Ithaca Cascazilla

Brewed by Ithaca Beer Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ithaca, New York USA

Clear copper body, light beige head, adequate lacing. Aroma is grapefruit and orange with touches of sweet malts, caramel and pine. Flavor is more of the same, Cascade hops stealing the show. Resiny, sticky and moderately dry finish. Palate is medium to full. A decent, quaffable rendition.

Pours a light amber color with a fizzy, white head. Clear body with a mostly diminishing head with good lacing. Aroma is of tea and honey. Initial taste is moderately bitter, moving to a light bitter finish. Light on the palate, it has soft carbonation with an oily/creamy texture. Reviewed on December 18th, 2006.

bottle: pours orange cooper with a large white head. aroma is of citrus hops. flavour is of citrus hops like in the nose but a caramelly malt also. seems to be some spice too. finishes a bit bitter compared to the sweet start.

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.

12 oz bottle. Deep rich copper colour with a thick creamy beige head. Aroma is quite fresh. Grapefruity cascades over a sweet caramel malt base. Fairly bready aroma as well. Flavour is similar. Not quite as punchy on the aroma as the tap version I had a few weeks ago, but it still has good balance. Sweet, slightly toasty/nutty malts and a great grapefruit/tropical hop flavour. Light resinousness. Warming brings a sweeter cookie dough character to the malts, accentuated by the low to moderate bitterness.

12 oz bottle from Beers of the World in Rochester, NY (October 2006) consumed from a Hair of the Dog glass at a bit above fridge temperature, late November. Very small creamy off-white head tops the clear amber-copper body, dies slowly and leaves a hint of lace....fragrant orange-grapefruit dominated nose as expected, quite fresh, with some nice hints of pine tar and apricots in syrupy giving it that extra point or so of interest, nothing extremely original but very well done....the body is much drier than the nose would expect, just enough sweetness to keep the finish from really being harsh, the end result is peppery, bitter and hop-dominated, and faint papery woody-caramel touches just barely helping to keep the strong, hard carbonation from damaging things too much. The finish really hurts this....as is a decent IPA that I could well imagine being much better on tap, with a creamier mouthfeel.

Pours a dark red clear with bubbles cascading leaving a thick tan head. The aroma is strong floural hops, honey, grapefruit, grassy earthy notes. The taste is very smooth, the perfect combination of malty red ale hopped up to give it that nice bite. This is a fantastic combo featuring honey, low carbonation, citrus, toffee, and makes it session quality.

Bottle. Clear garnet/copper color with a medium foamy off-white head. Beautiful aromatic hop nose-- grapefruit, spruce, teas, flowers. Flavor of tea, resin and citrus hops on a clean malt base, with a notes of sassafras or bubblegum on the finish. Reminds me a bit of the Magic Hat HIPA in that respect. The flavors lead me to expect some astringency, but none is really present. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. I think I’ve tried this at brewtopia two years ago and was impressed. Nice work here too.