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Middle Ages Apricot Ale

Middle Ages Apricot Ale

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Middle Ages Brewing

Syracuse, New York USA

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322.86/5.02.85/5.04.4%57.3 Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A refreshing and delightful ale with the subtle flavor and aroma of apricots. A wonderful change from the ordinary. This is not a sweet fruit beer.

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 dberger624 (1029), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/103/58/20
Feb 4, 2007  
Draft at the Grey Lodge in Philly. Apricot juice is fizz. Nothing really going on here.


 JB175 (1280), Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Feb 1, 2007  
Golden color with big fizzy head. Light apricot aroma. Taste is very much apricot with other sweet candy flavors. Not bad for what it is, but not all that good as a beer. Drinkable, but nothing like Dogfish Head’s Aprihop for instance.......


 Cartoon_khaki (1105), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Sep 14, 2006  
Hazy light golden hue with white head. There is not much fruitiness in the aroma. Marginal apricot flavour. Generaly I’m dissapointed in fuit beers they are either too sweet or too poor to even notice. However this is better then others I have had.


 ElJefe (506), Rochester, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 28, 2006  
Slightly hazy light golden color, with a substantial white head. Aroma is pretty faint, some fruity tartness is it. Flavor is bursting with apricots. A touch of grassy hops in the finish cleans up the finish. A respectable fruit beer.


 TheBeerLover (1008), DC Metro Area, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 28, 2006  
AKA Dinosaur Ape Hanger Ale, a house brew at the legendary Dionsaur Bar-B-Que of Syracuse, NY. Ape Hanger Ale is a fantastic beer to match with a number of styles of BBQ available on the Dinosaur menu. I went with a lunch of Tres Hombres which was BBQ pulled pork, ribs, and beef brisket, and Ape Hanger went extremely well with all three styles of BBQ. You will only find this beer on draught at the Dinosaur, with an occasional appearance at the Blue Tusk as well. Ape Hanger has lots of good malty, fruity, and hoppy character that works well with the tangy, spicy, smoky flavors of BBQ. Ape Hanger Ale pours to a beautiful, bright, deep golden to light amber color with a bubbly white head that fades, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is very inviting, with aromas of hop, estery fruit, hints of sweet malt, and light earthy yeast aroma. The body is crisp on the palate, with good biscuit malt flavors, paired with a wonderful, fruity, apricot flavor. Ape Hanger finishes with more apricot flavor up front then ends with a nice hop bitterness that balances out the malt and fruit character of this beer. This is an excellent beer with good malt, fruit, and hop aromas and flavors. It is a great beer to match with BBQ, and one that you must try when you visit Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. The apricot fruit flavor in this beer is very distinct, which leaves no doubt that this beer is actually Middle Ages Apricot Ale which is brewed with apricots. It is a common practice for a restaurant to serve a local brewery’s beer as a "house beer" with their own label and name, and I believe this is the case with Ape Hanger Ale. It is not surprising as Syracuse Pale Ale was on tap at the Dinosaur as well, as I am sure a number of other Middle Ages beers make it into the rotation. Call it what you will, this is a great beer from a great Syracuse brewery, served up at a great Syracuse BBQ joint. If in Syracuse, a pint of Ape Hanger and a meal at the Dinosaur is a must.




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