Dogfish Head Festina Peche

I purchased a bottle at BX Beer Depot in Lake Worth, FL. The beer pours very pale yellow color, as was said before, almost champagne-like. There is a very slight haze in the beer. The aroma has a bit of green apple and also again a bit of champagne. The taste is light and slightly mild at first, but then a sourness comes in quickly and really is kind of puckering and almost lemony, characteristic of a weisse. If there is a peach taste there, it is faint. As for drinkability, it is much like eating sour candy, you aren’t really sure if you like it overall, you just want to keep drinking it to re-experience the sour zing.

I return once more like a long-lost lover or weary traveler to one of my favorite craft breweries, Dogfish Head. More importantly, their Festina Peche is a yearly seasonal release which I recall having tried a couple years back or so. It was so long ago though and I was still very much the beer newbie that it may as well have never happened. Therefore I am very happy to have the opportunity to try the Festina Peche from Dogfish Head once more, this time with tasting book in hand.
She poured a cloudy straw yellow with a predominantly fluffy white cloud topping off the brew below. Lace crackles along the sides of my glass while her head fades into a thin blanket, incapable of keeping her amazingly sour, tart, and citric nose from dashing out to greet me. I offer my most gracious hospitality possible by inviting her fully into my home. Further sour and tart notes of yeast, grapefruit, green peaches, pine, and lemon rind complete our greeting. Wow. Not what I was expecting, but then, I wasn’t sure what to expect in the first place so this is rather exciting. My first quaff is uber tart and lively, practically dancing across my tastebuds while sour lemon drops create an almost immediate puckering. Though tartly acidic and citric, she has a very soft and light body which helps to heighten my senses; refreshing. Foaming easily with multiple swirls and tracing lace along her path to total consumption, warm spices make a play for attention while my mouth thirsts for more after each drying quaff. I almost feel like I have a glass of sunshine in my hands, that’s how crisp, lively, and refreshing my Festina Peche speaks to me in her very straightforward manner.
I can see how she would be a love/hate relationship with some. Her personality leaves no room for apology or wavering. You are either going to love her tart, sour, citric and spiced personality, or you aren’t. I fall into the “like it” category so once more Dogfish Head has wooed me with their off-centered ales, in this case, the Festina Peche. Brew on, Dogfish, brew on.

Pours very smooth yellow, no real forming head. Very fruity like a wine. Not many beer charactersitics in this one. Flavorful yes, good... not so much my style.

Light yellow in color with an ok head somewhat cloudy as well. Not too much smell but slightly fruity. Sour taste, but low carbonation. The peach works but is a little different than I thought it would be.

(11/13/08) Draught at Capones Restaurant in Norristown. Hazy pale yellow-golden color with a small white head. Aroma of peaches, some wheat, lactic acid and hints of citrus. Tart flavor with some peaches, yogurt, some funk and some lemony notes. Medium-bodied. Tasty and refreshing.

Bought at Whole Foods in MA. Hazy orange body with no head. Fruits, esp. peaches, and sweet. Tart taste. Not my favourite Dogfish.

12oz bottle. pours a very hazy orange color. looks like juice. no head. nose is light peace and sugar. palate is very fizzy and light. flavors of fizzy peach. feels like a soda. very carbonated. and very tart. im iffy on this one.

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with no head. Aroma is very slight and is of peaches. A very tart taste of of peaches. I like this one, would be very good in the summer.