What's On Tap? (Ithaca: 4/7/2015)

Lots of new & seasonal brews on tap this week from Hopshire, Ithaca Beer, Bandwagon, and more!

Ithaca Beer Taproom this Wednesday hosts is the return of Cayuga Cruiser - Ithaca's Berliner Weisse style summer brew - along side a cask of Cruiser aged on raspberry puree on Wednesday (whoa!).

• Beersebub (Helles)
• SaScotch (Nitro Scotch Ale) 
• 'Nother Day IPA
• Daydreamer 
• Imperial Saison 
• 17!

Northstar: 

• 21st Amendment Bitter American 
• Catskills Freaktractor Wild Ale
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra
• Founders KBS 
• Founders Black Rye
• Ithaca Beer Java Power
• Ithaca Superstout
• Ommegang Hop House
• Ommegang La Chouffe
• Southern Tier Sonnet
• Southern Tier Tier De Garde
• Troges Nugget Nectar 2013

Bandwagon Brew Pub: 

• Hidden Rabbit Hefeweizen
• Ezra Red Ale
• Pucker Up
• Svante's Legislative Session IPA
• No Kettle No Cry (Massively dry-hopped ale)
• Humble  (American Wheat)
• High Step Weizenbock
• Pirate Eye IPA
• Sully's Irish Stout
• Tuesday Night Circus (3xIPA)
• Pucker Up (Sour Rye)
• Doc Rocker Porter
• Doc Blocker Smoked Porter (Coming soon...)
• Slime IPA (Coming soon...)
• Catskills Freaktractor Wild Ale
• Three Heads Brewing The Kind
• Smuttynose Findest Kind IPA
• Break & Skiff 1911
• Bell's Oberon
• Cortland Brewery Black Widow Russian Imperial Stout

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• Upstate Honey Porter
• Ommegang Glimmer Glass
• Sam Adams Rebel IPA
• Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu
• Ritterguts Gose
• Ithaca Java Power
• Green Flash Soul Style IPA
• Rogue Dead Guy Ale
• Rogue Brutal IPA
• 3 Heads Double Skunk
• Angry Orchard Crisp Apple
• Rogue Irish Style Lager

Gateway:

• Cortland Black Widow Stout
• 3 Heads Buffalo Soul Jah
• Wagner Valley Coffee Porter
• Shiner FM966
• Wagner Valley Sled Dog
• Sackets Harbor War of 1812 Ale
• Wagner Valley Maple Porter
• Harpoon UFO Gingerland
• Wagner Valley Hop Tropic
• Ithaca Beer Excelsior! 17

Hopshire Farm & Brewery 

• Beehave
• Brambles (Raspberry Wheat Ale)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 
• Hopscene Gesture (new Double IPA)

Ithaca Ale House

• Abandon Brewing Black Currant Amber
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra
• Galaxy NY Attitude (Belgian Pale)
• Harpoon UFO White
• Beak & Skiff Cidery - Hopped Cider
• Stella Artois
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Leinenkugel Summer Shandy
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Alpine Beer Company Duet IPA
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Cortland Beer Industrial IPA
• Saranac Prism
• Stone Enjoy By 4.20.15 IPA
• Founders KBS
• Guinness
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Southern Tier Goat Boy
• Ithaca White Gold
• Schneider Porter Weisse

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas
• Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Abandon Porter
• Horseheads Orion Belgian IPA
• Cortland Industrial IPA
• Ithaca Red Rye IPA
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Smuttynose/Stone Clusters Last Stand IPA (new!)
• Sam Adams Helles Bock
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: 3/25/2015)

What's on Tap in Ithaca? Tons of new seasonals with a few rarities...

Ithaca Beer Taproom just launched their 5BBL Imperial Saison, brewed with Grains of Paradise, ginger and orange peel, clocking in at 8.7%.  This week on cask it's Flower Power dry hopped with Galaxy.

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bacchus Red Rye
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Beak & Skiff Cidery - Hopped Cider
• Brasserie D'Achouffe - Mc Chouffe
• Founders KBS 2014 (2015 on deck)
• Founders Black Rye
• Ithaca Beer Java Power
• Ithaca Superstout
• Ommegang Rare Vos
• Ommegang Game of Thrones Valar
• Troegs Nugget Nectar

Bandwagon Brew Pub: 

• NYS Traditional Pilsner
• Humble  (American Wheat)
• High Step Weizenbock
• Pirate Eye IPA
• Sully's Irish Stout
• Parallaxium (Golden Session)
• Tuesday Night Circus (3xIPA)
• Pucker Up (Sour Rye)
• Doc Rocker Porter
• Robust Brown Ale
• Three Heads Brewing The Kind
• Oskar Blues G'Night
• Cortland Brewery Black Widow Russian Imperial Stout

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• Upstate Honey Porter
• Ommegang Glimmer Glass
• Sam Adams Rebel IPA
• Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu
• Ritterguts Gose
• Ithaca Java Power
• Green Flash Soul Style IPA
• Rogue Dead Guy Ale
• Rogue Brutal IPA
• 3 Heads Double Skunk
• Angry Orchard Crisp Apple
• Rogue Irish Style Lager

Gateway:

