 BeerZack (116), Austin, Texas, USA
Mar 31, 2008
Light shiny copper color with minimal spotty head that does leave some lace.
Smell is fruity and a bit sweet. Peach, apricot, apple maybe even some raspberry scents. Slight bit of toasted bread.
Sweet and acidic peachiness persists throughout. There are some good hops underneath but they never come close to busting up the sweetness. Nice beer up front, almost sour and begins to taste like a nice IPA in the middle, but the finish is very lacking. Sweet and sticky finish that turns me off.
This beer is not bad for a fruit beer and its pretty hopped-up, but ends up being too out-of-balance with the building sweetness on the finish.
Slipstream (315), USA
Jul 21, 2008 Standard Dogfish Head label, but in pretty peach and green hues, with a copper cap. Amber pour with a fading head. So what can this creative brewer do with apricots and hops? Make a lovely, flower garden aroma, for one thing. This probably does not get most beer drinkers hot and bothered, but I love the strong scent of apricots and floral hops rising from a beer glass. The taste is, as promised, a blend of apricots and IPA hops. The citrus sourness is noticable, and the 7% alcohol has some punch. Unfortunately, as in Dogfish Head’s India Brown Ale, the flavors do not mingle, and end up irritating each other instead. These are good quality ingredients, but they don’t really belong together. You are better off having a nice apricot wheat (like Ithaca or Pyramid) or a Dogfish Head IPA instead of this loony blend.
kmeves (981), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 16, 2008 Pours a clear amber with a thin film white head. Aroma is lightly sweet fruit with just a hint of grain and some dough. Flavor is initially acidic then light malt and hops and then more acid only with a fruit undertone this time. Light to medium body, somewhat thin texture. Finishes bitter and fruity.
MuttyD (41), Cambridge, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Balanced bitterness and sweetness. Very light body, goes down easy. Apricots sweetness is very subtle but noticable. Much better than other fruit beers that I have tried.
ReademNwheat (168), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Decent brew. a nice mix of fruity, citrusy flavor. very easy to drink, light mouthfeel.
theisti (986), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Draft - shaker pint glass at Beavers in Houston, TX. Pour is clear orange golden with not much off white head. Aroma of floral hops and very fresh apricots. Flavor was more IPA initially, with the floral hoppiness and nice sweet malt, with the apricots reappearing mid palate, through to the finish. The apricots really accented the IPA, rather than distracting. The palate is full for an IPA with the fruit sweetness very much coating the mouth. This was really drinkable and satisfying, fun to drink.
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