Ithaca Brute

Brute
Ithaca Beer Company
Ithaca, New York
6.50% ABV
Style: American Wild Ale

C: Clear
H: Golden Yellow
N: Hints of White Grape Juice and Green Apple and who could forget the FUNK

The Ferm: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TOO MANY SOURS IN ONE WEEK! NOOOOOOOOOO. Shit, who am I kidding?!? Sours are the JAM!
While this was not the first beer I reviewed from Ithaca for the blog, it was defiantly the best so far. The beer started out a nice deep yellow color, and was almost too clear. Regardless, the nose was damn sexy and unlike anything else I have ever smelled from a sour. There were strong sweet fruit odors that were then masked by the funky acidicness. The taste was similar. Like many of the last beers in the past week the body was smooth and light. Very dry finish to this one though.
Honestly, this reminded me of Halloween, which I should have posted this the day after instead of today, because the beer tasted just like LEMON SWEET-TARTS. I would sneak them into class the day after Halloween and eat the tart candies, lemon was my favorite flavor too! If your looking for a liquid solution to your Sweet-tart then look no further!
Score: 4.0000015 (I wanted more tartness!)

Ithaca - Flower Power IPA

Ithaca - Flower Power IPA
Ithaca Beer Company
Ithaca, NY
7.50% ABV

C: Very clear
H: Orangey amber
N: Citrus and piney hops and light malt

La Cocinera;I don't really have a whole lot to say about this one. It's a solid IPA, but nothing that is really memorable. I got a bunch of citrusy and earthy hops in the aroma and a bit of malt. The smell was promising but the flavor didn't really live up to the it. It was hoppy with some caramel, but a little too subtle for my taste and not too bitter at all. Would have liked more hops in the flavor. IPAs used to be my favorite style but I've become a little bored by them. This one is very drinkable though and well balanced.
Score: 3.1

The Cerveza Chica; The smell of this beer made me believe that it would be very bitter due to the strong smell of hops, but upon tasting it I was pleasantly surprised. It is a pretty straight forward IPA. Nothing truly special or abnormal about it. This is my first beer that I have had from Ithaca and I wasn’t turned off by it so would be open to trying some of their other varieties of beer. In my opinion I could drink a decent amount of this beer, but I definitely have IPAs that are bigger favorites of mine. The Ferm got this in a trade so I don’t know how much a bottle goes for but I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys citrusy hops.
Score: 3.77

Overall: 3.435