• Cortland Black Widow Stout
• 3 Heads The Kind
• Wagner Valley Coffee Porter
• Shiner White Wing
• Troegs Cultivator
• Troegs Nugget Nectar
• Harpoon UFO Gingerland
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Ithaca Beer Creeker

Ithaca Ale House

• Abandon Brewing Black Currant Amber
• Great Lakes Conways Irish Ale
• Smithwick's Irish Red Ale
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra
• Harpoon UFO White
• Beak & Skiff Cidery - Hopped Cider
• Stella Artois
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Alpine Beer Company Duet IPA
• Bell's Hopslam
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Southern Tier Right O' Way IPA
• Goose Island Ten Hills Pale
• Ithaca Super Stout
• Guinness
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Southern Tier Goat Boy
• Ithaca White Gold

Hopshire Farm & Brewery 

• Beehave
• Brambles (Raspberry Wheat Ale)
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish Red)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

The Westy

• Crispin
• Troegs Hop Back
• Allagash White
• Bells Two Hearted
• Ithaca Flower Power
• Brooklyn Lager
• Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
• Three Heads The Kind
• Lagunitas Pils
• Keuka Hoppy Lager
• Bacchus Floras Fate
• (on deck: Great Lakes Chillwave, Upstate XPA, Victory Prima Pils, & more)

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas
• Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Abandon Porter
• Horseheads Orion Belgian IPA
• Cortland Industrial IPA
• Ithaca Red Rye IPA
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Smuttynose/Stone Clusters Last Stand IPA (new!)
• Sam Adams Helles Bock
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: 3/19/2015)

Let's have a look at What's on Tap? in Ithaca this week!

Ithaca Beer Taproom offer up Beerzebub, Helles beer. It's a golden pale lager on the slightly maltier side with a mild hoppy essence.

• 17!
• Collaboratus (w/ Abandon Brewing)
• Dorian grain
• Cask: Grapefruited Flower Power

Bandwagon Brew Pub: 

• Parallaxium (Golden Session)
• Belgian Brown
• Ezra Red Ale
• Rauchbier
• Slime IPA
• Doc Rocker Porter
• Sesch Ale (Kolsch)
• Azedo (Sour Mash Ale)
• Tuesday Night Circus (3xIPA)
• Robust Brown Ale
• Belgian Brown
• British Envasion
• TB3 (American Pale)
• Stone Enjoy By 
• Three Heads Brewing The Kind
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Smuttynose Brewing - Durty Mudd
• Oskar Blues - G'Knight (Imperial Red)
• Dogfish Head - Aprihop 
• 1911 Cider

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• Upstate Honey Porter
• Ommegang Glimmer Glass
• Wagner Valley Hop Tropic
• Ballast Point Victory at Sea
• Ritterguts Gose
• Ithaca Java Power
• Ballast Point Sculpin
• Rogue Dead Guy Ale
• Rogue Brutal IPA
• 3 Heads Rochestafarian
• Hopshire Near Varna
• Rogue Irish Style Lager

Gateway:

• Cortland Black Widow Stout
• 3 Heads The Kind
• Wagner Valley Coffee Porter
• Shiner White Wing
• Troegs Cultivator
• Troegs Nugget Nectar
• Harpoon UFO Gingerland
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Ithaca Beer Creeker

Ithaca Ale House

• Abandon Brewing Black Currant Amber
• Great Lakes Conways Irish Ale
• Smithwick's Irish Red Ale
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra
• Harpoon UFO White
• Stella Artois
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Hopslam
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Upstate IPA
• Harp Lager
• Pilsner Urquell
• Goose Island Ten Hills Pale
• Horseheads Chocolate Porter
• Ithaca Super Stout
• Guinness
• Ithaca Super Stout 
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

Hopshire Farm & Brewery 

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• Shire Ale
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Smuttynose/Stone Clusters Last Stand IPA (new!)
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Sam Adams Helles Bock
• Upstate XPA IPA
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda 

The Westy

• Troegs Hop Back
• Uinta Baba 
• Ithaca Green Trail
• Six Point Cream Ale
• Lagunitas Pils
• Bells Kalamazoo
• Bells Two Hearted
• Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
• Original Sin Cider
• PBR
• Bacchus Floras Fate
• Allagash White

(If you would like your bar or brewery featured in these weekly posts, contact bubbablogs (at) gmail.com)

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: March 11th, 2015)

Let's have a look at What's on Tap? in Ithaca this week!

Ithaca Beer Taproom launch their 100th 5BBL brew, 'Dorian Grain' an Irish Red in honor of the Irish author, Oscar Wilde in addition to...

