Dogfish Head ApriHop

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

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.

Not as good as I remembered from the last time. Poured with nice head. Expected a much stronger apricot and/or IPA smell than I found. Taste was nice but either apricot or classic DFH IPA taste could have been more prevalent.

bottle. i like that my style of beer pours with an orange tint on a honey-amber hue. it’s taken me less than 200 beers to realize that. the aroma is subtly reminiscent of an ipa, but with floral accents and yes, chewy dried apricots. the taste is mellowed from the 90 min, but there is also less bittering hops. the finish is really rather fruity, and that’s where i think the aprihop excels when compared to other fruit beers or just ipas. it’s a complex concoction that bridges the two together, but tastefully. it’s not the best brew i’ve had, but it’s rather easy to throw back more than a few of these in one sitting. it’s simply, a groovy beer, for groovy people.

The apricots come through in the finish. There is a roasted malt presence and a coffee finish.

Being a huge fan of Dogfish Head beers and not a fan of IPAs created a pickle for me. I’m glad I tried this beer. Orangish-amber in the glass with a small white head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma of hops, a little apricot, and a bit of a burnt smell. Strong but smooth all the way through. Lots of hops, some malt, and of course the apricot. Finishes very smooth for such a strong alcohol content. Another good beer from a great brewer.