Chapeau Abricot

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

(Bottle 25 cl) It’s really either/or with the De Troch fruitbeers. Some are fresh and delicious - others are stickingly sweet and then there are those completely awful. This belongs in the last category. Amber coloured with only a small head. Tart, synthetic and artificial flavors - this really is foul. Not a beer to drink for pleasure. 210598

25 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a dense white head. Sweet fruity and slight acidic aroma. Sticky sweet with dominant abricot note. Citric and acidic, which makes me shiver. Ends with an abricot and marcipan like flavour. Very sweet.

Bottle. Clear light to medium orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate apricot, wood, sweat. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (101207)

Bottle, 3.5%. Citric aroma. Hazy orange colour, dark floaties. Small white head. Sweet flavour, quite citric, strange smokiness.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is dishwater, soap and artificial apricot. Flavour is big sugary apricot and paper. Not worth the money.

Name: De Troch Apricot
Date: 08/12/1999
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

amber, slight sweet tart aroma, strong sweet flavor, slight tartness, almost balances, too souripy

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> Date: 03/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: cloudy orange, wispy off white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: dry fruity aroma with a moldy character and a woody tartness,
Body: thick body,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of fruity sweetness, balanced by a fruity tartness, light musty character adds depth, syrupy sweetness,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Clear golden with medium white head. Mild sour aroma with abricot and wood notes. Sweet and sour flavor with abricot notes. Mild strav notes.

Bottled 25 cl (BB 10/2007)
Golden color, not much head. Sourish, sugary fruity nose, not sure if it is apricot or what. Sugary sweet, slightly earthy and acidy, hints of apricot and honey. Too sweet but not so overly sweet than Chapeau’s mirabelle or banana.