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Alpine Beer Company Ichabod Ale

Ahh labels, they do a funny thing to you sometimes.? Sometimes you buy a beer just for the label itself, thinking “Hey the label is cool, the beer must be just as good!”? I’m not saying this is 100% the reason why I picked up Ichabod Ale.? No see I thought it was a pumpkin ale, being that it was around October when it first started popping up in California. But alas I was wrong, it’s actually a Dunkelweizen.? I really didn’t find this out until I took the first smell of the beer.? I didn’t find the usual spices and pumpkin aroma.? What I did find though really reminded me of a beer I just reviewed.? Boris from Alpine.?

The issue I had with Boris was it’s overwhelming sweetness and bitterness.? Sadly this beer had the same issue but this time around It was very bitter and tart.? All the reviews I’m reading for this beer are?saying people smelled and tasted a good amount of spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.?? I really didn’t?get that at all.? Some nutmeg came through the taste every once in a while.? But it was rare.? The same goes for the rest of the ingredients.? I did get a little taste of caramel and chocolate? in this beer but it was quickly over taken by the tartness.?

Honestly when I tasted this I really though this was a stout.? It had a lot of the same?characteristics as their Boris stout.? The mouth feel on this one is a little thin and it goes down easy.? The bottom line on this one though is that I will probably never visit it again.? One of my least favorite beers I’ve had in a while (doesn’t hurt that I’ve had some fantastic ones lately).? I really had a hard time finishing the bomber.? It was brewed once, maybe that’s a good thing.

Found: South Bay Drugs, Imperial Beach, CA (Mail Order)
Price: Around?7 dollars a bottle.
Website: http://www.southerntierbrewing.com/
What the company says: Nothing on their site about it.
ABV%: 5.0%
Other beers to try from this brewery: Alpine Beer Company Pure Hoppiness
Other beers to try within the same style: First one I’ve tried.
Rating: C-

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