Dogfish Head ApriHop

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

Pours extremely clear with a light orange tone. Fine white head with good lacing and retention. VERY sweet, strong apricot finish. Balance of flavor was skewed toward a sweetness that was not well-balance by the lacking hop profile.

Nice orangish color and floral aroma. Not as hoppy as other dogfish brews, but balanced perfectly with the citrus and sweetness. And the apricot is not overpowering. The 7% abv is easy to forget with a beer as smooth and crisp. An easy drink on a warm afternoon.

12 oz bottle from a trade with GMCC2181. pours orangish/brown with a nice off white head. aromas are swirls of hoppy apricot. flavours are the same. basically the bottle tells you exactly what your getting here. a nice summer brew that i could drink piles of.

Served cold from bottle. Pours amber with a medium fluffy off-white head. Aroma is hops and apricot. The taste is highlighted by citrus notes and some hops. Very easy to drink, crisp and delicious. Definitely one of the better fruit beers I’ve ever had, and it packs a small punch with the 7% abv.

Pours a light amber color. It as a light white thin head. The nose is light apricots, fruity hops and sweet hops. The beer taste like a sweet ipa with a fruity finish. It had a watery mouth feel.

Bottle. Amber pour, visible carbonation. Aroma is citrus hops, floral hops, and some apricot. Flavor is mostly like a normal citrusy IPA, but with a nice sweet apricot complement. The apricot flavor is subtle, which is good in my mind. Enjoyable beer.

Interesting. Pours amber gold with a fizzy medium head. Aroma is apricot jam and hops. Flavor is good, with much less apricot than expected from the aroma. Good hoppiness, but not quite as good as other DFH IPA’s. Like I said at the beginning, interesting.

Very nice if you’re in the mood for apricot. Not an overpowering fruit dominance. Hops are very present (as would be expected from the name), but malt is also surprisingly featured, and in a good way. Apricot is definitely there on the nose, but less so on the palate. Some floral notes, too. Well-balanced beer. One of my wife’s favorites, and I find myself stealing sips from her often...