Dogfish Head ApriHop

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

Very average brew in my opinion... Very murky orange pour, really good head... Smells faintly like apricots, mostly of malt....no hops.... Hmmmm....not at all what I was expecting with a name like Aprihop... Not hoppy at all... Tastes like old dried apricots and some malt.... Drain pour all the way here. I tried to like this and just couldn’t.

Bottled, consumed 02/23/08. Hazy burnished hue, nice white head of fine bubbles that hangs around for quite a while. Aroma of apricot and with some piney hop notes. Smooth mouthfeel, a little thicker than water. Initial sweetness with apricot gives way to mellow piney hops. Subdued yet intense bitterness on aftertaste, along with a slight metallic flavor. Restrained astringency at end. Nice fruit beer, so much better than most.

Amber of color with a nice beige head. An aroma of straw, malt and fruit. A flavor of malt, fruit, hops - nice mouthfeel.

12 ounce bottle Pours clear, mahogany-copper color. great head to it. Up front aroma of apricot upon pouring. After a minute or two, the aroma is lost. At first sip, there is a hint of apricot but like the smell, fades away. Cream texture and good mouthfeel. Good clean hop finish but for being billed as an apricot beer, a bit disappointing. Good beer none-the-less. Just not what I expected.

Apricot is the correct description... apricot color, apricot smell and apricot taste, though I believe this one falls closer in taste to an IPA than a fruit beer due to the strong hop presence. Rather nice and worth trying.

OK this is going to be easy. Nose is hop and apricot, hop and apricot, hop and apricot. Color and head are lovely. Taste is all over the place. Enters with esters, phenols, and resin. Mellows into the bitterness that can characterize dried fruits and citrus rinds. The combination is unique enough to titillate me but I won’t be jumping up and down for this #600. DFH is always fun, though. Cheers!

Copper in color with a thin to medium head. As expected there were lots of apricots in this one with nice caramel and hops. While not a huge fruit beer fan this was a nice one.

Bottle. Pous a clear copper color with a medium sized off white head. Aroma is apricots, floral hops, ligh caramel. Flavor is light caramel, apricots, citrus. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finishes bitter and fruity. Decent.