cheap (9533) reviewed Nut Brown from Ithaca Beer Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
12 oz brown bottle had two lids on it! Get em off and there is a beery cleanish choclate and wet rag, roast aroma. For a dark beer, not bad. Tase comes across slightly bitter with attempts of offensiveness, but never quite gets there. A little more personality than my girlie taste buds care for. Interesting charcoal chewyness to the finish. That feeling continues for a few minutes after each gulp. East End Fat Gary Nut Brown Ale is much more mild and many times more enjoyable than this. On par with Abita Turbodog and Pete’s Wicked. Slightly better than Saranac brown ale.
cheap (9533) reviewed Apricot Wheat from Ithaca Beer Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
12 oz brown bottle. Pop the lid for a whiff of apricots. Sweet apricot perfume. Looks like any other popular American lager. No head. For a wheat beer, this is not cloudy. Take a swig and you get a flavor impact, apricots and all. Fairly sour bite on the tongue that turns into a medium high alky shockwave. It feels like much more alky than the 4.5% listed here. Perhaps a little rude on the palate. Yes this is definitely fruity beer. The fruitiness takes over the tasting session, with that persisting alky impact. Exceptionally fruity almost to an artificial sense. Lots of apricot with very little if any sugar. Very difficult to find enjoyable. OK to have experienced this but probably would not purchase again. If you really like apricot, you better try this. Cannot stand up to Lancaster Strawberry wheat.
GRM (7524) reviewed Gorges Smoked Porter from Ithaca Beer Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Brown bottle, 355 ml, savoured on May 26 2007; eye: ruby, clear, no effervescence, beige head; nose: smoke, roasting, "fresh"; mouth: first contact gives a watery feel, caramelized malt, smoke, roasting, a bit of bitterness, finale in smoke with the acrid side of the roasting, lightly lactic, oily texture, medium body, a bit thin, not much carbonation, lightly astringent; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, savourée le 26 mai 2007; œil : rubis, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige; nez : fumée, torréfaction, « frais »; bouche : la première impression est « aqueuse », malt caramélisé, fumée, torréfaction, un peu d’amertume, finale en fumée avec le petit côté âcre de la torréfaction, légèrement lactique, texture huileuse, corps moyen, un peu mince, peu carbonatée, légère astringence; en résumé : correct
GRM (7524) reviewed Anniversary Stout from Ithaca Beer Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Brown bottle, 355 ml, label read as Finger Lakes Stout, savoured on May 6 2007; eye: dark burgundy, light effervescence, clear, thin beige head; nose: caramelized roasted malt, vanilla, light chocolate, cocoa; mouth: lots of vanilla, roasted malt, lightly acrid, fizzy, a bit of grainy hops, finale in roasted malt that is slightly acrid and a good presence of vanilla, slightly oily texture, lightly bitter, medium body; overall: a bit disappointed FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, étiquette montre Finger Lakes Stout, savourée le 6 mai 2007; œil : bourgogne foncée, légère effervescence, claire, petite mousse beige; nez : malt torréfié caramélisé, vanille, léger chocolat, cacao; bouche : assez vanillée, malt torréfié, légèrement âcre, pétillante, petite amertume granuleuse, finale en malt torréfié légèrement âcre avec une bonne présence de vanille, texture légèrement huileuse, légèrement amère, corps moyen; en résumé : petite déception
GRM (7524) reviewed Flower Power IPA from Ithaca Beer Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brown bottle, 355 ml, savoured on April 20 2007; eye: copper, voluminous beige head that falls rapidly, lacing, slight effervescence; nose: lots of pleasant floral hops on the pour, grapefruit, dusty malt presence becomes more important as the beer warms; mouth: astringency, hops, astringency, light caramel, finale in hops with a hint of acridness, mildly astringent, medium body, dry finale, quite bitter, lightly sweet, slightly oily texture, good carbonation; overall: good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, savourée le 20 avril 2007; œil : cuivrée, claire, mousse beige abondante mais qui tombe assez rapidement, dentelle, très légère effervescence; nez : beaucoup de houblon floral agréable, pamplemousse, petite présence de malt poussiéreux qui devient plus marquée au fur et à mesure que la bière gagne en température; bouche : astringence, houblon, astringence, léger caramel, finale en houblon avec une pointe d’âcreté, astringence moyenne, finale sèche, assez amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, texture légèrement huileuse, bonne carbonatation; en résumé : bonne
Silphium (4308) reviewed Double IPA from Ithaca Beer Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy peach pulp body, thin off-white head. Bready, caramely nose, dry, with subtle earthy hops, at least for an I2PA. Vinous body with potent alcohol and medicinal notes, prickly, with bitter, earthy hops. Long bitter, alcohol-laden finish. The heavy, bready but not too sweet malts fail to cut the bitterness or buffer against the alcohol. A beer of unnecessary heft and burn.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Gifted by JoMcPhee, gracious. 12 oz bottle poured into goblet glass. Pours dark reddish amber with a small head. Aroma is strong with oily, juicy, grapefruit hoppiness. Slight caramel malt sweetness. As it warms strong candy sugar sweetness comes out. Taste is a bit watered down but still strong on the hop. A medium bitterness at the end. A slight sweet aftertaste. A bit thin and watery body. A nice hoppy sensation with a bit too watey flavor.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Double IPA from Ithaca Beer Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A gift from JoeMcPhee, he must of known since he didn’t like it I would. 12 oz bottle poured into small goblet glass with no head at all. A very beautiful thick murky orange body. Can’t see through it, looks like grapefruit juice, hints of things to come. Aroma is hop heavy with citrus light grapefruit. Taste is malty grapefruit, a nice heavy maltiness is speckled throughout the strong but not overpowering hop profile. A strong bitterness to offset the hop sweetness. Finishes with a sugary lemon juice aftertaste. Body is medium heavy and despite the spikey feeling coming off the hops there is a bit of an under cabonated feel. Wow, just realized its 10 percent.
JK (8181) reviewed Double IPA from Ithaca Beer Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Marshmellow aroma. It hides the alcohol very well in the aroma and flavor. Well balanced between sweet malt and bitter hops, but in a double IPA I don’t want balance as much as I do that hop burn. Still, a solid beer.
jcr (3164) reviewed Cascazilla from Ithaca Beer Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14
Draft. A fairly sweet IPA, but done well so that the sweetness does not overpower the hops. Off-white head on top of a clear, copper-colored body. Grapefruit and orange nose with some notes of pine. Flavor is bitter with a solid malty backbone. Comfortable mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Nice balance. Easy drinking.