Excelsior! Ten
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.44
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Imperial American Extra Strong and Special Double Red Ale. Our anniversary beer, TEN is brewed with too many malts to list and an excess of American hops, including several additions during fermentation. Enjoy the russet color, aggressively hoppy aroma and flavor, rich body and fiery finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber-red. Some tangerine/apricot hop aroma with chewy crystal malts and maybe a hint of chocolate. Kind of fizzy, though that helps with the body, which would otherwise be kind of sticky. Some fruitiness in the finish. It’s ok, but it certainly doesn’t distinguish itself in any way.
Tried
on 25 May 2009
at 19:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a cloudy amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma of citrus hops and deep caramel and toffee malt backbone. Taste is also dominated by some deep caramel malt backbone with their sweetness well balance by citrusy and bitter hops. Full body with limited filtration and great carbonation while no alcohol is apparent. Not as complex as I had expected but still very well done and very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2009
at 22:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home Batch E!009... Thanks to Beer Bill and My Secret Santa for this one ... copper off white bubbly head ... big bright american hop nose with a little spice ... big sweet fruityness ... toffee and vanilla ... light spice ... medium heavy body ... bitter linger ... definitly a bit boozy ... TK2 at home the Day after Jan left ... copper brown ... big pine hop nose... sweet spicy hop ... creamy vanilla ... definite alcohol... im tempted to up the score as its going great with the Curry... but in the end i think i might strugle a bit with this on its own.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2009
at 14:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of alraomon on 11/22/2008. Slightly hazy dark copper body with ruby highlights. Huge malty aroma with massive amounts of citrus and floral hops. Big caramel, citrus hops, light floral hop flavor. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 15:46
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 mL bottle courtesy of Alraomon. Thanks! Pours a brown color with a large, frothy head. Nice lacing. Huge hop aroma with floral, citrus and pine notes. Bitter resiny hops in the taste with brown sugar and toffee notes in both taste and aroma. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 03:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours reddish brown into a tulip. Fluffy head recedes leaving no lacing. Alcohol, dark caramel and pit fruit aromas. Full with dusty yeast and hops. Lasting caramel finish.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2008
at 18:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Olive bottle, 750 ml, batch E! 006, purchased at Beers of the world (Rochester) via Karl Probst on August 16 2008, savoured on October 4 2008; eye: reddish brown, hazy, no effervescence, beige head made up of rather large bubbles and that turns into a tiny ring, good lacing; nose: quite hoppy, pine, grapefruit, orange, caramelized malt, slight ash, slight spices; mouth: hops is quite present but balanced by the caramelized malt, pine, pepper, lots of orange, paprika, finale in caramelized malt with a good presence of pine and orange but also of alcohol, creamy, nice balance, rather sweet, mildly bitter, light astringency, full body, rather carbonated; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 750 ml, batch E! 006, achetée chez Beers of the world (Rochester) via Karl Probst le 16 août 2008, savourée le 4 octobre 2008; œil : brun-rouge, voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige formée de bulles plutôt grosses et qui se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : très houblonnée, pin, pamplemousse, orange, malt caramélisé, très léger cendré, très léger épices; bouche : houblon très présent presque aussitôt équilibrée par son malt caramel, pin, poivre, beaucoup d’orange, paprika, finale en malt caramel avec une bonne présence de pin et d’orange et aussi d’alcool, crémeuse, bel équilibre, plutôt sucrée, moyennement amère, légère astringence, corsée, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2008
at 13:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours hazy dark amber with off white head. Aromas of pine and bready malts. Flvaors of caramel, malts, brown sugar, spices and pine hops. Medium to full body with average carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2008
at 19:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of tpd975. Pours hazy brown with a hue of copper and tan head. Inviting aroma that beckons with a load of varying maltiness from caramelized to roasty to burnt to biscuit. I get some hoppiness while the alcohol hotness begins to hit. The taste is bold in all the right places with roasted to caramelized malts, crystal malts and biscuit to go along with some fruity esters. The hop bitterness comes in midway to reign in the malty apocalypse. The complex malty sweetness builds again into the finish leaving a pleasing after taste lined with mild hop bitterness.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 22:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of tpd975. Batch : blood. Good balance of malt and hops. Malty, caramel. Very enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2008
at 13:12