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Dogfish Head Festina Peche

Dogfish Head Festina Peche - Berliner Weisse

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 Percentile 
69
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Berliner Weisse

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8823.24/5.03.23/5.0Special4.5%62.5Bowl
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Commercial Description:
A refreshing neo-Berliner Weisse fermented with peaches.

Food Pairing recommendations: Grilled chicken or fish, salad.

Glassware recommendation: Pint

Wine comparable: Pinot Grigio
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 flatmatt (221), Northville, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2008    Updated: Oct 19, 2008
12 oz bottle. Pours very pale, somewhat hazy gold with a giant fizzy head that delays a full pour by several minutes. Aroma is very sour, but that’s about it. Interesting sour flavor with some definite wheat and fruity flavors, one of which is indeed peach alongside apple and pear. A little sweetness along with the sourness. Rather thin palate. Definitely an interesting beer; interesting enough to make me want to try some more sour beers.

Rerate 10/19/08, bumping the rating up to 3.6. This beer is really quite tasty.


 Lubiere (4464), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/512/20
Aug 22, 2008  
A hazy yellow ale with a very thick white head, highly carbonated. A rather pleasant epsom salt and fruity aroma, definite peach flesh and lactic acid. In mouth, a lightly fruity weissebier with loads of minerals, lactic acids, mouthpuckering. Rather thin and short in mouth. An interesting brew.


 polomagnifico (532), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/101/54/101/55/20
Aug 21, 2008  
bottle. Aroma of fruit, fish guts, yeast. Hazy urine hue with an average fizzy white head that fully diminished. Flavor sour oxidized beer with some "oh my god I’m gonna throw up" on the finish. Palate is flat and watery with a sour finish that lingers too long for comfort. A right piece of shit and easily the worst beer ever from Dogfish Head. Horrible even for Berliner weissebier standards; which are pretty low to start with. Had to pour out.


 TAR (2088), Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/104/516/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Pale yellow. Crackling foam quickly disperse to form a wispy ring of bubbles. Flowery, peachy aromas are lightly dotted with honeydew, minerals, chalky yeast and honey-drizzled straw. Prickly, loose-bubbled effervescence. Palate-puckering lactic acids are kissed with a finessed peach fruitiness which slowly gives way to creamy yet firm cracker- and straw-like wheat tones. Pils malt slowly develops some beautiful definition as it takes on more of a toastiness and crisp nuttiness toward the center. Bone-dry body wonderfully contrasts with the succulently fruity esters and polished peach accents. Yeast adds body and softness as it clings to the palate, depositing some starchiness as well as hints of pistachio, vanilla and dough. Fairly musty as well. Trace lemon flashes its sharp yet artfully composed acid into the well-integrated finish which sandwiches the sourness with a lingering malty sweetness and dab of musty yeast. Didn’t expect to like this much, but it undeniably is well-crafted. Perhaps it sacrifices some complexity for its straightforwardness, but I can’t complain. They’ve taken an ancient, nearly extinct style of beer and added a new-world twist while retaining the authenticity of true Berliner weisse. That’s quite commendable!


 sstackho (249), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 17, 2008  
12oz single bottle purchased for $2.20 from Wine Emporium in Boston. Bottled in May 2008, consumed in July 2008. Pours a very pale colour, virtually white when held up to light - more white than a typical Belgian wit. Zero head - virtually flat. Weak aroma with a hint of peach - which I doubt I’d place if not for the name. First taste is sour initially, quickly giving way to not much of anything. Not complex nor enjoyable.


 bierkoning (5987), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Bottle. Blonde, cloudy. Peach and lemon in the aroma. Sour, lemony flavor with canned peach. Not too sweet, the beer is well attenuated. Excellent balance between fruity sweetness and sourness. Nice one, though maybe not a world classic.


 WinoInTraining (104), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 16, 2008  
hmmmm......almost no peach, a bit tooooooo sour. it kind of seems like they forgot what they were going for halfway through making it. no bueno.


 kpresley77 (133), Jackson, Georgia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 15, 2008    Updated: Aug 25, 2008
Bottle pours hazy golden with little head. Aroma is very light bread. First taste grabs your taste buds with bitterness. The carbonation is okay and the bitterness kills the whole flavor of the beer. The finish is bitter as well. Not much peach aroma or flavor just the bitterness.



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