{"id":12190,"date":"2010-10-21T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12190"},"modified":"2010-10-19T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T13:47:48","slug":"review-new-hollands-ichabod-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/10\/review-new-hollands-ichabod-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: New Holland&#8217;s Ichabod Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_Label.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12194\" title=\"New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_Label-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_Label-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_Label.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I have to be honest with you and tell you that when I saw this beer, I was beyond excited.\u00a0 Like over the top EXCITED!<\/p>\n<p>See, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhollandbrew.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Holland<\/a> happens to be one of my favorite breweries.\u00a0 They are responsible for bringing me to the dark side with a seasonal brew of theirs called Cabin Fever.\u00a0 I talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/01\/review-new-holland-brewing-company-cabin-fever-brown-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">it right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They also make another dark beer that is my current LOVE and I was introduced to him earlier this year at <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/06\/columbus-beerfest-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Beer Fest<\/a>.\u00a0 More on him at another time!<\/p>\n<p>So when I saw that New Holland made their own pumpkin ale complete with a cool name and an even cooler label I was all over that right quick.<\/p>\n<p>Oh I had high hopes for this one!\u00a0 I was building it up in my mind and I don&#8217;t know if this was a bad thing or a good thing?\u00a0 But I was counting down the days till I could pour some and get sipping.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Recap:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m going to rate the beers on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Color<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Head Retention<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taste<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ratings will be <img src=\"..\/images\/pumpkin.gif\" alt=\":pumpkin:\" \/> and the score will range from 1-5.\u00a0 One being the poorest and five being the best.<\/p>\n<p>Alright New Holland, are you going to bring it or is your Ichabod going to be full of Ick and no bod?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_beer.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12191\" title=\"New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_beer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_beer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ichabod_beer.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Smell:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Opened this bottle and got nothing.\u00a0 I mean NOTHING.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t smell like anything.\u00a0 It had a beer smell but there was nothing there that made me think fall or pumpkin. Oh New Holland, you need to bring something to the table!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Color is fantastic!\u00a0 This is exactly the color of ale I prefer.\u00a0\u00a0 A lovely deep amber color that you can barely see through. It was gorgeous and had me thinking that perhaps the lack of spice smell would somehow work out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Head retention wasn&#8217;t great but it lasted a lot longer than some others we tried.\u00a0 I would prefer a little longer but I can live with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taste:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh man could I have been any more disappointed?\u00a0 I highly doubt it.\u00a0 This beer just did not have it at all.\u00a0 No spice, no flavor, and really no anything.\u00a0 If I was given this beer in a blind taste test, I wouldn&#8217;t even have thought for a second it was a pumpkin ale.\u00a0 It had a weird transition too, like it almost got super bitter at the finish.\u00a0 Neither Scott nor I could even finish this beer.\u00a0 I was so bummed out! I&#8217;m currently trying to figure out who I can pawn the rest on to.\u00a0 Anyone want to do a beer swap?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s alright I still love New Holland, I just think our relationship is going to have to stick with the darker more intense stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever had Ichabod ale before?\u00a0 What are your thoughts?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to be honest with you and tell you that when I saw this beer, I was beyond excited.\u00a0 Like over the top EXCITED! See, New Holland happens to be one of my favorite breweries.\u00a0 They are responsible for bringing me to the dark side with a seasonal brew of theirs called Cabin Fever.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[32,84],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3aC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}