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Ithaca Apricot Wheat

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bottled
common

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available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1872.73/5.02.73/5.04.9%47.3Flute
Commercial Description:
An easy-drinking wheat beer is light in color and body...perfect for the warmer weather. In crafting this fine ale, we add many pounds of real apricot fruit to create a "secondary fermentation." This creates a gentle wheat beer with just a hint of apricot flavor in the finish. A very drinkable, mildly fruity ale.
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 Alldaydrinker (558), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/55/101/57/20
Mar 29, 2007  
Pours an extremely light color gold colour with little head. First thing that comes to nose the very nice smell of the apricots. Apricots are very hint on the palate and somewhat disappointing.


 AskForJenny (641), Ontario, New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/512/20
Mar 12, 2007  
12oz - The label summarizes exactly what you’ll find here. Apricots on nose, apricots on palate, with wheat sharpness scattered throughout. A hit with the ladies.


 yesyouam (589), Fairport, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/58/20
Mar 5, 2007  
This beer is a very clear, sparkling straw color with a small white head that vanishes right away. It smells like dried apricots. It is very light-bodied, crisp and quite carbonated. The flavor seems a bit watered down. It’s mostly of apricot but a funky cardboard aftertaste emerges which ends up having more presence than the main flavor. This isn’t really my thing. Stick to the caskazilla from these guys.


 tgncc (810), Bellmore, New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/57/20
Feb 27, 2007  
The aroma was of dried fruit or something. Not pleasant. For a fruit beer (which I have enjoyed in the past), this wasn’t sweet and actually was pretty damned sour. The appearance was not appetizing either. Thin head, copper color. I have t drink the rest of it, but only because it is a sin to waste beer.


 shendrix (478), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/52/101/53/20
Feb 27, 2007  
This is barely drinkable. Admittedly, I am no fan of fruit beers, but ye gods man, what were you thinking. The odor of this brew is indeed that of apricots--if they’ve been left in the sun too long. The flavor lacks any complexity whatsoever, being nothing more than an extremely tart apricot taste, that could use a bit of sweetness or some offsetting hops. Instead, the brewers used a sulphur chaser. Like I said--ye gods man.


 dmradus (225), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/59/20
Jan 25, 2007  
Pale orange, very slight haze probably from the wheat (filtered?) - no head to speak of. Aroma of dried light stone fruits like - no joke - dried apricots. Biscuit and prototypical wheat smell apparent. Taste is a mixture of cloying fruit sweetness and slightly raw, unrefined wheat. Slightly bitter finish, watery but redeemingly crisp on the palate. Not my cup of tea...err pint of beer.


 MarkBarnes (266), Waterville, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/102/512/20
Jan 8, 2007  
Jan. 9, 2007; 12 oz. bottle. Light yellow w/ quickly-dissipating head (even when aggressively poured). A lot of apricot here, in both nose & flavour. Watery & thin otherwise, but quite passable for a fruit beer -- a style I generally despise. A nice "summery" drink for the gals, I suppose. ;-)


 kevd193213 (491), Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/101/512/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Bottle. Light yellow, clear pour with virtually no head. Thin nose of apriocots, bread and other citrus. Really thin taste, though not too sweet which is the downfall of others in the style. Slight bitter finish.



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