Dogfish Head ApriHop

12 oz. bottle. The aroma is apricot. Perhaps diluted with some hop. Hazy ripe stone fruit color with a white head that ringed. The flavor is apricot, but it is not overly sweet; the malt is balanced by the hop. It’s a play of sweet vs. bitter, and the bitter wins. The finish is fairly dry, and the bitter seems a bit like sucking apricot pits. It’s not a NW hophead IPA; it’s just a standard IPA with apricot accents. Really clean and refreshing.

4/26/05 12 oz. Reddish amber with small off white head. Mostly hop aroma. I guess I can talk myself into an apricot aroma. It does appear to have a mix of hop and apricot flavor with a decent malt background

Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a good size head that leaves a nice lacing. Aroma of hops and fruit (apricots), and malt. Flavor is clean with a bit of fruit and spice. Has a semi sweet taste.The apricots are barely noticed but seem to take some of the hop bitterness and tone it down. I found this to be very enjoyable and easy to drink. Nice dry hop finish without the usual hop bitterness.

Pours a light copper color with a small white head. Could not smell any apricot till it warmed a bit, mostly hops in the nose with a bit of citrus. Taste was slightly sweet and again no apricot till it warmed up a bit. Finishes with a light bitter hop taste. This beer was very clean and refreshing. A very easy drinking beer.

Name: Aprihop
Date: May 08, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear deep copper, scant head
Aroma: light sweet aroma
Flavor: mild flavor, a touch of sweetness balanced by light bitterness in the finish
Overall: easy drinking session beer, a dogfish head beer that’s not weirded out somehow

Name: Aprihop
Date: May 19, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
only a light touch of fruit character and sweetness,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: *4

Somewhat firey reddish orange pour. Creamy, staying head of yellowish white. Pretty straight aroma of apricots, sprinkled with granulated cotton candy sugar. Caramel and toasted malt strength a little on the back end. There’s a quiet rosy quality on the tongue that settles softly over the fruit, breathing a sweet fragrance into every sip. A bit papery. Clean enough, unfortunately, so as to seem chemically driven – particular hints of chlorine and something like windex. This swiftly takes a turn toward lavender and heather honey in an earthy finish. Under-carbonated and of light to medium weight. Needs a maltier bite.

kind of smells like throwup,copper color,verry fruity taste,good but kind of weird.

Aroma is apricots and flowery hops. Flavor is a bit more subtle on the apricots and more focus on the hops. Kinda weird but interesting.