• Collaboratus (Amber Saison : Abandon Brewing)
• Green Trail dry hopped w/ experimental hop 07270 (Thurs Cask Night)
• Anniversary 17! -  (Wheat, DIPA w Brettanomyces)
• Daydreamer -  (Kolsch)
• Cranbretty - (100% Brett. fruit beer)
• Embrr (Rye Porter)

Bandwagon Brew Pub: 

• Parallaxium (Golden Session)
• Belgian Brown
• Ezra Red Ale
• Rauchbier
• Pirate Eye IPA
• Sully Irish Stout
• Sesch Ale (Kolsch)
• Azedo (Sour Mash Ale)
• Tuesday Night Circus (3xIPA)
• Robust Brown Ale
• Too Haves, Hole Porter
• British Envasion
• Doc Rocker Porter
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Smuttynose Brewing - Durty Mudd
• Oskar Blues - G'Knight (Imperial Red)
• Dogfish Head - Aprihop 
• 1911 Cider

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• 21st Amendment Back in Black
• Shiner FM966 Farmhouse Ale
• Hopshire The Barley Stone
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Stone Matt's Burning Rosids
• Ithaca Excelsior! 17
• Hopshire Sympathy
• Stone Enjoy By 3.14.15
• Saranac Chocolate Orange Porter
• Southern Tier Bier De Garde
• Hopshire Near Varna
• Hopshire Hop Onyx

Gateway:

• City Steam Naughty Nurse
• Ithaca Java Power
• Shiner White Wing
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Ithaca SuperStout
• North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Southern Tier 2XPRESSO
• Southern Tier Nitro IPA
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Southern Tier  Goat Boy Weizen Bock

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bell's Hopslam
• Boulder Beer Dragon Hosen (Imperial Marzen)
• Brasserie Kronenbourg - Kronenboug (Euro Pale Ale)
• Catskill Ball Lightning (Pilsner)
• Dogfish Head BEER Thousand (Imperial Lager)
• Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
• Ommegang Glimmerglass (Saison/Farmhouse)
• Ithaca Superstout
• Abandon Brewing Farmhouse IPA
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• South Hill Cider

Ithaca Ale House

• Founders Black Rye
• Smithwick's Irish Red Ale
• Harpoon UFO White
• Stella Artois
• Ommegang Glimmerglass
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Hopslam
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Stone Enjoy By 3.14.15
• Upstate IPA
• Pilsner Urquell
• Goose Island Ten Hills Pale
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Ithaca Super Stout
• Guinness
• Ithaca Super Stout 
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

Hopshire Farm & Brewery 

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• Shire Ale
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Smuttynose/Stone Clusters Last Stand IPA (new!)
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Sam Adams Helles Bock
• Upstate XPA IPA
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda 

The Westy

• Lagunitas IPA
• Troegs Hop Back
• Uinta Baba 
• Ithaca Green Trail
• Six Point Cream Ale
• Lagunitas Pils
• Bells Kalamazoo

(If you would like your bar or brewery featured in these weekly posts, contact bubbablogs (at) gmail.com)

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: March 4th, 2015)

What's on Tap in Ithaca? Lots of new beers from around the U.S. and right here at home, including some one-off collabs and cask variations.

Ithaca Beer Taproom is brewing staff and Abandon Brewing's staff will be present in the taproom to Wednesday, March 4th 5-9PM about local NYS brewing, the collab beer, and craft beer in general, including their now collaborative offering...

• Collaboratus (Amber Saison : Abandon Brewing)
• Flower Power cask dry-hopped with Bravo (Thurs Cask Night)
• Superstout (Nitro Coffe Stout)
• Anniversary 17! -  (Wheat, DIPA w Brettanomyces)
• Red Hot Rosie (Chili Beer)
• Daydreamer -  (Kolsch)
• Cranbretty - (100% Brett. fruit beer)
• Embrr (Rye Porter)

Bandwagon Brew Pub have launched their new Belgian Brown Ale (8.1% ABV) & Doc Rocker Porter (7.4% ABV) with a new IPA, new sour, new Belgian beers and more in the works for next week.

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• 21st Amendment Back in Black
• Anderson Valley Blood Orange
• Hopshire The Barley Stone
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Stone Matt's Burning Rosids
• Ithaca Excelsior! 17
• Bacchus Cyclhops IPA
• Stone Enjoy By 3.14.15
• Saranac Chocolate Orange Porter
• Southern Tier Where The Helles Summer
• Hopshire Near Varna
• Bellwether Original Hard Cider

Gateway:

• City Steam Naughty Nurse
• Ithaca Java Power
• Shiner White Wing
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Ithaca SuperStout
• North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Southern Tier 2XPRESSO
• Southern Tier Nitro IPA
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Southern Tier  Goat Boy Weizen Bock

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bell's Hopslam
• Boulder Beer Dragon Hosen (Imperial Marzen)
• Brasserie Kronenbourg - Kronenboug (Euro Pale Ale)
• Catskill Ball Lightning (Pilsner)
• Dogfish Head BEER Thousand (Imperial Lager)
• Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
• Ommegang Glimmerglass (Saison/Farmhouse)
• Ithaca Superstout
• Abandon Brewing Farmhouse IPA
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• South Hill Cider

Ithaca Ale House

• Founders Black Rye
• Harpoon UFO White
• Stella Artois
• Ommegang Glimmerglass
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Hopslam
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Stone Enjoy By 3.14.15
• Upstate IPA
• Pilsner Urquell
• Goose Island Ten Hills Pale
• Horseheads Rye P.A.
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Ithaca Super Stout
• Guinness
• Ithaca Super Stout 
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

Hopshire Farm & Brewery will tap a cask of Shire Ale aged with cocoa nibs and espresso beans on Friday. Music and grilled sandwiches will be available during the event. Wednesday 3/4 5-7PM Hopshire will have a tasting at Ithaca Coffee Company on Triphammer.

