Capitol City Apricot IPA

Brewed by Capitol City Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Washington, Washington DC USA

Sampled at Capitol City, Capitol Hill, DC. Soft, very slightly cloudy orange and amber color. Somewhat faint nose of creamed apricots and almonds, yeasty too. A bit rind-like, mildly tart like peach and apricot skin, lightly sour. Uses the hops really well with the apricot fruit, making the fruit character almost transparent in this beer. Flavors tend to blend well between fruit, sweetness from the grains, and the hops.

Tap. A sweet floral aroma of appricot. Taste is quite fruity then the hops hits you at the end. Finish is just as strong as any IPA.

on tap at the capitol city next to the Post Office museum. Delightful apricot color, and flavor. my first fruity IPA; it will be a tough one to beat. thoroughly delightful. my favorite beer of the RBSG pubcrawl.

Draft @ the Capitol Hill Brewpub. A good combination of an American IPA and a fruit beer. Nice job, but the lavors don’t blend together very well and aren’t well refined.

on tap at the brewpub. pours a golden peach color. thick cream-color head. apricot scent. fun lacing. flavor has a big apricot start but finishes with a crisp hoppy end. no mid-palate, just a lot on either side. a rare example of an IPA with fruit extract.

The color is a pale copper with a large eggshell foam head. The apricot in the aroma melds well with the hop choice, although I wouldn’t cal this a particularly hoppy IPA. The moderate crisp lingering bitterness melds well with the light fruity sweetness left over from the malt and apricots. Apricots IPA are one of the few fruit beers where the fruit can be visible and yet the beer still is a beer. Not a bad one this.

Draft... Clear, amber ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Fruity, citrusy nose. Mostly of fresh apricot. Tart, tangy, balanced flavor with a suggestion of apricot. Medium bitter and medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Lengthy, tangy then bitter, dry finish. Nice!

Chill haze orange, creamy off white head. Straight up fresh apricot nose with hints of grassiness. Very fruity throughout, but sweetness stays in check with a nice back end hop bitterness. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry, semi-bitter, fruity finish. A good summer thirst quencher...