Monday, October 3, 2011

Ithaca White Gold: 26

Taste: 10  Finish: 10 Visual: 2  Aroma: 4
Total: 26

What "ruins" this perfect beer is it's duality of visuals. The first glass out of the bottle is perfect. A radiant golden hue with great chunks of yeast floating in it. A full fizzy head. And the a nice clean aroma. But the 2nd pour. Woah. Maybe I got a bad batch somehow. But the sediment in the bottom half of the bottle was horrendous. It came out muddy brown like sewage. Fortunately, it tasted the same in both. And oh the taste. A fantastic Belgian-style wheat beer. Very clean. A light mouth feel at first filled with round yeast flavors. Then the lemon citrus kicks in. And it kicks pretty hard. Lots of lemon cut through but right before your mouth puckers, it drops off. It finishes clean with a light citrus aftertaste. Fantastic.

I'll try another bottle to see if somehow I got a bad one. If the next bottle doesn't go brown, then this will rocket up to 29.

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