CapnCascade (40), Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 22, 2008 Pours clear golden, plenty of bubbles and a rich white head. Nose has subtle notes of apricot but mostly sugar cane and wild yeast. Very nice flavor with plenty of apricot sweetness balanced by the sourness of the wild yeast (could have erred on the sourer side, but this is nice). Body is light, plenty of effervescence, really quite pleasant. Overall a very pleasant lambic--and from Britain no less!
WakeandBake (104), Greenville, Michigan, USA Oct 15, 2008 Bottle.Straw in colour with a sweet apricot nose,a bubbly white head.Flavor is of tart apricot,maybe apple cider,a little yeast,and a dry finish. It took me a little bit to warm up to this but,in the end I was sad to see it was all gone. jake65 (1274), Meridian, Idaho, USA Oct 1, 2008 Bottle: Clear gold pour with a moderate sized creamy beige head. Smells like, well... apricot juice. Taste is again the fruity apricot nectar, just like I remember them when picked straight from the tree. Some light hops and more fruity sweetness. Just the right amount of carbonation. Good, for what it is (more of a fruit juice than a beer). FlacoAlto (2147), Tucson, Arizona, USA Sep 13, 2008 An average pour produces a three finger thick, pale, cream colored head. The beer is a pale amber, copper color that shows a brilliantly clear, full gold color when held up to the light. The aroma smells of tart apricot flesh up front, but then gets a full, concentrated almost jam like, apricot character in the middle and finish that really dominates the nose. Perhaps a hint of toasty grain is noticeable, but I may just be imagining this last bit. Definitely a one-dimensional character to the nose.
Quite sweet with an accompanying sticky, fullness and body. Of course the dominant flavor here is of apricots; ripe, sugar added, apricot preserves just about describes the flavor of this apricot soda, errr I mean beer. This only has a faint tartness that seems to accentuated the apricot notes a bit. The apricot flavor, while one dimensional in its focus on the fruit, still has a nice full fruit flavor to it.
Obviously there is not a lot going on with this beer. Apricot is the name of the game and it does a good job of delivering that specific character. It is too sweet and too thick though to be refreshing, which might not have been half bad.
Purchased: Papago Brewing, Scottsdale AZ lb4lb (1463), Austin, Texas, USA Aug 22, 2008 Pours a nice clear golden color with a lasting white head. Smell is sweet apricots and malt. Sugary. Taste is sweet, apricot candy like. Nice and bubbly and sweet and lightly tart in the finish. Very italian soda like, but enjoyable and a bit short of cloying. Tasty. Boutip (1815), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Aug 20, 2008 Bottle: Poured a bright golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention with some lacing. Aroma consists of real apricot without any fake syrup as well as some subtle sour notes. Taste is again dominated by some nice real apricot taste without the domination of the fake syrupy fruit stuff you sometime find in those beers. Great carbonation with a somewhat full body. I really enjoyed this for what it was and wouldn’t mind having a more regular access to this beer.
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