Ithaca Pale Ale

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

Amber pour. Very nice floral hop and honey malt aroma. The flavor is dry and hoppy as expected, but well balanced on its rich, malty chassis. Touches of pineapple and nuts, and a clean, crisp finish. This is one of the best (and most underrated) APAs I can think of, and another treat from this consistently fine brewery.

7/23/2009: Ithaca Pale Ale has a faint aroma of peach and grapefruit (slightly floral as well) along with an hazy amber color and foamy beige head. Again, the flavor seems a bit soapy and is quite floral with lots of perfume and a very mild bitterness. I was really encouraged by a couple of the Ithaca beers, but the others I sampled from the mixed 12-packs have been somewhat disappointing. A beer’s appearance usually doesn’t bother me, but all of Ithaca’s brews are hazy to cloudy (including the Pils) and I am detecting other common threads of high perfume and soapy flavors (especially in the middle). Overall their beers aren’t bad, but they aren’t something that I would drink again.

12 fl. oz. bottle (Best Before: July 2009) from Tmoney99. Thanks Tom! Rating #136 for this beer.

Bottle from Belmont Party. Poured a clear copper color with a large frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate citrus hops and malt aroma. Medium body with a slick texture and lively carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. I would recommend this to a freind.

Cloudy orange color with a tall white head Aroma of hops and some malts. Taste of hops and some citrus. Decent pale ale.

12oz from bakes on the beer spot. Pours orange with a bright white ring. Nose is sweet. Taste is way overly bittered.

bottle at a meet the brewers in state college pa. it pours a gold color witha white head. smell of flowery hops and citrus. taste is the same. The taste is a big let down after the huge aroma it gives off. It’s wasn’t my favorite out of the tasting.

Bottle. Thanks Jason. poured a nice reddish golden color with a nice fluffy off white head that stuck around awhile. Aroma is of mild hops, some citrus, alittle sweet malt. Taste.is quite dry and hoppy. beer does not taste very fresh but still is not that bad. Slight sweetness with some hops at the end. Not great but not terrible

A caramel-y sort of malt flavor, but very light. Has a spicy/floral note to it. Not sure I care for that sort of flavor in my beer. People around Ithaca seem to love it, but for me it was not one of my favorites. Then again, I am admittedly more fond of darker beers.