Ithaca Excelsior! Eleven

Formerly brewed at Ithaca Beer Company
Style: Stout
Ithaca, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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0.75l E!016- Black liquid under dark tan head. Licorice and stinky cabbage on nose, really killed the thing. No real flavor, watery feel. Miss

750 from Capone’s. Pours dark blackish brown w 2 f ow head. Nose is a nice medley of fresh ground coffee, jalapeno oils, dark roasty malt. Tastes rich, dark malty with a huge dark choc and rich coffee and jalapeno oil flavor. Not real hefty of palate, but complex and smooth throughout.

Bottle shared at a BA/RB tasting... Poured near black with a khaki head. Lots of chocolate, cocoa malts with roasted, dark fruit tones. Fudge, lactose, bitter hops too.

750ml bottle, batch E!016 Pours a deep dark brow, almost black color with slight mahogany edges when held to a light source. Completely opaque with visible carbonation bubbling up the side of the glass. One finger dark mocha head that very quickly dissipates into a thin ring. No lacing at all. Deep roasted malt aroma with hints of dark fruit, lactic cream and earthy hops. Hints of chocolate, burnt coffee bean, toffee, oatmeal ans slightly acrid burnt character. The lactic presence and dark fruits give off a slight licorice and soy scent. There is a lot going on here, too much possibly and the aroma is slightly off putting. Slightly viscous medium body with a very prominent roasted malt flavor. There is a nice luscious chocolate malt presence underneath but it is overpowered by the acrid burnt toast and deep roasted coffee presence. There is also an overwhelming bitter earthy hop presence up front which compliments the roasted character but cancels out any lactic creaminess(I’m not picking up much) and smooth maltiness. The dark fruit and licorice character from the aroma becomes more evident as this beer warms. This beer is complex but not very well balanced and even though it is only 7.5% this beer tasted pretty hot. I’m a fan of Ithaca and a big fan of the Excelsior! Series but this beer was very disappointing.

bottle at RBWG, pours black with a medium off white head. Aroma is strong coffee and chocolate. Flavor is rich burnt caramel and bitter roasted malt with a light coffee lingering in the finish. This would rule at breakfast.

750 ml bottle; thanks Tom!! Dense brown with huge aromas of chocolate and creamy vanilla; not quite in the level of the Kuhnhenn Imperial Crème, but getting close; texture is on the light side with sweet vanilla and ashy chocolate dominating; some crisp roast comes out in the finish but a tad too candy sweet for me

Bottle… Pours murky and dark brown with a small, creamy, khaki head. The bouquet is of coffee and dark chocolate – mocha. Full-bodied and velvety with tingly carbonation. Acrid, bittersweet chocolate and coffee flavor. Nice, hearty, carbonaceous finish that dries out just a touch.

bottle thanks to exiled. poured black with a cream head. nose is coffee, roasted coffee, roasted malts, and no chocolate. nice on the palate, flavor is coffee, coffee, coffee, with roasted malts in the finish.

Aroma is heavy coffee beans and that’s about it. Very heavy; pleasant enough but rather one-note. The appearance is dark, opaque brown, almost black. Not much head. The flavor is bitter iced coffee on the first swallow. Roasted with a sweetish raisin finish. Dry, dry malts. Dates and plums. Maple as my sister pointed out. The palate is smooth and buttery, with a grainy finish. Warm it up for maximum enjoyment. Roasted as hell and dark. Too much with the iced coffee, but very drinkable.

Courtesy of exiled. Black color/ tan head. Big medium roasted coffee, chocolate aromas. rich, full mouthfeel. Good lightly sweet chocolate, coffee, dark roasted malty flavors. nicely bitter finish.