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• Shire Ale
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Smuttynose/Stone Clusters Last Stand IPA (new!)
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Abandon Belgian
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Sam Adams Imperial Stout
• Wagner Valley Hop Tropic IPA
• Upstate XPA IPA
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda 

The Westy

• Lagunitas IPA
• Troegs Hop Back
• Uinta Baba 
• Ithaca Green Trail
• Six Point Cream Ale
• Lagunitas Pils (coming soon)

(If you would like your bar or brewery featured in these weekly posts, contact bubbablogs (at) gmail.com)

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Feb 26th, 2015)

After a week out of state, we're back with What' On Tap? in Ithaca.

Ithaca Beer Taproom is hosting a local cider appreciation event this week. Thursday, Feb 26th from 5-9PM they'll have ciders from Bellwether (Liberty Spy), 1911 (Original Cider ran through a Randall and a purely hopped cider), and a cask of hopped cider from South Hill Cidery.

• Java Power (Coffee IPA)
• Milkstache (Nitro Milk Stout)
• Superstout (Nitro Coffe Stout)
• Anniversary 17! -  (Wheat, DIPA w Brettanomyces)
• Erryday IPA (session IPA)
• Golden Secret -  (Golden Belgian Strong)
• Cranbretty - (100% Brett. fruit beer)
• Embrr (Rye Porter)

Bandwagon Brew Pub 

• NYS Traditional Pilsner
• Cry Dunkel (Bavarian Wheat)
• I P EH? (American IPA)
• Rauchbier
• Sully Irish Stout
• Sesch Ale (Kolsch)
• TB-2 Pale Ale
• Azedo (Sour Mash Pale)
• British Invasion
• Tuesday Night Circus (3xIPA)
• Too Have's Hole (Brown Porter)
• 1911 Cider
• Ommegang Hop House
• Abandon Golden Strong
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Catskill Brewing Floodwatch IPA
• Catskill Brewing Ball Lightning Pilsner
• Smuttynose Brewing Durty Mudd Season
• Bell's Special Double Cream Stout

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• 21st Amendment Back in Black
• He'Brew Funky Jewbelation
• Saranac Prism White Ale
• Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Stone Matt's Burning Rosids
• Ithaca Excelsior! 17
• Bacchus Cyclhops IPA
• 21st Amendment Blah Blah Blah
• Saranac Chocolate Orange Porter
• Southern Tier Where The Helles Summer
• City Stream Innocence IPA
• Bellwether Original Hard Cider

Gateway:

• City Steam Naughty Nurse
• Ithaca Java Power
• Shiner White Wing
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Ithaca SuperStout
• North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Ithaca Rustic Harvest
• Southern Tier Nitro IPA
• Ithaca Excelsior! White Gold
• Southern Tier Where The Helles Summer

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bell's Best Brown
• Boulder Beer Dragon Hosen (Imperial Marzen)
• Brasserie Kronenbourg - Kronenboug (Euro Pale Ale)
• Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
• Ithaca Embrr
• Dogfish Head 60 Minute
• Dogfish Head Theobroma (Ancient Ale)

Ithaca Ale House

• Founders Black Rye
• Troegs Nugget Nectar 
• Harpoon UFO White
• Stella Artois
• Saranac Tramonay Rouge
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Hopslam
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter
• Pilsner Urquell
• Goose Island Ten Hills Pale
• Horseheads Rye P.A.
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Ithaca Embrr
• Guinness
• Ithaca Super Stout 
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Stone Double Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

Hopshire Farm & Brewery: 

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Jacks Abby Kiwi Rising
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Abandon Belgian
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Sam Adams Imperial Stout
• Wagner Valley Hop Tropic IPA
• Upstate XPA IPA
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda 

(If you would like your bar or brewery featured in these weekly posts, contact bubbablogs (at) gmail.com)

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Feb 12th, 2015)

Thanks for joining us for this week's "What's On Tap?".

Ithaca Beer Taproom have pared up with Gimme Coffee for two marvels - Java Power & Super Stout. The former is a coffee IPA that uses lightly roasted Tanzanian coffee beans from Gimme! and the later is a coffee oatmeal stout that uses Sumatra beans, also from Gimme!

This week's cask is Flower Power dry hopped with experimental hop 04190.

Bandwagon Brew Pub will launch Azedo - a 4.6% sour mash pale ale,, dry-hopped with Cascade & CTZ; TB2 - a 6.0% American Pale, and their 3.8% Sesch kolsch-fermented session ale - all brewed with NYS malt.

