Mr. Sticky
Ithaca Beer Company

 

 

Part of the 5 barrel series served only on tap at the brewery.

Modest head which leaves some wider streaks on the glass. The color is a cloudy amber.

Clean, mostly malty, start to the smell. The hop shows up on subsequent whiffs. It’s floral and pepper-spicy.

Moderate body with a higher level of carbonation. The taste is more bitter than the smell lets on. The malt base is steady throughout but gets quickly overwhelmed by the black pepper flavored hop. This culminates in the swallow, leaving a long aftertaste.

A- 16oz can into a snifter with a deep golden body that has a slight haze to it. The head rises up to a finger high with a foamy texture and decent retention. Sheets of thin lacing.

S- Hoppy off the top with pine and citrus hops making up most of the aroma. A hint of stone fruits as well as slightly sweet pale barley and some bread.

T- Candied oranges and grapefruit make up most of the aroma with some dankness, apricot and stone fruit in general as well as herbal, pine and floral hints too. The malts give off a moderate sweetness with bread, caramel and cracker hints.

MF- The brew is medium bodied and the texture is slightly frothy and creamy. The carbonation is moderately high and it all ends with clean moderate bitterness.

Pretty standard balance between the zesty orange and grapefruit with pine, floral and dank hops. Malts are there for sure with some sweetness and slight grainy flavor.

 

On tap at Beehive Brew Pub in Canandaigua, NY.

This one pours clear dark orange-ish color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like sticky (oh yeah?) and piney hops, honey malt, grapefruit peel, orange, and floral hops.

This sort of reminds of that great 1st batch of Creeker. It’s certainly sticky and dank, with some orange and grapefruit sweetness, and a bit of honeyed malt character. It’s smooth and nicely old school, with a gripping bitterness.

This is slightly sweet, with a mostly crisp mouthfeel, and a good level of drinkability.

This reminds me of why I used to be a bigger fan of Ithaca. They’ve fallen off in the last five years, but at least there’s still a decent beer here and there.

 

 

 

A: crystal clear; deep gold in color; 1 finger ivory head that receded to a wispy cap; nice lacing;

S: pineapple, apricot, and strawberry;

T: grapefruit and strawberry from start to finish; mild bitterness at the end;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; dry finish;

O: very nice;

 

A - Medium copper color with white lacing that sticks to the glass like cotton candy.

S - Sticky orange citrus with some sweet malt, overall aroma is balanced but "sticky" is a good overall descriptor.

T - Sticky orange and citrus with sweet malt from start to finish. Finishes balanced with a very slight orange citrus bitterness on the back end. Some small amounts of peppery spiciness sits on the palate with some resin.

M - Thick, viscous, and oily on the palate with some stickiness on the lips.

O - Not memorable, not awful, but rock solid and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm going to enjoy the remaining cans in this 4-pk, no complaints here.

 

 

 

Poured a clear pale Amber with a frothy off white head that left lace for days.

Smells of pineapple, orange, malty bread, floral bouquet, and earthy hops.

Taste is hoppy tropical fruit - pineapple and orange- followed by a sticky malt. Bread backbone with notes of toffee. Finishes with a dry earthy hop slightly dank.