Dogfish Head ApriHop

Copper pour with a 2 finger, white head. Apricot and citrus aroma with a little candi sugar and some faint caramel malt. The flavor is mostly citrus upfront with a strong, lingering candied apricot note. The malt is caramel and some subtle nuts. It a bit on the cloying side. Sticky, medium body with soft carbonation.

Clear orange pour. Smell is very much hops with a sense of sweet fruit. Taste is quite sweet but not over the top, with a finish of fruit and hops. Better than most, certainly interesting but still sweeter than I would have liked.

Pours clear amber with medium head. Aroma - Hops, and dried apricots. Taste - Sweet dried apricots, a little tart and good bit of hops. Overall - Apricot was definetly there in the smell and taste. Good beer for what it set out to be. A little on the sweet side with a sticky mouth feel for me though.

First let me say that I like Dogfish Head beers, but they can be a little over the top. When I first saw this beer I thought it was going to be hop bomb or a apricot bomb. I wouldn’t have bought the $10 4-pack but the bottle shop manager let me have a taster of one he had just opened and wow not what I expected, it was balanced. Apperance: Nice off white head that diminishes but stays throughout. Truly a amber colored beer, just like the stone. Aroma: Smells of fresh hop aromas and dried apricots, very nice. Flavor: Sweet tart apricots, followed by a nice hop bite but neither really last very long or dominates. Slightly sweet with some tartness and a nice hoppy dry finish. Palate: Very nice carbonation and somewhat heavy mouthfeel, this may be the only reason that this beer is not one of the better beers for a hot day. Overall: Very drinkable, and like I said very well balanced, especially for Dogfish Head. Does not seem like 7%, and on a hot day or evening that could be dangerous.

Bottle. Fruity aroma. Copper body, thick off-white head. I didn’t expect the apricot flavor to be nearly so apparent. To me, it’s so strong as to be off-putting. Certainly interferes with the anticipation of an IPA.

A 12 oz bottle. the beer poured a amber body with a fizzy small cream head. the smell is bitter hops. The apricots tone down the hops and add a smoothness the make this easy to drink. good carbonation.

Bottle at Church Key, North Beach, San Francisco, with Phyllis, 26th Mar 09. Clear dark amber. The one beer on my trip that I simply did not get along with. Smells of wet dog and old laundry with a bit of apricot air freshener sprayed on top. Sickly, sourish taste. Really not up my street.

Poured clear amber, green apricot, hoppy, little caramel, little malts, slighty bready.