• Hidden Rabbit Hefeweizen
• Ezra Red Ale
• Cellar Dweller (West Coast IPA)
• Robust Brown Ale
• Sully Irish Stout
• NYS Traditional Pilsner
• Winter Brown Lager
• Thank Hank Porter
• Sauer Weisse
• Chai-Chili Porter
• 600 Waves Session IPA
• Wine Barreled Red Ale
• Udder Delight Milk Stout
• Shiny Penny Copper Lager
• Russian Imperial Stout
• Catskill Brewing Floodwatch IPA
• Catskill Brewing Ball Lightning Pilsner
• Ninkasi Believer Imperial Red

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• Anderson Valley Spring Hornin'
• North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose
• Great Lakes Nosferatu
• Southern Tier Tripel Cafe
• Ithaca Flower Power
• Ithaca Embrr
• Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' IPA
• City Steam Naughty Nurse
• Bell's Smitten Golden Rye
• 3 Heads Buffalo Soul Jah
• 1911 Hard Cider

Gateway:

• City Steam Innocence IPA
• Southern Tier Helles Lager
• Abandon Session Saison
• Abandon Spiced Dubbel
• Ommegang Hop House
• Ommegang Spiced Saison
• Ithaca Green Trail
• Ommegang Gnomegang
• Ithaca Embrr
• Bellweather Original Hard Cider

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bacchus Cyclhops IPA
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Bandwagon Chai-Chili Porter
• 1911 Hard Cider
• Bell's Best Brown
• Boulder Beer Dragon Hosen (Imperial Marzen)
• Brasserie Kronenbourg - Kronenboug (Euro Pale Ale)
• Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
• Ithaca Embrr
• North Coast Old Rasputin
• Bandwagon Sauer Weisse
• 3 Heads Buffalo Soul Jah

Ithaca Ale House

• Sierra Nevada Nooner Pils 
• Ithaca Super Stout (New)
• St. Laurence Maple Porter
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra (18%)
• Harpoon UFO White
• Southern Tier - Tier De Garde
• Harpoon Winter Warmer
• Sam Adams Boston Lager
• Stella Artois
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Pilsner Urquell
• Horseheads Rye P.A.
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Guinness
• Ithaca Embrr
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Stone Double Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

The Westy have their Beer + Coffee event in collaboration with Ithaca Beer & Gimme! Coffee this Friday, Feb 13th and will have Java Power on cask plus a line of Superstout.

• Bell's Hopslam (Nugget Nectar on deck)
• Southern Tier Live
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Ithaca Embrrr 
• Victory Hop Devil 
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (for now..)
• Allagash White
• Lagunita Pils
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Yuengling
• Stella

Hopshire Farm & Brewery: 

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• 'round yon Virgil
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Jacks Abby Kiwi Rising
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Abandon Belgian
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Sam Adams Imperial Stout
• Elysain Space Dust
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Birch Beer Soda 

(If you would like your bar or brewery featured in these weekly posts, contact bubbablogs (at) gmail.com)

What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Feb 5th, 2015)

This week on What's On Tap?, Northstar House joins our growing listing!

Ithaca Beer Taproom just released a new 6.9% IPA called Citrusen Kane, packed with every variety of citrus hop they had in the house. An as yet unreleased cask ale will join Citrusen Kane amongst seasonal Daydreamer, their year-round offerings, and likely a few recent releases from their 5BBL series.

Bandwagon Brew Pub:

• Hidden Rabbit Hefeweizen
• Ezra Red Ale
• Cellar Dweller (West Coast IPA)
• Robust Brown Ale
• Sully Irish Stout
• NYS Traditional Pilsner
• Winter Brown Lager
• Thank Hank Porter
• Sauer Weisse
• Chai-Chili Porter
• 600 Waves Session IPA
• Wine Barreled Red Ale
• Udder Delight Milk Stout
• Shiny Penny Copper Lager
• Russian Imperial Stout
• Catskill Brewing Floodwatch IPA
• Catskill Brewing Ball Lightning Pilsner
• Ninkasi Believer Imperial Red

Ithaca Coffee Company:
Triphammer:

• 3 Heads Too Kind IPA
• North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Ommegang Spiced Saison
• Founders Backwoods Bastard
• Ithaca Rustic Harvest
• Ithaca Flower Power
• Ithaca Embrr
• 3 Heads The Kind IPA
• 3 Heads Tre' Kind IPA
• 3 Heads Buffalo Soul Jah
• 1911 Hard Cider

Gateway:

• Saranac Legacy IPA
• Southern Tier Helles Lager
• City Steam Innocence IPA
• Abandon Spiced Dubbel
• Horseheads IPA
• Abandon Farmhouse IPA
• Ithaca Green Trail
• Ommegang Gnomegang
• Ithaca Embrr
• Bellweather Original Hard Cider

Northstar: 

• Anderson Valley The Kimmie The Yink (Gose)
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Bandwagon Sauer Weisse
• Bandwagon Chai-Chili Porter
• Bandwagon Wine Barreled Red Ale
• 1911 Hard Cider
• Bacchus Cyclhops IPA
• Brasserie Kronenbourg - Kronenboug (Euro Pale Ale)
• Ithaca Embrr
• North Coast Old Rasputin
• Boulder Beer Dragon Hosen (Imperial Marzen)

Ithaca Ale House

• Sierra Nevada Nooner Pils (Just tapped 2/4/204)
• Saranac Long John Lager
• Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra (18%)
• Harpoon UFO White
• Southern Tier - Tier De Garde
• 21st Amendment Fireside Chat
• Harpoon Winter Warmer
• Sam Adams Boston Lager
• Stella Artois
• Wachusetts Blueberry Ale
• Bell's Two Hearted
• Stone Enjoy By 02.14.15 IPA
• Pilsner Urquell
• Horseheads Rye P.A.
• Bacchus Oatmeal Stout
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Guinness
• Ithaca Embrr
• Stone Arrogant Bastard
• Stone Double Bastard
• Ithaca White Gold

