Dogfish Head Festina Peche

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.