ThirstyBird, thanks! Variegated orange red, medium white head. Aroma of dusty peaches and berries. Taste is softly sour apricots, berries, peach, citrus. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2012 at 03:41

oh6gdx (51641) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Bottled@chriso pre-gbbf shindig 2012. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mild tartness as well as some slight berries and mild yeasty notes. Flavour is tart wood, some berries, mild wooden and champagnelike notes. Pleasantly balanced and nice.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2012 at 00:26

Sebletitje (15913) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9

Bottle sample @ 2nd RBBSG, August 11th 2012. Courtesy of ThirstyBird. Couleur acajou, col fin blanc allant vers le rosé. Arôme est subtilement bien balancé et fruité, note de myrtilles est simplement divin, le tout sur une fini note aigre et brett. Palais, myrtilles sont bien là en belle quantité, le tout est aigre, acidulé frais et fruité avec ce piquant typique de baies, le tout laisse se léger pétillant/épicé qui titille la langue. Brett rajoute aussi une belle dimension, tout simplement bien fait et pour rivalise si pas dépasse certain grand noms belges. Pour moi, ceci est un des exemples de ce qui peut se faire dans le style.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2012 at 14:35

Scopey (25220) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Bottle thanks to swoopjones at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012. Gusher! It pours cloudy pink/rose, with a quickly dissipating head. The nose is funk, sharp tartness, grape/blueberry skin, wood, vanilla and almond. The taste is tart blueberry, lemon, Granny Smith apple, grape skin, juicy tartness and light wood, with a thirst-quenching tart finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Rather delicious.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2012 at 12:26

Benzai (24654) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Sampled at RBBSG. Hazy slightly murky orange color, small white head. Smell sourness and slightly burned rubber. Taste sourness, a bit rubber, slightly yeasty, some sour apple. Medium body and carbo.

Tried on 11 Aug 2012 at 14:38

tderoeck (22946) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7

Imported from my RateBeer account as Ithaca Excelsior! Le Bleu (by Ithaca Beer Co.):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5

11/VIII/2012 75cl bottle @ RBBSG - (2012-910) Thanks to ThistyBird for sharing the bottle!

Little cloudy copper red beer, no noticeable head. Aroma: bretta for sure, sourish, little fruity, some lemon, bit of chloride, some forest fruits. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: sourish, very lemony, sour start, little fruity, strawberry jam, little bitter, very spicy, peppery, hot peppers even. Did they put any type of peppers in this? Aftertaste: very dry, puckering sour, lemony endin.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2012 at 10:04

AdamChandler (5745) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

13 years ago

8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9

Batch 2. Shared with some friends at our Blueberry extravaganza.

A - Golden orange appearance. Slight level of sediment. 1-finger head that subsided quickly.

S - I’m not getting any blueberry on the nose. Very funky wild scent. Horse blanket and funk. Some strawberry scent.

T - Wow. This is incredible. Amazing acetic taste that really exploded in my mouth. Very well balanced blueberry taste that is like others and very much characteristic of dry skin and intense sweetness. Once the beer breathes a bit, the blueberries really come forward.

M - 75% carbonation on the mouth swish. Medium body. HUGE dry grape skin

O - Very nice. 95/100. Really big blueberry taste, ultra dry grape skin mouth feel and fleeting sweetness. This is a terrific and very drinkable beer.

Tried on 24 Jun 2012 at 14:10

Silphium (4309) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

14 years ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Bottle, Batch # E!032, shared by badnewsbeers. Murky, pulpy sediment-laden pink-brown papaya flesh body, thin off-white to cream head. Funky, sulfuric nose with blueberry, dust, and wet socks after the initial pour, becoming cleaner as it opens up. Tart body, funky and rather thin with subtle blueberry, in addition to cobwebs and dusty grassiness. Soapy and light. Pretty good but not exceptional.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2011 at 20:43

Koelschtrinker (42759) reviewed

Excelsior! Le Bleu from Ithaca Beer Co.

14 years ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8

Säuerlicher und voller Antrunk mit hefigen Einflüssen. Stark karbonisiert, was aber nur zu Beginn wirklich auffällt. Die Säure wird breiter, im Mittelteil auch leicht süßlich. Geringe Fruchtigkeit. Zum Ende hat das Bier einen angenehmen Essigstich. 8/12/11/11/12/12

Tried on 22 Dec 2011 at 15:07

Excelsior! Le Bleu

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