The Westy

• **Update: Bell's Hopslam**
• Bacchus Floras Fate Pale Ale
• Ithaca Daydreamer
• Ithaca Embrrr 
• Victory Hop Devil 
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Allagash White
• Southern Tier Live 
• Bell's Two Hearted, Bell's
• Yuengling
• Stella
• Jever 

Hopshire Farm & Brewery taps a cask of Fiddlers Grain aged with Cascade hops from Lyke Road Farms in Trumansburg plus has the following on tap this week:

• Beehave
• Fiddlers Grain (Irish red)
• 'round yon Virgil
• Barley Stone (Irish stout)
• Shire Ale
• Sympathy (Belgian strong golden)
• Near Varna 
• Hop Onyx 

Finger Lakes Beverage Center

• Great Lakes Christmas 
• Southern Tier 2Xmas
• Jacks Abby Kiwi Rising
• Lake Placid Black Tie Porter
• Saranac Clouded Dream
• Abandon Belgian
• Horseheads Black IPA
• Evil Twin Biscotti Break
• Elysain Space Dust
• Angry Orchard Crisp Hard Cider
• W E Salle Root Beer Soda 

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What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Jan 29th, 2015)

What's on Tap in the Ithaca area? Heavyweights from Bandwagon and Dogfish Head, new session IPAs and a whole lot more!

Ithaca Beer Taproom has aged Nut Brown on Ash for this Thursday's cask night with a Lucifer Falls, a Golden Strong Ale as their latest addition to their 5-Barrel series.

Bandwagon Brew Pub is still rocking their Tuesday Night Circus 13% 3xIPA and several other seasonals, with Cry Dunkel (4% Bavarian Style Wheat) and Too Have's Hole (5.3% Brown Porter) on deck...

Ithaca Coffee Company's latest Triphammer offerings include Stone Enjoy By 2.14.15, Ommegang Spiced Saison, 1911 Raspberry Hard Cider, and other notables from last week like North Coast Brother Thelonious, Horseheads Newton Brown Ale, Vanberg & Dewulf Lava, Ithaca Rustic Harvest & Flower Power, and more.

ICC's Gateway location is new features are Ommegang Tripel Perfection & Saranac Legacy IPA, plus Bacchus Oatmeal Stout, Flores Fate Pale, & Cyclhops IPA; 21st Amendment Bitter American, City Steam Naughty Nurse, & Green Flash Road Warrior.

Ithaca Ale House now has Stone's Enjoy By 2.14.15 and still serving up impressive offerings like Dogfishhead's 18% Raison D'Extra, Stone's Double Bastard & Southern Tier - Tier De Garde with plenty of quatlity IPAs, Winter Warmers, Lagers, and Stouts.

The Westy now have Bacchus Floras Fate Pale Ale, Ithaca Daydreamer, and Victory Hop Devil alongside Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Allagash White, Southern Tier Live & IPA, Abandon Nut Brown, Bell's Two Hearted, Bell's, plus year-rounds from Yuengling, Stella, and Jever, and Ithaca Embrrr is on deck after Edmond Fitzgerald.

Hopshire Farm & Brewery launches their second Irish beer of the season with The Barley Stone, a 4.5% dry Irish Stout, complimenting their Fiddlers Grain Irish Red and other seasonal & year-round offerings.

Finger Lakes Beverage Center has Elysian Space Dust IPA, Horseheads Black Horse Ale, Southern Tier Pumpking & 2XMAS, Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising, Abandon Belgian Golden, Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break, Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and Saranac Cloudy Dream.

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What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Jan 21st, 2015)

What's on Tap in the Ithaca area? Heavyweights from Bandwagon and Dogfish Head, new session IPAs and a whole lot more!

Ithaca Beer Taproom's big news is still their new 7.0% Kölsch seasonal, Daydreamer.

Daydreamer will also be on cask, dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin while the latest 5BBL offering is a Session IPA clocking in at just 4.1%.

Bandwagon Brew Pub will debut two new brews this week, a 4.5% session IPA called 600 Waves plus Tuesday Night Circus, a massive new triple IPA weighing in at 13%.

Ithaca Coffee Company's latest Triphammer offerings include Goose Island Ten Hills IPA & Urban Wheat, North Coast Brother Thelonious, Ommegang Gnomegang, Horseheads Newton Brown Ale, Vanberg & Dewulf Lava, Ithaca Rustic Harvest & Flower Power, 21st Amendment Live Free or Die IPA, Anderson Valley Fall Hornin, Saranac Tramony Rouge, Woodchuck Hopsation.

ICC's Gateway location is new features are Bacchus Oatmeal Stout, Flores Fate Pale, & Cyclhops IPA; Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose with Ithaca Dark Vine, 21st Amendment Bitter American, City Steam  Innocense IPA, Green Flash Road Warrior holding it down.

Ithaca Ale House is impressively serving up Dogfishhead's 18% Raison D'Extra and Stone's Double Bastard alongside Southern Tier - Tier De Garde, Bacchus Oatmeal Stout, and Sam Adams Boston Lager and still rocking Ommegang Spiced Saison, Horseheads Rye P.A., 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Bell's Two Hearted, Southern Tier Live, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Ithaca Embrrr & White Gold, Stone Arrogant Bastard, Harpoon UFO, Stella, Wachusetts Blueberry, Pilsner Urquell, Guinness

The Westy are holding steady with Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Allagash White, Southern Tier Live & IPA, Abandon Nut Brown, Bell's Two Hearted, Bell's Edmond Fitzgerald, plus year-rounds from Yuengling, Stella, and Jever.

