Excelsior! Twelve
Ithaca Beer Co. in Ithaca, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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Lubiere (24390) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A dark reddish copper ale with a thick moka head. In aroma, a sweet candy sugar with caramel, vailla, light Belgian hops. In mouth, a sweet burned sugar with curacao, coffee, molasses, tingling oily mouthfeel alcojol warmth, rich and sweet. Tasted August 6 2011.
superspak (10163) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle into goblet, batch E!020. Pours deep dark brown color with 1.5 fingers of light tan head with fantastic retention that reduces to a nice lacing cap. Some decent lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of strong nutmeg, chocolate, caramel, toffee, and dark fruits. Big on the nutty aromas here, pretty interesting. Taste of huge caramel, toffee, chocolate, and nuttiness. Big sweetness in the taste with lingering notes of caramel, chocolate, and nuttiness with a bit of spiciness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium-full bodied. Alcohol is well hidden, none in the taste and a small warming on the finish. Nicely smooth drinking despite the level of carbonation and alcohol level. Overall, a very nice quadrupel from Ithaca!
Frothingslosh (18912) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with a large foamy tan head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweetish red wine, cherries, wood and brown sugar. The flavor was brown sugar, cherry, plum, molasses, bread and wood with a strong boozy undertone. The finish was long with wood, whiskey, plum, anise and brown sugar elements. Thick and full body. Excellent.
mcberko (47051) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750mL bottle, pours an opaque orangey brown with a beige head. Aroma of caramel malts, candied sugar and brown sugar. Flavour is quite sweet and complex - candied sugar, maple syrup, toffee, slight dark fruits and slight espresso. Robust and complex flavour profile. Delicious.
johnnnniee (7492) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours a deep shade of ruby with a frothy off white head that slowly recedes but never dissipates. Smells of spicy Belgian esters, lots of dark fruit and caramel in there. Sweet tasting with load of caramel and melanoids, spicy yeast and hints of dark fruit and alcohol. I was hoping there would be more dark fruit in the taste but as I expected from the aroma it seems lacking. Sweet sticky mouthfeel, thick body, moderate level of carbonation. Nice sipper, but seems to be missing that indescribable something that makes it world class.
GRM (7521) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brown bottle, 750 ml, batch E!020, via Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savoured on January 15 2011; eye: dark brown, turbid, small suspended matter, voluminous cream head, lots of lacing, even after having poured two glasses foam is still coming out of the bottle; nose: yeast, malt, alcohol, fruity including orange, spices, toffee, light bread; mouth: yeast, malt, alcohol, fruity including orange, spices, toffee, pepper, alcohol, finale in malt-toffee with hint of alcohol, full body, good carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, lot E!020, via Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savourée le 15 janvier 2011; œil : brune foncée, trouble, petites particules en suspension, mousse crème volumineuse, beaucoup de dentelle, même après avoir versé deux verres il y a toujours de la mousse qui sort de la bouteille; nez : levure, malt, alcool, fruité dont léger orange, épices, toffee, léger pain; bouche : levure, malt, alcool, fruité dont léger orange, épices, toffee, poivre, alcool, finale en malt-toffee avec pointe d’alcool, corsé, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Leighton (34888) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the Funky 6. Pours cloudy brown with a strong, beige head. Aroma suggests high sweetness, with notes of brown sugar, toasted malts, and Belgian yeast. Sweet flavor with caramel malts, alcohol and mild spices. Full in body with fine carbonation. Warming finish, lightly spicy with some toffee and caramel. Good stuff.
ben4321 (11441) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Location: 750 ml bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 1/3/11
Aroma: Lots of rich maltiness on the nose, caramel, roast, brown sugar, toffee, dark fruits, and bread
Appearance: A dark mahogany brown beer with a huge tan head that gushed all over the place
Flavor: Tastes malty with fruit and yeast sweetness, roasted flavors, and dry hops in the finish
Palate: This beer is full bodied with average carbonation and a fairly lengthy duration
Overall Impression: I found this one to be pretty good stuff. It certainly has a nice complexity to it, and while it is malt forward with lots of Belgian yeast and dark fruit flavors, there is a little bit of a German pilsner style hop presence in the finish that works pretty well in my opinion. Its pretty slight, but I like what it adds to the beer. Anyway, this was another Ithaca Excelsior! series beer that I really enjoyed.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled@Chriso pre-GBBF "rock the roof down" tasting. Deep coppery brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet caramel malts, mild roasted notes, some slight leathery and spicy notes as well. Flavour is alcohol, some sweet caramel malts, leathery and spicy notes as well as some mild toffee.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Excelsior! Twelve from Ithaca Beer Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Batch E!023–750ml bottle-thanks DavidM for sharing-pours light tan bubbles with amber/brown color. Aroma is medium/dark malt-sweet/biscuit, some earthy. Taste is medium/dark malt-sweet/chocolate/biscuit, tart dark fruit, some earthy hops.