Dogfish Head ApriHop

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

Deep golden amber color with a thin off white head. Nose of hops first, apricots second. Nicely balanced. Taste is fruit and honey sweetness with a good bite of carbonation at the front. Then all hops in the back. Much less a fruit beer and much more a beer brewed with fruit. DFH does not disappoint.

So it is supposed to be IPA, but it cannot stand alone on that. Sweet apricots cut the bitterness and makes the beer worth the price.

Dark gold pour, solid light head. Smell the fruit immediately. The fruit must mellow it down, not as in your face as other DFH beers. Light malt, good hop bitterness, though not as much as with their others, along with the fruit accent. Very clean, nice on a hot summer day. Something a bit tart at the finish. With the alcohol could probably catch up to you pretty quick.

Very similar to your 60 min ipa but a little lighter in body and with a hint of apricot. Good beer, nice aroma to it, not as strong as other dogfish’s but still a solid beer that is great, medium body, small white head to the light amber color, the apricot flavor isn’t overpowering like many of the other fruit beers, well balanced with your hops

It’s about time a fruit beer tasted good. The apricot in this beer is perfect. Not a lot of fruit just the right amount. Mixed with a nice IPA was a great idea.

Pours a light amber with very thin white head. I was expecting more of a apricot flavor, and although it was there, it was quite subtle. Not as hoppy as I was expecting either. It was still enjoyable, but I didn’t get what I expected with this apricot IPA.

Standard Dogfish Head label, but in pretty peach and green hues, with a copper cap. Amber pour with a fading head. So what can this creative brewer do with apricots and hops? Make a lovely, flower garden aroma, for one thing. This probably does not get most beer drinkers hot and bothered, but I love the strong scent of apricots and floral hops rising from a beer glass. The taste is, as promised, a blend of apricots and IPA hops. The citrus sourness is noticable, and the 7% alcohol has some punch. Unfortunately, as in Dogfish Head’s India Brown Ale, the flavors do not mingle, and end up irritating each other instead. These are good quality ingredients, but they don’t really belong together. You are better off having a nice apricot wheat (like Ithaca or Pyramid) or a Dogfish Head IPA instead of this loony blend.

Pours a clear amber with a thin film white head. Aroma is lightly sweet fruit with just a hint of grain and some dough. Flavor is initially acidic then light malt and hops and then more acid only with a fruit undertone this time. Light to medium body, somewhat thin texture. Finishes bitter and fruity.