Dogfish Head ApriHop

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

12 oz.bottle. Pours a clear deep amber color with a small off white head. The aroma is fruity with citrus hops. Flavor is sweet and fruity with a backbone of caramel malts. Dry bitter finish. Medium/full body.

Pours a clear but darker amber with a half inch white head that falls fast. Nose is apricot yes, but not powerfully so. It is rather gentle but firm. Flavor is hoppy, but seems interfered with by something. I have to wonder if hops and apricots make a viable chemical mix. Feel is nice. When it first hit my tongue I thought...this one feels good. Nice level of bubble. I have to say I was a bit let down on trying this one. I don’t think I had any over the top expectations for this one, but I don’t feel like it really delivered anything serious. Nice to try, but never again.

Bottle. Bright, fruity apricot must initially on the nose. Dry grassy hops hiding behind the initial apricot assault. Pours rich copper. Barely any head. Dry, grassy hops at first fading into some nice, but not over the top fruity flavors, then finishing with a burst of hoppy dryness. The hops stick around for a while, too. Medium bodied.

Delightful! Smells faintly of apricot, cream-colored head and amber body. Nice hops, but well balanced between hoppy and apriicot sweetness, with some bitterness to the finish. Excellent fruit beer.

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.