Cascazilla - Ithaca Beer Company

FickleBeast

New Jersey

3.98/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle poured into a Chapter House pint glass (when in Rome). Cool label.

A - Reddish-copper in color, pours with three fingers of greenish-white head. I have to let the foam settle to fit it all in a pint glass. Copious lacing.

S - Monstrously hoppy aroma, grassy, pine.

T - Initially you taste the maltiness, but your palate is quickly ovwhelmed by a pleasant hop bitterness. There is a lot of residual sweetness that is steamrolled by the hop flavor.

M - viscous and syrupy, this one lingers in your mouth after you swallow

D - very quaffable, great hop flavor, good malt presence, this beer has it all.

A fantastic offering by the folks at Ithaca Beer Company. Was estatic to see this at my local beer store.

Serving type: bottle

07-18-2009 01:26:10 | More by FickleBeast

NJB145

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +9.8%

05-20-2013 00:37:16 | More by NJB145

BColton1

Rhode Island

4/5  rDev +3.4%

05-19-2013 21:03:46 | More by BColton1

Noonan425

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

05-19-2013 02:45:41 | More by Noonan425

cbord459

New York

3/5  rDev -22.5%

05-17-2013 17:23:38 | More by cbord459

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

05-17-2013 12:21:30 | More by InspectorBob

CoreyClark

New York

4/5  rDev +3.4%

05-15-2013 17:26:14 | More by CoreyClark

earlholman

District of Columbia

4/5  rDev +3.4%

05-14-2013 13:27:50 | More by earlholman

Bill235

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

05-13-2013 11:17:39 | More by Bill235

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

05-12-2013 21:09:58 | More by twenty5

ShanShantheRocket

New York

4.5/5  rDev +16.3%

05-12-2013 20:34:42 | More by ShanShantheRocket

Burkbom23

Connecticut

3.64/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Looks like iced tea with a head on it. Opaque brown with almost no light coming through. Looked like there was some sediment at the end of the pour. Thin tan head recedes pretty quickly. Some lacing. Hops and hay in the nose. Piney. Some nuttiness on the palette, very malty for an IPA. Pretty bitter. Medium to heavy mouthfeel, fairly creamy. Pretty enjoyable but not mind blowing. Reminded me a lot of a home brew.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2013 22:57:15 | More by Burkbom23

rdooley

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -16%

05-02-2013 01:12:46 | More by rdooley

Chinaskifan1

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +3.4%

05-01-2013 01:57:37 | More by Chinaskifan1

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-30-2013 21:10:18 | More by Jason1337

Mark5252

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-26-2013 00:46:17 | More by Mark5252

Bones10

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

04-24-2013 16:10:09 | More by Bones10

randylangford

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

04-24-2013 02:49:53 | More by randylangford

hoppymcgee

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

04-23-2013 01:49:42 | More by hoppymcgee

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-22-2013 20:53:52 | More by Kelp

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Humungous 22oz pour. Deep garnet in color. Sports a coarsely hung off-white head of an inch. Laying slathered on-top for awhile.

Forward notes of pine and tangy grapefruit. Ruggedly toasted in the malt backbone. Earthy and bitter aromas. Perhaps some bitter orange and a hint of cooked rhubarb.

Dry profile with earthy hops with tea and pine notes. Unripe citrus without the sour. Pithy and savory. Notes of bitter greens and mollusk shell. Sounds strange, but it's like an oyster IPA... or maybe I'm nuts. Latent bitterness, but not spicy. Alcohol under veil here. Definitely not that hoppy. Earthy notes accentuate that balancing malt toastiness. Carbonation is a medium-plus. Viscosity is a little weak. Not a whole lotta body.

Doesn't hold a candle to Flower Power. Needs some more fruitiness, but the umami notes are delightful.

Serving type: on-tap

04-21-2013 04:10:50 | More by thecheapies

brewsadedotcom

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-20-2013 23:52:58 | More by brewsadedotcom

MPPHISH

New York

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-20-2013 03:38:59 | More by MPPHISH

JJStorm

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

04-20-2013 02:29:10 | More by JJStorm

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.59/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Served on tap in a pint glass

Appearance – The beer is served a hazy copper color with a one half finger white creamy head. The has a pretty nice level of retention, slowly fading to leave a good level of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is heaviest of a toasted malts and a lighter caramel smell. Mixed with these aromas are notes of some hop being of a citrus and pine nature, but with some lighter aromas of a floral nature as well.

Taste – The taste starts out with A toasted malt flavor with a bit of a caramel malt sweetness. Upfront there are some flavors of citrus hop being of a more grapefruit flavor. As the taste advances however, some more hop flavors begin meeting the tongue, overwhelming the little bit of grapefruit hop. Hop flavors of a pine and floral nature then find their way to the tongue. These mix with an almost roasted cocoa like flavor as well as some more sweetness at the end to leave a moderate resinous and malty flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel- The body of the brew is on the slightly thicker and creamier side with a carbonation level that is rather average. The creamier body is quite nice for accentuating the hoppier pine and floral tastes at the end of the brew as well as the toasted malt flavors mixed with a bit of rye that are in the base of the brew.

Overall - A decent American amber. It has a nice hop flavor blend starting with more of a citrus and developing more of a pine later on.

Serving type: on-tap

04-19-2013 01:00:33 | More by Darkmagus82