Dogfish Head ApriHop

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

Bottle. Pours an average sized, rocky, off-white head. Lasting. Clear, deep copper body. Looks fantastic. Sweet malt aroma and some faint apricot with minimal, miscellaneous, muddy hop character. Flavor is of apricot, thick, crystal malt and random hops. Low bitterness. Medium body, super sweet, somewhat resinous and low carbonation. Muddy, strange and mildly enjoyable.

Bottle. Pours a perfectly clear dark amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma is some piney hops, a nectary note from the fruit and a discernible biscuity malt backbone. Fairly tart and citric with a sour note in the finish. Little evident hoppiness. Medium to light bodied with a lingering tartness.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange to amber with small off-white head. Aroma is mild hops fruity and caramelish. Sweet and fruity flavoured with a distinct citrusy and light peachy hops dominant flavour. Good caramel malt flavoured body to this. Ends dry and crisp bitter.

First thing I noticed was the deep amber pour with small fizzing off-white head, about 1/2 inch thickness. Taste is sweet and sour with plenty of bitter hops and caramel sweet malts to keep the brew in balance. The real apricots don’t exactly shine through and overall this beer is one of the weaker and more incohesive Dogfish Heads I’ve tried, especially for a seasonal offering.

amber pour with a fizzy off-white head. aroma is some sour apricot, some resinous hops and a bit of caramel malt. flavor is interesting, apricot sweetness dominates, but with some nice hoppage to balance it out. A little wierd, slightly sour, slightly sweet and a little bitter, to quote MrBeerFanatic. Also not my style but drinkable and relatively enjoyable

Bottle: Really like what DFH is doing with beers, pushing all the limits. Sometimes you get it right sometimes you get it wrong. I think Aprihop falls short of a Fruit beer or a Hoppy beer. The combination sounds great but the execution is weak. Neither nor. But they get an A+ for innovation.

Pours a medium deep colored amber with a slight fizzy/ frothy white head. Aromas of hops and the apricots come through a little with some caramel. The flavor is of hops balanced with some apricots and a little caramel malt. A little sour, sweet, and bitter. I love my IPA’s but adding fruits to them just isn’t my style.

Very drinkable medium-bodied, hopped ale with lots of apricot puree. Amazing balance flies in face of fruit and hops making a good beer.