Dogfish Head Festina Peche

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

I cannot bring myself to like this type of beer no matter what I do. Just not much fun to drink. The peach flavor was nice and the brew seems to have been put together well, but I just didnt like it at all.

I suppose high marks should be given to the folks at Dogfish Head for creating a Berliner Weisse. The problem is, any beer the drinker has to sweeten after the fact with raspberry or woodruff syrup is not worth drinking despite its pedigree. This sour, peachy-mess looks like an infected urine specimen. Stay away...unless you’re trying to impress snooty friends.

a berliner weisse? i guess i didn’t know what i was buying! a pale whitish-yellow liquid with a bit of yeast haze and a thin but steady stream of bubbles. ever-so-tart and peachy aroma, not quite sour - lightly malty and hardly hoppy. light-bodied and effervescent, and a mostly dry finish. not overly peachy - well-done.

This beer would make a great substitute for champagne for toasting at a special event, or just siping on in the summer time. It was a cloudy yellow color, with a fizzy, white soda head. Effervescent, peachy, and a bit vinegary it would make a great pairing for a summer salad or glazed chicken or salmon.

Was not impressed with this beer at all. Poured from a 12-oz bottle the color of lemonade with a white head. The smell was peachy, sugars and tart. Taste was very sour and of dry peach. The taste reminded me more of a wine cooler than beer.

(bottle) A disappearing, fizzy head and cloudy yellow body. Aroma is sweet, with peach, citrus, and moldy wheat. Also, reminiscent of a white wine, maybe a chardonnay. Flavor is very tart, and mildly sweet. The peach is noticeable from the middle of the tongue to the back, and the finish, but it is the smack of tartness on the front that I love. It still manages to be refreshing in the end with the aid of the peach and lemon. Light and fizzy on the tongue. Very drinkable.

Pours a cloudy yellow orange... kind of like the flesh of a peach. Has a bit of a fizzy white head, but that disappears quickly. The aroma is a grassy tart peach scent. It does remind me a lot of Pinot Grigio. The flavor is a very sour, slightly sweet peach-apricot flavor. It has a pretty spritzy texture with a sort of dry taste which reminds me of a peach Bellini made with something dry like a brut. The body is very light and refreshing.

Cloudy pale yellow with the slightest tint of gold. Minuscule spotty head. Smells tart and tangy. Peach, apricot, green apple, sour white grapes. Pretty intense fruit, slightly sweet. Not bad. The initial tart (almost sour) impression leads to developing fruitiness with a touch of sweetness. Tastes of tart apples, apricot and light peach. Lightly tart, bit of an acidic punch, but not too sharp. Actually pretty creamy and smooth despite the apparent high carbonation. Very drinkable and refreshing. Surprising.