Ithaca Apricot Wheat

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. ;-)

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.

This was the most apricot tasting beer I have ever tried. It was good, although I only had it from the bottle. I will try this again and get the full appreciation from a glass. Give it a try.

I was very leery about trying this, as I do not generally like fruit beers, but I found this beer to be very enjoyable. No head. Very pale transparent apricot color. Aroma and flavor explode with apricot. The nicest surprise was the dryness. Though the beer is extremely fruity, it is not all that sweet and not cloying at all.