Barley69 (22), Rochester, New York, USA
Aug 4, 2007
Very Tasty beer - I love Rye beers and have brewed many myself - this is very different from a barleywine and the Rye to me stands way out - everything is on the sides and back of your tongue, - a hint of whiskey - I wish the whiskey flavor was stronger and I wish there was a bit more bitterness but overall the beer is great. Southern Tier and Ithaca are doing some really nice things on the east coast. we need more bourbon or whiskey barrel aged beers around here!!
alcohol is well hidden - I drank this beer cold to start and sipped it as it started to warm - is was way better around the 45 degree range. all the flavors were gone any colder than that.
good job Ithaca!
 fordest (1759), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
Sep 21, 2008 750 ml bottle shared with a bunch of cool guys. Aromas of sweet malts and dark fruits. Fruit on the flavor too, molasses, raisin, and alcohol on the finish. Good stuff.
padrefan98 (643), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
Sep 21, 2008 9/20/2008 tasting at toncatchers house, with whetheral, weeheavy, fordest, alohac, and Jason. Thanks for all the great beers and good times. A very nice brew. The spice and fruit was a good combination.
General_Gao (2568), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Sep 1, 2008 Thanks to iowaherkeye for bringing this bottle to his ’farewell to Iowa’ tasting. Released 6/07, bottle #251. Poured a garnet brown color. The head was tan with an orange-ish tint. Smelled of molasses, toffee, dark fruits, and a splash of booze. Medium bodied and semi-sweet up front. Dry-ish finish with mild accompanying bitterness. Boozy whiskey, molasses, and toffee dominated the flavor. Decent beer.
estoppel (1019), Buffalo, New York, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle. Cola brown body, big dense tan head, Centennials and some malt in the nose. Not a lot of spicy rye character, but malty, with PNW hops, some alcohol, and quite a bit of sweetness. Tasty, but not distinctive as I hoped it would be.
kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 27, 2008 25 oz bottle. Pours a quite dark amber brown body with a very small fizzy beige head that ran to a thin ring. Very sweet and fruity malt driven aroma with heavy caramel, light oak, vanilla, light alcohol, and some Nutella. Quite sweet and fruity up front with lots of caramel and slightly burnt toffee, some nuttiness. The oak and whiskey flavors come out fairly subtly on the finish making it more of addition to the flavor than something that dominates it. The alcohol is noticeable, but not overpowering in the least. There’s also a nice almost roasty and chocolaty component that really plays well with the sweetness. I think that this will age really quite nicely when a bit of oxidation sets in. Mouthfeel is full and almost velvety with the somewhat low soft carbonation level. Just the slightest bit of clingy residual sugars late in the finish. Overall I thought that this was quite nice, an excellent sipper to take your time with enjoying it.
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