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Ground Break
Ithaca Beer Company
- From:
- Ithaca Beer Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 12.18%
- Reviews:
- 232
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 17, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 02, 2010
- Wants:
- 28
- Gots:
- 28
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Ratings by jondeelee:
Reviewed by jondeelee from Massachusetts
4.2/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Ground Break, an American-style Saison Ale, begins with a sugary, fruity nose full of pink grapefruit, cherry, orange, banana, and hints of pineapple, spiced up with brown sugar, pepper, and hints of clove. A good layer of toasted grains lies just beneath.
On the tongue, the first flavors are the fruits, with all of the grapefruit, cherry, orange, banana, and pineapple noted in the nose, joined by, yes, pepper and light hints of clove. The spice is quite potent--it has to be, to keep up with the massive fruit flavors--and nips at the tastebuds, joined by touches of hoppy pine. A layer of Grape Nuts cereal-like malts helps smooth out the spicy fruits. The sugars, unlike many beers, don't seem to die off near the end of the mouthful, so the aftertaste has many of the same flavors as the regular mouthful, though perhaps a bit spicier. Mouthfeel is medium-light, and carbonation is medium.
Overall, this is great fare, and would be an excellent ice-cold thirst quencher at the beach, while still being sophisticated enough to pair with fine foods.
Jul 30, 2011On the tongue, the first flavors are the fruits, with all of the grapefruit, cherry, orange, banana, and pineapple noted in the nose, joined by, yes, pepper and light hints of clove. The spice is quite potent--it has to be, to keep up with the massive fruit flavors--and nips at the tastebuds, joined by touches of hoppy pine. A layer of Grape Nuts cereal-like malts helps smooth out the spicy fruits. The sugars, unlike many beers, don't seem to die off near the end of the mouthful, so the aftertaste has many of the same flavors as the regular mouthful, though perhaps a bit spicier. Mouthfeel is medium-light, and carbonation is medium.
Overall, this is great fare, and would be an excellent ice-cold thirst quencher at the beach, while still being sophisticated enough to pair with fine foods.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by dar482 from New York
3.65/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
The beer offers grainy malts, honey sweetness, hints of pepper spiciness, floral and light hop bitterness on the finish. A soft carbonation with a lighter mouthfeel.
Dec 30, 2015
Ground Break from Ithaca Beer Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
542 ratings
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