Ithaca Nut Brown

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Ithaca Nut Brown

• Brewery: Ithaca Brewing Company (New York)
  

• Style: English Brown Ale

• ABV: 5.4%

• IBU: 

• Pour Color: Dark brown but lets a little light through.

      A brown ale always goes well with a brown mustache. The Face poured this one and you couldn't quite see through it. A nice fluffy head came up quick and left just as quickly. The scent off the top is a nice roasted caramel or toffee. The flavor is a nice raisin at first. Then you notice a nice roasted walnut taste. Finally a nice roasted flavor at the finish. All and all a really good beer that drinks much darker then most brown ales. 
      This is a sweet bitter beer that rounds out your average meals. Pair it with grilled meats, or a nice pizza, and it don't get better. Got a day planned round the grill? Bring some nut brown and everyone will thank you.

Rating: ****

Flower Power

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Flower Power
  

• Brewery: Ithaca Beer Company (New York)

• Style: Flower Power

• ABV: 7.5%

• IBU:75

• Pour Color: A golden color on pour.

      On pour it had a nice fluffy head. The scent off the glass is full of different smells. Citrus, floral, grassy, earthy, spicy scents from every which way. This is just a sea of hop flavors that most other beers can't get. There's also a slight flavor of the malts to this one. The malts mostly come through as a sweetness to contrast the hop bitterness slightly. Really a delicious beer that is made for the hop heads. 
      This was my first experience with flower power. I really have trouble not grabbing a Nut Brown or a Apricot Ale when looking at Ithaca beers cause those are the old stand by. I'm happy to find out they know how to make one of the best IPA's I've had. Peace, Love, and hops in a bottle.

  

Rating: *****

Cascazilla

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Cascazilla

• Brewery: Ithaca Beer Company(New York)

• Style: Red Ale

• ABV: 7%

• IBU: 50

• Pour Color: A slightly cloudy red. Light easily travels through.

     

       This ale is a hoppy treat. Very different than most red ales. You do get a nice malt flavor as you swallow it down. Not the smoothest beer. The richness is seen through the glass when held up to light. The head is thick and of course gets stuck in all the right places in me.

       I'm located pretty close to Ithaca. the Face and I both love this brew. Strange thing is we both aren't normally fans of red ales. The amount of hops in this one leaves you with a bitter delicious taste usually found in pales. Overall more than you expect, and quite delicious for Mustache and Face alike.

 
Rating: ***1/2