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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

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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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 redgold07 (308), Irving, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Pours a nice copper color. Aroma is hoppy at first with fruit, citrus and apricot. Flavor is slightly hoppy at first, but sweet with fruit and a little malt afterward. 12 oz. bottle.


 JCB (1713), Durham, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 10, 2008  
12oz from Peace Street Market, Raleigh. Hmmm, not a big fan of apricots but I am a big fan of IPAs. Ultimately, this is a case where a perfectly good base beer - not unlike 60 Minute - is spoiled by the tweaking with fruit. I’m no hater of fruit beers by any means, but this just doesn’t work, as the best characteristics of both styles just cancel each other out.


TOSG55 (75), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a golden orange, with a thin head. Mild aroma of apricots, malt, and some hops. The flavor is sweet apricots and malt, followed by a bitter hop finish (a bit of a stretch to call this an IPA, though), with lingering tartness. Interesting and fairly tasty, but not something that I’d want more often than once in a blue moon.


 checkmatei1 (629), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 8, 2008  
Draft: Poured an amber color with a little bit of head. The aroma was apricot and hops. The flavor was Hoppy Apricot and some sweet spice. Overall, a decent beer.


 Indulgence (141), Ajo, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Bottle last night and today: This is underrated, it is one of the best "fruit beers" that I’ve had. It crosses the line of IPA, and desert wine and beer. Aromas of hoppy apricots, not too sweet, just right. Great head that lasts and nice sticky lacing. Flavor is apricot hoppiness. Palate is medium bodied... I think the brewery hit the mark, and made a very drinkable beer.


 Pawola22 (676), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/514/20
Aug 5, 2008  
12 oz bottle from Binnys. Pours an extremely clear light golden orange with a finger width bubbly white head that dissipates very quickly. No clouds or haze. Smells way more fruity than hoppy. Obviously there are tons of apricots, but there are also hints of an uncomplex assortment of hops. Tastes of a sweet beginning, clearly a fruity and apricot middle, and a very partial bitter end with a lingering apricot taste. Decently hoppy, although i’m sure the fruit really takes away from the actual amount they add. I would definitely classify this as a fruit beer instead of an IPA brewed with fruit. Its sweet, light, and fruity with a hoppy undertone. Not a bad beer if you’re in the mood for it. Dogfish head continues to impress with their diversity in brewing.


 Hawksfan17 (717), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Smells of spice bread and apricot fruit roll ups. Pours amber with a frothy white head. The hops are evident but not as much as I would have liked. There isn’t that much bitterness there. You can taste the apricot though.


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Poured a clear amber color with a huge sparse white head. Aroma is primarily floral hops, but a hint of apricot exists. Taste is hoppy overall, but the apricots balance the bitterness well. Never had a bad beer from Dogfish Head.



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