Dogfish Head Festina Peche

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Berliner Weisse
Milton, Delaware USA

Bottle Pours a clear straw color with a small white head. The head fades fairly quickly. Produces decent lacing. Has a sour fruity aroma. Has a decent carbonation. The flavor is on the sour side. Has a decent lemon, peach taste to it. Has a dry texture like a tart lemonade. A light body. The finish is strong and tart. Lingering aftertaste is not bad.

Bottle. Poured hazy yellow with almost no white head, and being buzzed I thought it somewhat reminiscent of urine in appearance. Aroma is replete with peach, lemon zest, and I want to say pilsner malt because it plainly reminded me of natty. Flavor is of a combination of peach, lemonade, and macro-light beer. I couldn’t really decide if this was good or not. Probably good on a hot day but just plain interesting in a bar.

Had a pint from the tap at Local 44 in west Philadelphia. appearance is all right, nice head. Sour aroma. Fantastic taste: very tart, like biting into an unripe lemon. Just the way I like it. The best summer beer.

bottle: Pours golden with diminishing white head. Smells sour and fruity. Flavor was like a tart lightly peach soda. Vey tasty on a warm summer Arizona afternoon. Nice

12oz. bottle into a nonic. "BOTTLED IN: 2009 C3" stamped on the back of the neck. Pours a hazy straw yellow/ light golden. ~1 finger of effervescent white head, which unsurprisingly fades nearly instantly to nothing. No lacing noted. Smell has a slightly unusual tart, corny/grassy/wheat characteristic. I’m straining to detect hints of peaches, but fail. Not bad, just a bit unusual. The taste is tart. Very tart. I feel like the primary flavors here are citric and ascorbic acid. These must be some extraordinarily young, extremely concentrated peaches.... Feels crisp and light. Overall, not so great. Just too tart and acidic to drink more than one. I don’t think Berliner Weisse is a style that I enjoy tremendously as a stand alone drink, but with it’s assertive acidic flavoring, I could see it being much more enjoyable paired with some select dishes.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle purchased from "The Beer Mart" here in Shillington. The smell is a very nice peachy lemony smell. The pour is a giant initial head, which almost immediately vanishes completely. First taste "BITTER BEER FACE!", after spending a lot of time with much sweeter beers, this was a blast in the face. But in a good way. Its not really bitter, its tart. It reminds me of alcoholic peach lemonade. The kind of thing your girlfriend would order at a bar and pay $8 for during happy hour instead of having a beer. Very tasty. Very different. Very Dogfish.

Enjoyed via 12oz bottle in a mini pilsner glass. Pours a brilliant yellow to golden color. Nose is of a touch of peach. The palate is tart, not overlly so, kind of like freshly squeezed lemonade. The tartness is cut to a certain extent by the peaches. Overall, a cool idea and not a bad summer thirst quencher.

Aroma is a subtle peach to start and then blossoms into a full on fruity nose. Very nice. A hint of floral hops as well. Poured flat with no head and barely any carbonation at all. Super pale yellow color and opaque. Taste is slightly sour and lightly bitter. Palate is thin and watery, the taste leaving a weak memory on the tongue.