FInger Lakes Beverage Center just tapped Elysian Space Dust IPA and Horseheads Black Horse Ale and hanging tight with Southern Tier Pumpking & 2XMAS, Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising, Abandon Belgian Golden, Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break, Sierra Nevada / Allagash Myron's Walk, Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and Saranac Cloudy Dream,

Hopshire Farm & Brewery hangs up Boggled until next fall and returns their Belgian golden, Sympathy to the line-up. Fiddler's Grain, Shire Ale, 'Virgil, Near Varna, Hop Onyx round out the tapline along with Beehave, which will be one of the featured beers in a pairing at Coltivare, part of the Winter Village Bluegrass Festival.

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What's On Tap? (Ithaca: Jan 15th, 2015)

Thanks for joining us once again to find out what's on tap in Ithaca, NY!

Ithaca Beer Taproom kicks off their latest 6-Pack seasonal, Daydreamer, a full bodied Kölsch clocking in at 7.0% ABV. Draft & bottles should be widely available within the week.

As of Thursday, Cascazilla aged on Cherry Wood (cask) and 5 Barrel series offerings Red Hot Rosie (Chili Porter), Za Vas! (Russian Imperial Stout), & Milkstache were still on as well.

Bandwagon Brew Pub just debuted a new 6.7%  Barrel- Aged Red Ale, aged for 4 months in 6 Mile Creek red wine barrels. (Review coming soon!)

BWB Shiny Penny Coppy Lager (w. candi sugar & orange peel), Russian Imperial Stout, Udder Delight Milk Stout, Chai-Chili Porter, Sauer Weisse, Thank Hank Porter, Winter Brown Lager, CTZ IPA, NYS Trad Pils and other year-rounds are all on tap as well, plus offerings from Catskill Brewery, Ninkasi, Abandon, and Beak & Skiff.

Ithaca Coffee Company's latest Triphammer offerings include Ithaca Creeker, Ommegang Biere D'Hougoumont, City Steam Naughty Nurse, Brooklyn BLAST!, Anderson Valley Fall Hornin, Saranac Tramony Rouge, and Woodchuck Hopsation with Galaxy's The Void, Founders Big Luscious, Dogfish Festina Peche and Saison Du Buff,  and Wagner Valley Hop Tropic still in rotation.

ICC's Gateway location is now featuring Ithaca Dark Vine, 21st Amendment Bitter American, City Steam Naughty Nurse & Innocense IPA, Green Flash Road Warrior, Ommegang Art of Darkness, Saranac Caramel Porter, and Great Lakes Nosferatu.

Ithaca Ale House now features Ballast Point's Grapefruit Sculpin IPA, Ommegang Spiced Saison, Horseheads Rye P.A., and Southern Tier Live alongside Abandon Saison, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, He’Brew Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass the Beer, Bell's Two Hearted, Southern Tier Live, Victory Moving Parts 02, Green Flash West Coast IPA, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Ithaca Embrrr & White Gold, Stone Arrogant Bastard, Harpoon UFO, Stella, Wachusetts Blueberry, Pilsner Urquell, Guinness

Founders All Day IPA is back at The Westy with Southern Tier 2XOne, Abandon Nut Brown, Horseheads Brickyard Red, Bell's Two Hearted, plus year-rounds from Yuengling, Stella, Jever, and Great Lakes. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is on deck after 2XOne.

FInger Lakes Beverage Center has Southern Tier Pumpking & 2XMAS, Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising, Abandon Belgian Golden, Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break, Sierra Nevada / Allagash Myron's Walk, 21st Amendment Blah Blah Blah, Sierra Nevada Celebration, Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and Saranac Cloudy Dream,

Hopshire Farm & Brewery bring back two of their most popular seasonals, Fiddlers Grain, Irish Red and Sympathy, Belgian Strong Golden are back at and on Friday, they're releasing Figgy Puddin - cask of 'round yon Virgil holiday ale with figs, dates and vanilla beans (wow!).

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#178: Dogfish Head Brewery » Black & Blue (Belgian Fruit Beer)

An inspired fruit beer from Dogfish Head...

The Brewery: Dogfish Head (Milton, DE)
The Brew: Black & Blue (Belgian Fruit Beer)
Availability: Bottles & Draft (Limited)
ABV:  10.0% | IBUs: 25
Rating: 8.2/10
Location: Home
Found: Fingerlakes Beverage Center

The Story? Black & Blue is the first of four Dogfish Head Occasional Rarities that I'll be covering over the next week or so. Typically, fruit beers are not the first thing I grab for. Artificial flavoring or poor backbone choice (uninspired wheat beers, etc) are usually the big culpruit, but I never swear off a whole style.

Enter Dogfish Head, who as usual, like to do things their own way. B&B is Belgian-style golden ale fermented with black raspberries and blueberries - real berries; nothing fake here. It also, boasts a 10% ABV, which is one of the highest I've seen on a fruit beer. All signs point to enjoyable on my radar, so far...

