Ithaca Winterizer

Formerly brewed at Ithaca Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Ithaca, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

Pint pour @ HDG. Color is dark brown. The aroma is very weird, I like spiced beer but this is most different. Just some herb i cannot pinpoint with celery root or something, possibly mixed with pickling spices. Whatever, I like it. Taste is more balanced with some coffee and chocolate, spices take more of a backseat. It’s easy drinking with a light body, cannot tell that it’s this strong at all.

Tap at Hop Devil: Very deep burgundy in color with a tan ring for head. Evident Belgian yeasts in the nose; accompanied by a rich spice presence. Some dark citrus fruitiness as well and a cranberry note. Creamy body. The flavor has a mild roast upfront with residual spices of cinnamon and clove, followed by a light toasted citrus character. The finish has a smooth roasted, mildly bitter finish. Decent stuff.

Draught at Brazen Head. Dark brown with an aroma dominated by dried banana chips. Some bruised, overripe apples in the aroma as well, along with some general cookie/cake spices. Flavor a bit like a spiced apple/berry cider drink except with added dark malty notes of brown sugar, molasses and mild chocolate. Has kind of a fruit-come-malt-come-spice order to the flavors. Some of the spice character translates now and then to an herbal medicinal bitterness, but that’s nitpicking. Hooray to this one for not tasting like Chinese dumpling sauce.

Sampled from growler courtesy of TomDecapolis. Poured a deeper ruby red color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of roast, christmas spices, spruce trees, and banana chips. Tastes of spices, roast, soem dark fruits, bananas, and chocolate.

Thanks to TomDecapolis for sharing this growler... Appears a deep crimson with a dark chestnut surrounding when held up to the light. A light tan head fades into a small cap and collar. Spotty streaks of lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of plums, black cherries, bananas, cocoa, and spices. Taste is of the aromas with raisins, nutmeg, and cinnamon pulling through. This is similar to a dunkelweizen with light spices. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth, estery, lightly spiced, and semi-dry on the finish.

Poured a lightly hazy brown color with a small, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of banana, roasted malts, light chocolate, clove, and various other spices. Taste of chocolate, nuts, light caramel malts, banana, light clove, and lighter spices in the taste.

Pour a deep brown with lots of ruby red highlights and a medium creamy/bubbly off white head. Aroma of nuts, banana, a mix of holiday spices, some toasted malts, tropical fruits and a touch of roast. Flavor of light nuts, ripe banana, a touch of chocolate, toasted malt, toast a mix of holiday spices and very dry.

Draft. pours dark with lots of nuttiness and some chox & caramel malts. Pretty drinkable. for waht it was and hid the alcohol content well.