Ithaca Cascazilla

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

12oz Bottle. Light mint and orange aroma, backed with a little fresh crusty rosemary bread and some fresher hop oils. Pours a suprisingly dark, clear red - almost bloody. Head buils strong, with a fresh white soapy pale stone. Flavor is here and there, somewhat savory and a bit oldish. The hops are definitely a bit faded, and there’s a surprising amount of yeast character. The malt starts to show a little and it’s nice, bready, nutty, and crackery. Mouthfeel is full and rich. I think I would fatigue of this after one or two, but there’s a unique range of flavors that makes it alright. Nothing too special.

Copying from tasting notes. Bottle from coopers. Poured a clear copper color with a medium off whit head that lasted awhile. Aroma is nice floral hops and some sweetness of malt. Taste is very well balanced with hops and malt sweetness. Pretty good/

Pours a clear coppery red color with a moderate white head and good retention. Aroma is pine and citrus hops. Flavor is nicely balanced with some sweet malts and vanilla notes to go along with the hops. Slightly dry mouthfeel, but very drinkable. I liked this one.

On tap at the Dinosaur BBQ place in Rochester, NY. Poured a nice ruby/brown color with a thin white head. Aroma was some cascade hops, but not nearly as hoppy as iwas expeciting. A lot of malt aromas came through, some good biscuit and bread with some caramel undertones all mixed in with an apparent but not overwhelming hop character. Flavor was more of the same, but if anything the hops were tamed down even a little more. The beer was also just a touch on the watery side. Pretty tasty all around though.

Tasted at NY TAP festival. The best hop aroma of any ale I tasted today, this brew has a satisfying mouthfeel, and all the hops that a hophead like me could desire! I compare it to the great double red ales of my native Pacific Northwest!

Thanks hojaminbag for this in a trade. Pours a 3 finger head. Deep copper /reddish color. nose- I got maltiness, hops, spiceyness. mouthfeel - real nice red ale which has the hopiness character and some malty notes as well. This is a solid red ale and I would seek this one out again. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 07-05-2008 16:29:40

The aroma is hard to nail down, but has clear elements of bready malts, sweet caramel, and some piney, floral and earthy hops (not as many hops as I might have thought). The appearance is beautiful, a nice copper red/chestnut brown, sizeable white head. The flavor is bread, caramel, brown sugar, citrus. The finish is a lingering bitterness from citrus hops, like grapefruit. The mouthfeel is medium in thickness. Good representation of the style, enjoyable beer overall.

Thanks to Israel for the brew Growler poured into my SA glass produced a big two finger off white head that went to a thick lace. Beautiful clear amber colored body on this brew with tons of bubbles coming from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of fresh piney slightly floral Cascade hops filled my head. I guess this growler is good and fresh. The flavor is really well balanced between the hops and sweet caramel malts. There was a medium feel in my mouth and great carbonation for my tongue. I really am starting to like these American Amber / Red Ale’s it went down really easy, very sessionable. I would drink this if it was on tap in front of me at a bar and easily recommend it to any one who asked