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Flower Power
Ithaca Beer Company
- From:
- Ithaca Beer Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #101 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,521 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 9.95%
- Reviews:
- 1,347
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 02:07 AM
- Added:
- Sep 17, 2002
- Wants:
- 508
- Gots:
- 1,298
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Enjoy the clover honey hue and tropical nose. Simultaneously punchy and soothing with a big body and a finish that boasts pineapple and grapefruit. Flower Power is hopped and dry-hopped five different times throughout the brewing and fermentation process.
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Ratings by Act25:
Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From bottle into .5l glass.
"2nd try, fresher bottle, really rocked me. Candy, orange, meditation IPA. Must try"
"3rd tries and following - Love this candied stink bomb more and more, lovely texture, great with food - a favorite - must try!"
A: It pours slightly cloudy, yellow amber body with creamy, rocky head, slow fade leaving complex lacing. Retains a cap. Authentic, unfiltered, more muddy than jewel like.
S: Intense nose. Catty, floral and citrus hop notes, progressing to grapefruit and winter pine forest. Totally reminds me of Jai Lai from Cigar City.
T: Complex and bitter. Warming, with resinous flavors matched with citrus. Like Cigar City, the hops offer tropical fruit - pineapple, grapefruit, citrus orchard. Candied orange, balanced with bitterness, tingle and alcoholic esters. Almost a Dessert Beer, a little sweeter than expected. Complex to the finish, great after taste.
M:Medium body with plenty of carbonation and a really crisp finish. Nice finale. Almost Grand Marnier like! Tea & grand marnier!
O: My only knock is the cattiness (same as with Jai Lai. Hold with my after dinner drink metaphor, and so the alcohol, and candied orange work in this regards. A great East coast, original just like Cigar City Jai Lai, or the best of Troegs or Victory.
Looking forward to more. Definitely a sipping meditation brew.
Serving type: bottle
Jun 22, 2013"2nd try, fresher bottle, really rocked me. Candy, orange, meditation IPA. Must try"
"3rd tries and following - Love this candied stink bomb more and more, lovely texture, great with food - a favorite - must try!"
A: It pours slightly cloudy, yellow amber body with creamy, rocky head, slow fade leaving complex lacing. Retains a cap. Authentic, unfiltered, more muddy than jewel like.
S: Intense nose. Catty, floral and citrus hop notes, progressing to grapefruit and winter pine forest. Totally reminds me of Jai Lai from Cigar City.
T: Complex and bitter. Warming, with resinous flavors matched with citrus. Like Cigar City, the hops offer tropical fruit - pineapple, grapefruit, citrus orchard. Candied orange, balanced with bitterness, tingle and alcoholic esters. Almost a Dessert Beer, a little sweeter than expected. Complex to the finish, great after taste.
M:Medium body with plenty of carbonation and a really crisp finish. Nice finale. Almost Grand Marnier like! Tea & grand marnier!
O: My only knock is the cattiness (same as with Jai Lai. Hold with my after dinner drink metaphor, and so the alcohol, and candied orange work in this regards. A great East coast, original just like Cigar City Jai Lai, or the best of Troegs or Victory.
Looking forward to more. Definitely a sipping meditation brew.
Serving type: bottle
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Viaduck from California
3.87/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
An attractively thick head sits atop a lovely hazy orange body. Floral aroma with some honey, lemon blossoms & pine tar. Mildly sweet with a fairly bitter finish. Hoppy flavor with citrus, pear & pine tar. Nice feel. I’m not a fan of IPS’s but this one is good
Jan 13, 2023
Reviewed by BrewMaven from New York
4.07/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a rich gold with a rocky white two finger head. Light citrus aroma, maybe some what floral. probably has more but my nose sucks. Taste shows some citrus peel a bit of grassiness and some biscuity malt. Light/medium bodied with a dry finish and mild carbonation. Very tasty warm weather IPA. I’ll be getting this again.
Aug 01, 2022
Reviewed by elNopalero from California
3.99/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Ahhhhh. I get the west coast pine and grapefruit notes, with a touch of new school floral character. Just the right bitterness to finish it off. This was a fun one.
Jul 08, 2022
Rated by fazakas
5/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Pleasant surprise. So good.
Mar 26, 2022Reviewed by walser from New York
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Look: best looking ipa i have seen in years. perfect sustained head, vivid sunset
Smell: balanced. floral immediately subsides and becomes a manly almost malty whiff
Taste: really balanced middle of the tongue mellow and then stays balanced w wonderful bitters
Feel: smooth start to finish
Overall: i think this might be the best most balanced beer, not just ipa, i have had in a long time. the brewers know what they are doing and you sense they are deferring, getting out of the way of the ingredients in this masterpiece
Nov 28, 2021Smell: balanced. floral immediately subsides and becomes a manly almost malty whiff
Taste: really balanced middle of the tongue mellow and then stays balanced w wonderful bitters
Feel: smooth start to finish
Overall: i think this might be the best most balanced beer, not just ipa, i have had in a long time. the brewers know what they are doing and you sense they are deferring, getting out of the way of the ingredients in this masterpiece
Flower Power from Ithaca Beer Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
5531 ratings
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