By Kevin Burns, Beer Columnist Ithaca TEN is an "imperial American Extra Special Double Red Ale" that was created to celebrate the Ithaca Beer Company's 10th anniversary.  The beer was released in March of 2008 as part of the Excelsior! series and is described by the brewery as an "exploded version of CascaZilla".  In 2008 at TAP-NY, Ithaca TEN was awarded the gold medal of the F.X. Matt Memorial Cup as the best beer in New York State.    The bottle is labeled Batch# E!011. TEN poured a light brown color with a small, pen-width, tan head. The nose had quite a bit of rich malt, with a…