Ithaca Outdoor Harvest Ale

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

Tap at Barcade: Pale hazy yellow with a thin but strong white head. The aroma is clean, crackery and grassy with a light doughy note and peppery/spicy hop notes. Crisp body- lean but solid pale malt base. Nice and dry with an herbal/peppery hop presence. Solid long bitterness on the back. A very nice session for early Autumn.

RnH: tap: Pours a dark straw/ light amber. Not much of a nose to speak of. The high carbonation is the first sensation, truly mouth filling bubbles. The grains and hops are available on the tongue yet not powerful; the body is thin and watery. Not too impressed, but decent for the style.

Tasted at the 2008 Bistro Wet Hop Festival 10/4/2008. The IPA pours a light gold color from tap. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is floral and herbal. A medium bodied IPA. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are resiny, floral and herbal. Nice balance, medium bitterness, more in the English Style IPA. Not a lot of residual bitterness but kind of resiny. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Growler shared at the IT100. Pours a mostly translucent golden amber with a medium creamy off white head that laced. Aroma of a tons of fresh floral, citrusy hops, grapefruit, some pine, bready and caramel malt. Flavor of of the same with some more grassy notes and quite bitter.