Ichabod

Ichabod New Holland Brewing Company

Trying a seasonal brew from a brewing company that I have never tried before. I will be trying a brew from New Holland Brewing Company. They are located in Holland, Michigan, which Michigan is turning into a hot bed for breweries. This beer was first brewed in 1997 and has been around ever since. I am trying Ichabod from New Holland Brewing Company. Ichabod is a Pumpkin Ale. Ichabod has an alcohol by volume or ABV of 4.5% and IBU of 25. Here is a little about New Holland, "Each bottle of our craft beer and artisan spirits captures a flavor, a harvest, a season, a moment in time. We honor those who put imagination, creativity and inspiration into their work. Our beer and spirits pair perfectly with a blank canvas, fertile soil, a blinking cursor, an empty plate or the hint of a spark in someone’s eye. The opportunity for art is everywhere." They believe in celebrating art of crafting and the artist in everyone. The temperature keeps dropping and now it is officially headed towards halloween/thanksgiving and Pumpkin season. So cheers to that and let's checkout what is behind Ichabod. 

Appearance of Ichabod

Ichabod has a deep amber tint to it almost like it looks like an Amber Ale. Colorwise the beer looks like a pumpkin brew and I am extremely excited to find out the aroma and the taste of Ichabod. Aoma wise I am pulling the spices out, when I tried to take a whiff of this aroma. Nutmeg and Cinnamon are prevalent in the aroma. I also get the pumpkin aroma in the beer and am curious to see what the taste of Ichabod leaves around. The foam or the head of the beer has a orange white appearance which I believe is from the deep amber color or the pumpkin in the brew. 

Time to figure out the final verdict on Ichabod from New Holland Brewing Company. When I took my first sip, I got a faint taste of pumpkin and more of a hop note. I drank more and more, I noticed the hop note more and more. The hop I picked up on was the Cascade Hop and I think that it is not a bad thing if you are targeting most beer drinkers. I think that to call this a Pumpkin Ale is a little bit of a stretch. I think that the pumpkin does not really hit the taste palate until you finish your sip and are left with the Pumpkin spices on your tongue. 

Ichabod New Holland Brewing Company

The aroma and the color led me to believe this was going to be like a Pumpkin Ale, but the taste threw me a curveball and gave me something different. I think that if you are more of traditional beer drinker and not to high on pumpkin ales then this would be a beer for you to step into the Pumpkin Ales. Not too much pumpkin taste and more of a hop note than anything else. Even though it has a bitter of twenty five, I can still pick up on the Cascade Hop note in the brew and if you like India Pale Ales brewed with Cascade Hops you should check out Ichabod. This is a good brew just not something, I would go out of my way to get again. I know everyone has their own style of beers and I think right now my palate does not cooperate with Cascade Hops. This is a beer worth trying and exploring, to me it has more of an Amber Ale taste than a Pumpkin Ale. 

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