Ithaca Pale Ale

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

Golden body with rising carbonation, small white head, PNW hop nose. Slightly sweet, medium bitter. Very ordinary.

Clear orange with a thin white head. Huge orange aroma, starts and ends lightly bitter. Light yet robust mouthfeel. Some breweries would call this an IPA.

Copper orange color with a minimal head and slight lacing. Aroma is hoppy- some orangey/spicey hops and maybe some pine in there but the major smell is slightly sour/acidic- almost as if it were slightly infected with brett, or maybe lactobacillus del. Flavor is bland - somewhat hoppy and a slight sweet malt backbone. SOme earthiness in the background and in the finish. Aha- after reading thier website they mention using sour malt in this beer- maybe they added too much on the batch I had? Kinda tasted sour to me.

Deep golden color out of the bottle with a white head and pine hop nose. Seems to be a pretty hoppy pale with some caramel sweetness up front with a good hop balance. Solid but uninteresting.

Golden/copper color, off white head. Citrusy hops in the aroma with a bit of malt as well. Decent balance in the flavor, slightly bitter finish. Medium bodied. Not bad.

Malt aroma with some grapefruity hops as well. Golden brown color with a small white head. Lightly sweet malty flavors balanced out by some light citric hops. Run of the mill APA.

Bottle. Golden yellow, smallish whit head. Nice hops in the aroma, with some citrusy grapefruit notes. Fairly bitter hoppy flavour but not much malt to back it up. Palate is on the light side. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Thanks to Ken for sharing.

Citrusy, grapefruit hopping and a flavorless malt background make this a drinkable, hot weather pale, but something I’d likely leave on the shelf for something else.