yinzerbeernut (39), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 7, 2009 Deep deep clear amber color with slight carbonation. Off white head with some lacing. Fresh hop aroma with a touch of sweet malt. On mouth it is of medium body and balanced between the hops and malts. Refreshing and crisp are two words I don’t mind using for this beer. It finishes slightly on the bitter hoppy side.
 Braudog (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Nov 4, 2009 Bottle. Erupted like a volcano into my glass. The aroma is sweet and peppery. Drinks with a big dirty essence, full of a wet mushy hop character, kinda like a wet wool blanket in a glass. (#3730, 11/4/2009)
mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
Oct 24, 2009 (Draught) Reddish brown and clear. Small white head. Pine, fruitiness and malts in aroma. Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Malts, pine, bitterness, fruitiness, lightly molasses and hint of roastedness in taste. Bitterness and pine in aftertaste.
italianjohn (338), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 24, 2009 Deep amber pour off white head creamy lacing and nice flora hop aroma ... caramel malty taste nuts slight roast and a nice citrusy little piney hop finish with a slight bitter finish ... this is an awesome beer very balanced and solid ... alcohol is hidden well .... pretty much an APA if you ask me
Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Oct 23, 2009 THOUGHTS: My first Ithaca rating. A little hop heavy for me. There was a good amount of malt and the hops kind of battle evenly until the end, when the hops beat the malt to death. A little bit British.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark, clear, brownish red that looked bright red in the light with an average, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was moderate dark bread, toasted malts, and a little less caramel malt; moderate herbal, piney and earthy hops with some resinous ones coming out later. There was also tea notes. The initial flavor was sweet, rather bitter and a little acidic; while the finish was rather sweet, very bitter and acidic with a fairly long duration. There was dark bread, toast, tea, caramel, a little fruit, extremely bitter, earthy, piney and herbal hops and some metallic hops as well. The medium body was fairly dry with fizzy carbonation and a metallic and lightly alcoholic finish.
screigh (253), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Oct 18, 2009 Pours a horrible mud puddle of a copper color. No head. No lacing. Aroma is almost nonexistent. Taste is "dirty" like earthy. Some sweetness. Bitterness like it wasn’t thought out but just there because the hops were an afterthought. Very disappointing.
travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
Oct 12, 2009 Bottle thanks to thirdeye11. The look is golden to orange in color with an off white head. The smell is hops, sweet, some nuts, and pine. The taste is caramel, sweet, nuts, bitterness, and hops.
puboflyons (589), New Hampshire, USA
Oct 8, 2009 Poured from the 355 ml. bottle nicked September...I assume 2009. The pour is reddish-amber with a suitable beige head but quite cloudy in clarity. The aroma brings out both the malty sweetness and a powerful Cascade hoppiness. The mouthfeel is medium to bold. The taste teases the tongue with caramel and malts with a generous dose of hops. It is labeled as a Red but has all the features of a good IPA.
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