Dry Dock Paragon Apricot Blonde

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

Serve in Flute

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(Draught) Pours a hazy golden orange body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of fresh apricots, dough, and orange. Flavor of apricot and light biscuit.

On Tap at Dry Dock Brewing Company, Aurora 14/09/2010 Big fruit aroma. Amber coloured a little hazy in appearance and fruity apricot flavour. Hoppy with a dry malt finish.

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.

On tap at the Dry Dock Brewery Tasting Room. Listed as their Paragon Apricot Blonde. Poured a medium and cloudy golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas and tastes of guess what, apricots. The apricots where there but not really overpowering (which is a good thing for me as Apricots is one of my least favorite fruits for beers - that being said, this was not that bad).

draft. cloudy soft orange-tinted wheat body with a fine-bubbled white head. fresh, pulpy, unsweetened and raw apricot fruit nose (overall fairly mild and quiet) with equally mild touches of wheat, straw, pale malt and lightly phenolic yeast (white pepper, dishsoap). medium-light body, thinning across the middle and back. flabby support with low acid and low bitterness and medium-low sweetness. fairly dull and boring mouthfeel and flavor that sadly doesn’t live up to the surprisingly enjoyable fruit nose.

11th October 2008. GABF. Hazy gold beer. Dry and crisp palate. Apricots making themselves known in the finish. Could have been fruitier.

Draught at brewery. Pours hazy light yellow with an average white creamy head, good lacing, head is mostly lasting. Aroma is average malt (bread, meal), average hops (citrus, orange), light yeast (dough) with notes of apricot. Light bodied, thin texture, flat carbonation and a slightly bitter finish. Averge duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness with vinegar notes.

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.

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.

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.