Dogfish Head ApriHop

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

12 oz. bottle purchased at Central Market in Mill Creek. Pours a copper/bronze color, with minimal head. Aroma: Apricot (duh), and a hint of grass. Flavor: Apricot (double duh), pear, and hops.

This one was quite enjoyable. It poured a darker, clear copper with just the slight hint of a white head and seemed pretty bubbly. It said it was an apricot IPA, but the hops seemed to be almost entirely masked by the apricots. Even though I’m a hophead, I didn’t mind the lack of the hops because the apricot flavor was really good. It finished pretty tart and the strong apricot flavor lingered. It was definitely drinkable and I’d highly recommend this spring one.

Quickly descending head and a clear coppery color. Fruity smell. Duh! Apricot flavor in there, but not in the magic hat way. Pretty sweet, actually a little too sweet for my liking. Interesting finish. Some subtle hops. Kinda sour taste in there. Not really my thing, but well done indeed.

Bottle. Clear pale iced tea brown color. Ringed head. Earthy, spoiled fruit, grainy. Not appealing. Tastes like a superior or exciting version of Beast Light - not exactly a great compliment for this brewer or this kind of beer. Very disappointing.

Pours a clean golden color with a medium frothy head that fades thinly and leaves streams of bubbly lacing. Aroma is apricots, citrus hops, and sweet malts. Taste is really really refreshing. Having this ice cold after mowing the lawn would be sublime. The taste is really dominated by the apricots with the palate being defined by your typical IPA - citrus and bitter hops.

Aroma: rich, dried apricots, fresh hops, some biscuity malts.
Flavour: sweet, dried apricot, dry hop aftertaste. Malty body.
Appearance: golden body, white head.
Palate: very crispy, fizzy... quite creamy for this much carbonation.

shared bottle on 4/6/08, rating from notes taken. really not that hoppy for a "strong IPA"... the apricots really take over this beer, but not in a bad way. It is really a fruit beer as classified by RateBeer. Slight sour finish as well. I’m glad I got to try it, but would not buy a whole 4 pack.... just not really my thing.

12oz bottle. Almost orange pour, off-white head, fairly quickly dissipating. Aroma and taste are markedly different. Marketed as IPA on the bottle, but lacks the hoppy punch. I’d categorize it as a more mature cousin of Magic Hat’s #9.