Ichabod Ale (2009)
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.64
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Backlog September 2011. Slightly unclear, deep reddish golden body under a dense off-white head. Aroma is fruity with acidic lemon. Taste is vinegar acidic with lemon/lime, peach, oak and sour red berries. Medim body with a fresh, tart aftertaste. Very refreshing.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2023
at 18:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours flat and light brown. It's 10 years old at this point. Quite balsamic. Brown sugar, tart, light spice, rounded barrel character. Lots of fun, and it's held up quite well. Complex. Balanced. Yeah.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2019
at 02:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Matt’s house, courtesy of Armin. Thanks! Pours a hazy reddish appearance with a thin tan head. Vinegar, black cherry, vanilla, blackberry aroma. Tangy, dark cherry, blackberry, red wine, vanilla, rich vinegar flavor. A bit oxidized. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 21:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz. bottle, sent from St. Fun (thanks a lot, Josh), pours a fairly clear orange amber with a medium beige head. Aroma is very complex, full of white wine, brett, cinnamon and nutmeg - sounds bizarre, but it somehow works beautifully. Flavour brings out notes of white wine, highly tart light fruits, a moderate brett presence, with trace elements of cinnamon and nutmeg. You wouldn't think such qualities would work well together, but somehow it all works. Medium tart mouthfeel, with a bit of vinegar, and a finish of pumpkin and nutmeg. Decent, but too acidic and vinegary for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2013
at 20:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle on the RBSG 2012 bus. Dirty brown color. Nose of lemon, vinegar, spice. Flavor is very acetic, fruity vinegar, spice, but a rather simple aged character. Quite strange and not all that great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2012
at 12:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. An almost clear one, golden in color and with a finger-thick off-white head. The aroma has some vinegar and lemon, a touch of dried fruits as well as berries and some vanilla. Quite interesting. Berries, dried fruits, lemon, some vinegar and a touch of vanilla in the flavor. Medium bodied, dry and semi-tart on the palate. A really tasteful one, but I think it hides the spices a bit too much. Might be the age I guess. 110930
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2012
at 05:31
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is sourness, berries, wood. Flavour is sourness, berries, brett, wood. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2012
at 22:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by the very generous richiesd! It pours slightly hazy orange-amber, with a thin white head. The nose is red grape, sweet tangerine, pumpkin, wood, vinous aspect, tartness, Granny Smith apple and some spice. The taste is initially tart lemon, sour green apple and white grape, then smoothes out to spice, pumpkin, wood, clementine and tangerine, with dryness in the finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Very well balance - it’s shouldn’t work, but it does!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2012
at 05:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
’09-22oz bottle-shared by dmac-pours amber with an offwhite head. Aroma is brett/sour/tart medium malt. Taste is vinegar, brett/sour/tart, medium malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2012
at 17:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of stefanje and shared at the 16th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 11/5/11. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a medium frothy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of pumpkin, spice, brown sugar. Very tart. The taste is also very tart with notes of pumpkin, floral notes, spice and cherries. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2011
at 21:58