Excelsior! Le Bleu
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.68
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750 ml bottle shared by Enniskillen after a year or so in his cellar. Slight gusher as we opened it. Nose is imeediate tartness as it gushed a little, smelling it the brett is obviouslight light bueberry and sugary notes. Hazy reddish copper with a huge beige head. Flavor is tart with some funkiness and a hint of berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2010
at 12:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a pink grapefruit with tons of carbonation. The head disappears almost on impact with the glass. Nose and taste of tart blueberries, lots of brett and champagne yeast is detectable. Good beer. A bit on the mild side of sours, but good.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2010
at 21:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle and then tap at BCTC. So first, beautiful color on this beer, a pinkish hue of purple and a tangerine hue. Of course a great. bubbly head, very spritzy. The BCTC keg was way overcarbonated. Cannot see through the beer. Aroma is nicely tart with some acidity and very very light acetic quality. Well wild, yet understated. Flavor is tart berry, not necessarily coming off as blueberry. No acetic character in the flavor. The mouthfeel is stingy but feels effervescent and alive on the cheeks. A great, lively, berry, wild and tart brew. Great job of making a fun beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2010
at 22:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the RBSG Grand Tasting, by t0rin0 I think. Not sure. Pours a hazy peach color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of tart blueberries, slight cheesey notes and a light vegetal note. The taste is tart, fresh, blueberries and a funky light cheesy note. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2010
at 20:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle Batch E!02I Thanks to ditmier. Pours out pink with a bubbly white head. Aroma was very tart/sour but with some sweet fruit notes to hold it together. Taste was light blueberries, tart, oak, plenty of yeast and bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2010
at 19:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from a trade with tgncc. Pours cloudy pale golden color with big white head. Sour aroma with just a hint of blueberry. Flavor is pretty sour, but hardly and blueberry. Still tastes great though. Medium body with prickly carbonation. The brett had dried it out nicely. Quite enjoyable. Thanks Tom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2010
at 11:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This is what American craft brewing should be. Very nice blueberry flavor. It isn’t Cantillon Blaebier, but still good fruit. Quite sour with yeast in the flavor and more blueberry here, and the fruit gives it a little thickness on the palate. Pink color.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2010
at 13:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Had some yesterday at Captain Lawrence Rosso e Marrone release. Pours a pinkish with lots of bubbles. Really smells of blueberries and citrus. Tast is tart and lively, with good carbonation. Pretty sour and really delicious.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2010
at 11:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
RBWG@Ravenous-22oz bottle-pours a dissipating foamy white head and hazy amber color. Aroma is sour, wood, light malt. Taste is sour light/medium fruit, wood, light malt, tart, dry," yeasty. Lots of effervescence. 3.5 *110604- @RBSG thanks to hbmason-pours a white fizzy head and amber/pink color. Aroma is sour/tart", some light malt. Taste is sour/tart fruit with hint of blueberry, light malt. 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2010
at 21:29