Great Dane ApriScotch

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Flute

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On tap at the brewpub in Wausau, WI. Rich golden pour with a frothy white head. Palate was carbonated yet smooth. Lively carbonation and apricot dominated the taste. The beer title is interesting - I don’t get much for scotch-ale elements, this plays more like a fuller bodied lambic. Pretty decent.

On tap at Great Dane – Wausau. Poured bronzed amber with a wispy off-white head.. not lively. The aroma picked up lots of tangy apricot skins over lightly-smoked peat and caramel malts.. meaty apricot down there too.. not bad, but it left a lot of questions. The flavor was fairly sour throughout with apricot skins and metallic notes leading.. that stuff masked most of the base scotch ale.. some smoke and sweeter caramel came through on the back.. odd. Tart and tangy on the palate with an odd apricot infusion.. I didn’t enjoy this, and the tap line may have been dirty.