Ithaca Pale Ale

Brewed by Ithaca Beer Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Ithaca, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark gold body with a one finger foamy beige head that had decent retention. Nice fruity and citrusy hop nose with some slight caramel malt backing it up. The flavor is pretty bright with some floral and slightly citrusy hops, minimal malt presence to distract from the hops. Not especially aggressive or even flavorful, but it is a decently sessionable APA that will not tire out your palate. Light bodied and smooth, with moderate fizzy carbonation. Decent, but not memorable.

Bottle pours a light copper body with a white rocky head. Bready and fruity with light floral hoppiness grapefruit, and citrus. Caramel malt.

Bouteille de 12 oz achetée directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Odeur d’houblons résineux avec une pointe de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est blonde orangée. Présence d’un mince col légèrement crémeux avec une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de pin avec une pointe de citron et de caramel. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement houblonné. (Rating #2035)

Bottle: Orangish colored pour with little to no head. Toasted, toffee, with a little citrus aroma. Spicy, metallic, carbonated finish.

bottle poured a golden color with a thin foamy white head that fell to a coating. aroma of bitter hops, lighter citrus, and sweetness. light mouth feel with minimal carbonation. flavor has mild hop character with nice citrus touches, light bitters, balanced sweetness, and grass. nice middle of the road pale ale.

In short: Standard basic Pale Ale like so many others.
How: Bottle 12oz, consumed very fresh, purchased directly at the brewery and drank the same day.
The look: Clear dark golden body topped by a medium off-white head
In long: Typical pale ale citrusy nose. Honeyed and caramelized cereals that taste like Cherrios™ dipped in caramel. Hops add your standard fruity citrusy notes. A little cat litter as it warms up. Overall the beer was rather crisp. Not very tasty. Very easy to drink. Standard stuff for the style. Doesn’t re-invent the wheel, and what use would a wheel be to a beer anyway?

Bottle: Pours a nice cloudy deep orange with a dense tan film of head. The aroma is fairly sweet- some toasted vanilla/butterscotch soaked oranges and dusty herbal notes. Light on the palate. The flavor has a touch of diacetyl. There’s a sweet yet soft malt back with ginger cookie and graham cracker character and a vanilla touch. Some mildly bitter herbal hops show up into the finish. Taste like portion of the hops were British? Minus the diacetyl, it’s not bad.

Draft at brewery. Poured golden copper in color with a small white head. Aroma of floral and piney hops. Tastes of caramel malt base, pine, light citrus hops. Finish is a little thin but for an APA I thought it was ok.