Dry Dock Paragon Apricot Blonde

Brewed by Dry Dock Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Aurora, Colorado USA

Serve in Flute

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On tap at Dry Dock poured a hazy orange with a lingering ring of off white foam. Aromas of apricot, cookie and a hint of honey. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of apricot, bread and light cookie with a crisp lingering apricot finish.

Tap. Pours slightly hazy gold with average, fizzy white head; decent retention and lacing. Aroma is heavy apricot, bread and cookie malt, pear, grassy notes, and faint spice. Flavor is dominate apricot flavors but with good supporting malt notes; sweet finish. Light body, medium carbonation, and low warmth.

Pours almost a copper color, or cloudy golden, and very frothy. Nose of...surprise! Apricots. I’m not usually a huge fan of fruit beer, but have to say this is pretty good. Easy to drink, crisp and good flavor. The Apricot is not as overwhelming as the nose indicates and is very enjoyable. I could easily drink more than one :)

on tap-pours a tight offwhite head with trailing lace and hazy yellow color. Aroma is apricot, some perfumy. Taste is apricot, some perfumy/spice hops, grain.

taster tray at Dry Dock on 11/19/11. dark orange pour with a small white head. soft apricot nose. med body with lots of apricot and light citrus. smooth throughout. quick finish with more fruit.

Pour is hazy yellow on tap at the brewery, aroma has notes of apricot, orange, some biscuit. Taste is a bit sweeter than necessary but very apricot forward and a bit fizzy. Some nice biscuit in there as well.

On tap. Pours a yellow / orange with a thin off-white head. Aroma of fresh apricots and tangerines. Flavor lacks what the nose offers. A bit thin and bready tasting.. Well carbed, but not my fav fruit beer..

Sample at the brewpub. The beer is a hazy orange color with a medium white head that fizzes away quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of apricots and wheat. Light body with an apricot character backed up by a bit of sweet malt. The finish is fruity and short. Overall the beer is straightforward and slightly above average.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy dark yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), with a strong note of apricot/peach Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Very one-dimensionally fruit-forward. Nothing unpleasant about it, but there’s just not much going on, it’s like apricot soda pop.

650 ml. bottle. ABV 5.1% Pours a short lived, off white head, over a slightly hazy dark gold (SRM 6) body....nose is heavy apricot, with a hint of malts.....taste is light malts with a touch of cereal, leading to a medium apricot flavor, finishing dry with lingering apricot....mouth feel light of medium, carbonation high. The apricot dominate the nose, but is more restrained in the flavors. It is a light beer, best on a hot day. BJCP 6/3/12/4/6

Bottle with Carla. Pours orange with minimal off-white foam. Smells sweet with hints of apricots and peaches. Tastes sweet and lightly tart with lots of apricot and a light balanced barley.