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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

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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 ajm (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/512/20
Dec 5, 2007  
Yeah it’s an IPA. Yeah you can taste apricots. I’m not blown away. I do think that the fruit lends a balance that most IPAs don’t have... but I guess that is another way of saying I don’t really go for IPAs.


 Gregis (1132), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2007  
Pours a pretty, clear copper with a ton of rising bubbles and a dense, frothy, ivory head that leaves behind creamy lace. The aroma is a bit disappointing, with the apricots and Cascades duking it out for supremacy. Neither actually seems to win the battle, and it results in a bit of a muddled fruity mess backed by a mild caramel note. Medium-bodied and creamy with a moderately bitter finish. The flavor is an interesting combination of a big malty, apricot front and a PNW hops finishing things off satisfyingly bitter. This is one of the better fruited beers that I’ve sampled, but I think I prefer my fruit beers and IPAs separate.


 KDorgan12 (163), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 27, 2007  
Bottle-Memphis. Surprising malt flavor. This one kept me at bay for a long time since I didn’t know how I’d react to the apricot...well, it was delicious - more peachy than apricot but man, what a beer!


 milljam (562), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/517/20
Nov 4, 2007  
Intriguing.....my first beer with apricots. I enjoyed the fact that the base is an IPA...it goes well with the apricots. Little malt in the taste, mainly hops, with fruits, apricot being the most prevalent. Good finish.


DAVOMCW (7), ST LOUIS, Missouri, USA
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1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/53/103/55/20
Oct 29, 2007  
DFH MAKES SOME GREAT BEERS. I MUST HAVE GOTTEN AN OLD BOTTLE. THE APRICOT AROMA AND TASTE WERE ABSENT. SO WHATS LEFT? AN IPA BY DFH. I WAS LET DOWN AGAIN.


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Excellent. Wonderful subtle apricot over well-balanced mix of malt and full-on IPA hoppiness. A very pleasant surprise for a fruit beer.


BeerBellyOSU (47), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 20, 2007  
Clear, reddish gold color, big big head. Strangely sweet in the nose, perhaps due to the apricots? Not like a typical IPA, certainly. To me, the apricot is a hindrance. It feels like the sweetness of the apricot kills that hop bite. Certianly a drinkable beer, just not blown away.


 travita (1851), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Beautiful bright amber color with a decent long lasting head. Dry hopped with a slight apricot overtones in aroma and taste. Tastes like an IPA with a slight apricot twing to it.



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