The Beer? Black & Blue immediately releases fragrant aromas of sweet and sour berries while pouring. A finger of white head with a pinkish hue tops the hazy deep amber body. Strong blueberry notes dominate the nose on further breaths in.

The use of real fruit really pays off in this one. Rustic, juicy flavors are abound - smooth and refreshing, while tart, but not at all wild or funky. The Belgian Golden style is a good palate choice to allow the sweet blueberries and soft tartness of the blackberries to shine through, without getting overly sweet. There's a slight earthy aftertaste preceded by a slight dryness on the finish.

Overall, a solid beer, nothing terribly groundbreaking, but a must try for any fruit beer lover and recommended for any of your friends into the lighter side of wines and looking for a gateway into craft beer.

#163: Uinta Brewing Company » Anniversary Barley Wine Ale

One of my favorite styles from the always delicious, Uinta...

The Brewery: Uinta Brewing Co. (Salt Lake City, UT)
The Brew:  Anniversary Barley Wine Ale
Availability:  Bottles, draft
ABV: 10.4% // IBUs: 72
Rating: 9/10
Location: Home
Found: Fingerlakes Beverage Center

The Story? Originally released in small batches each year to commemorate their anniversary, Uinta's Anniversary Barley Wine Ale is now a year-round offering. I picked these up for post Big Day In celebration last weekend and found myself with a couple left.

The Beer? Anniversary kicks off with a far more plentiful head than your typical barleywine. The body is a deep, dark brown and nearly opaque. A few deep whiffs reveal big malt and citrus characteristics.

The flavors is quite sweet, with an earthy finish and a slight tartness woven in. Big flavors of fig, raisin, and caramel dominate while subtler notes of espresso and nuts seal the deal. This brew has definite heft to it - full bodied, dark and respectfully bitter. A great, strong hop backbone balances the sweet malt goodness that never overpowers.

Overall, a firm, strong, year-round barley wine. I'm going to age on of these for a while and see how things develop.

#155: The Bronx Brewery » Rye Pale Ale

Bronx experience #2 for this blogger...

The Brewery: The Bronx Brewery (Bronx, NY)
The Brew: Rye Pale Ale
Availability: Draft Only (Fall Specialty)
ABV: 6.3% | IBUs: 58
Rating: 8.5/10
Location: Home
Found: Fingerlakes Beverage Center

The Story? There have been a handful of taps at Fingerlake Beverage that have caught my eye of late, one of which being Bronx's Rye seasonal. Their Pale Ale quickly became one of my new regular brews earlier this year, but this was the first I'd run across their rye.

Malted and flaked rye make up nearly a quarter of the grain bill for this Rye, coupled with Chinook and Crystal hops. Easy choice for the empty half-growler eagerly waiting in the car.

The Beer? Transparent amber and thin white head meet the eyes while firm aromas of rye, banana, and bread grace the nose. As expected, there's a deep, enjoyable rye bitter flavor to this Bronx. It's still wet up front, followed by esters and some sweet caramel characteristics as well. Mild white fruit, nectarine appear way in the back along with a herbal coolness. The body is fairly light with plenty of effervescence.

Overall, another solid offering from Bronx, this time with some darker, deeper complexities and a touch more bitterness for the cold months.

#144: Victory Brewing » Red Thunder (Baltic Porter in Red Wine Barrels)

Baltic, barreled...

The Brewery: Victory Brewing Co. (Downington, PA)
The Brew: Red Thunder (Baltic Porter aged in Red Wine Barrels)
Availability: Bottles
ABV: 8.5%
Rating: 9/10
Location: Home
Found: Fingerlakes Beverage Center

The Story? Victory's Baltic Thunder, Baltic Porter is a brew I always keep an eye out for. A style whose roots date back to the 18th century and which is enjoying some resurgence. When my partner and I visited Victory, I left a bit broken hearted as they had kicked the keg and stated they were no longer going to offer 22 oz. bottles.

I'd tried Red Thunder, Baltic Thunder's distinguished cousin, during a bottle share last year, but hadn't seen it since. Over the summer, Victory announced Red Thunder would return. I immediately put in a request down at Fingerlakes Beverage, which was happily fulfilled.

The Beer? Served in a broad wine-glass, Red Thunder is jet black with a minimal amount of mocha head - quite similar in appearance to it's unaged cousin. The nose is as well - wet, chocolate, mild alcohol, the slighted herbal notes, but all with a hint of oak and red fruit.

Down the hatch, it's creamy with a chewy mouthfeel. It's warming and quite robust. This complex ponderer is a slow burner. Red Thunder starts out cool, wet, and creamy, but a bit transparent at first. Slowly, it builds with black and green pepper notes, becoming more earthy coupled with cooling hints of licorice, followed by chocolate and milk, even finding a mild blackberry tartness in its second serving. The finish is quite long, very satisfying, and holds a bit of booze heat. A great beer for a cold night.

I'm impressed how they built on their Baltic Porter offering, enough so where you weren't just buying the same thing, but with enough balance and resolve to not loose what makes that beer so enjoyable.

Overall, a deep, wet brew with drying, velvet notes. A wonderful take on rare style for this age.