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Dogfish Head ApriHop

Dogfish Head ApriHop - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
87
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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11823.48/5.03.48/5.0Spring7%95.7Flute
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Commercial Description:
A strong IPA brewed with real apricots and finished with whole leaf Willamette and Cascade hops.
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 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
May 3, 2009  
Pour was perfect. Perfect head, and deep red/orange body. Very little lacing, but head retains as a layer resting on top. Smells of fresh grown apricots and mild hops. Tastes MUCH better as it warms up. Cold the apricot flavor is in the front and tastes fake. As it warms up the hops step forward, and the apricots taste much more natural and just tag along on the back end. It’s really a good beer that I couldnt drink more than one of. It would be a great compliment to a meal.


 trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
May 2, 2009  
Pours copper with a medium white head. Dilute, and bitter, but seemingly not from the hop contingent. The apricot flavor is present, but doesn’t add much. They went for novelty here and sorely missed. I’m very, very underwhelmed.


 DerWeg (748), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/104/515/20
Apr 30, 2009  
Rating 1100 of Aprihop, bitches. What a nice tangy hit of apricot fruit! I am drinking this bottle right from my cellar so it’s not too cold, The color is a nice orangey gold with a substantial head that drops down quick at this temperature... and frankly the beer smells quite subtle. I was expecting more aroma and bite of hops to grip my nose and palate but I like this just the way it is. Acidic and refreshing. This will be good cold but milder still, I will grab a few more next time to share.


 hayduke (1619), Eureka, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Apr 29, 2009  
From a four pack of 12 bottles this poured a light orange color with a medium white head and light lacing. Nose is dominated by the apricot. Mouthfeel is medium. Flavor is again mostly apricot and the finish finally shows little hop bitterness. Not sure why this is called and IPA as it seems mostly a fruit beer, and a decent one at that.


 BrotherGrendel (545), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/513/20
Apr 28, 2009  
Bottle. Orange-amber hue with thin ring of foam, good clarity. Amazing aroma captures the apricot essence with other light fruits and grassy hop aroma. Flavor is a bit thin and fading, apricot and berries initially on the palate that quickly fade to balancing earthy hop flavors and underlying bready malts, finishes sweet. Light-medium bodied, thin texture, low-flat carbonation. A unique portrait of sweet fruit and bitter hops with DFH underlying characteristics malts lurking, disappointing persistence of flavor compared to other more complex fruit beers (i.e. New Glarus).


coharahawk (87), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Apr 26, 2009  
On tap at Ginger Man. Nose has fresh apricot that dominates with a little bit of hops behind. Flavor is tart and sweet up front with a decent malt backbone. Finishes with a tiny bit of hop bitterness. I think this falls somewhat short of being an IPA, but tasts a little more like an APA with apricots. There’s not too much depth to it. However, it would work as a pretty good summer/lawnmower/grilling beer as it is refreshing.


 n49921 (108), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/512/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Bottle. Pours almost orange, very think. Aroma is fruity with some hop. Flavor is very fruity and actually not much hop. Body is a bit heavy. A good beer, but not my taste.


 nefarious (202), Clarkston, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Apr 25, 2009  
this is such an unusual pour.....and not in a bad way either. Thick pour for an IPA. Descent head and great lacing. Man this thing has legs for an IPA. Deeeeeeeep orange color. Sweet aroma of sweet apricots and sugar, DUH. Wow! Jusy so different sweet sour and bitter all the same. Almost has a dirty sock flavor. The ever present ceader wood DFH finish as well. Another unique brew from DFH.



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