3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
This beer is a rich gold color with a barely existent white head. It’s a bit sparkling and the clarity is excellent. Pretty. The aroma of clean pine is backed up with a delicate floral quality and a slight hint of grain. The body is medium light on the tongue with bright carbonation. It’s a bit sudsy; maybe oily. It has an astringent finish that I’ve come to recognize in Ithaca beers. The flavor is of clean, bright, piney hops. It turns a bit skunky towards the end of the taste. The flavor is quick to fade but the astringent afterfeel remains. Not complex at all.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Poured a clear amber with a collapsing foamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel mostly with a few hops poking through. Grainy malt flavor which turns to a sweeter caramel on the finish. Hops seem very tired and timid in this one. Thin and watery palate. A wimpy APA.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle... Clear golden ale with a tiny, fizzy, white head. Black tea, biscuit, sugar cookie and wildflower honey flow into my nose from the glass. The flavor is bitter, fruity and dry. Light-bodied and fizzy. Short, crisp, moderately bitter finish. Cheers to growler for bringing this bottle back from his New England trip!
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Light copper pour with nice thick head. Aroma of caramel and citrus. Bitter taste with hops present in the finish. Better than average American Pale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bright amber appearance with a small white head. Citrusy aroma of cascade hops. Mildly bitter taste matches up pretty closely, with the hops dominating at first and sweet malts showing up near the finish. Pleasant, tasty, uncomplicated and pretty true to style.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz bottle. Poured a medium amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of floral, caramel, a little bready and lightly fruity. Tastes of floral, caramel with light citrus. Thinner body.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Not the best thing Ithaca makes by a long shot, but a solid brew. Crisp bitterness. Just a little one-dimensional.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Slightly sour, hoppy aroma. Some stale hoppiness in the flavor with a sour malt backbone. Not really bad, but woefully mediocre.
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