Dogfish Head Festina Peche

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

Nose is lactic sour, peach, oranges, lemon zest. Flavor is a nice clean lactic sourness, clean crisp malt, clean citrus zest. Real clean beer, not bad.

Note: I tried this about 2 months back and didn’t like it. I found the last of the 4-pack in my fridge and decided to kill it off. Didn’t mind it so much this time but did notice that it was bottle on 5/5/08, which could have something to do with why i didn’t like it. This beer pours a very pale, slightly hazy straw color with a thin white film of head that fades fast! Aroma is of sour peaches. Taste is similar to how it smells, slightly sweet, mostly bitter and if you REALLY try a slight wheat flavor before the bitter finish. Not really like a beer more of a tart, carbonated juice. Not much going on with the thin mouthfeel. I am a big fan of Dogfish and this is the least impressive brew I’ve had from them so far.

This one had a white-yellow color, cloudy, white head disappeared fast as lightning, never to return again .Smell is a little sour but taste is also slight sour peaches, I can almost feel the fuzziness. Mouthfeel is very juicy, nice beer and the best I’ve had from DFH in a long while. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-17-2007 16:03:44

A: Poured with a spare head that wasn’t so much really a head as it was a thin film. Body is cloudy and a light-yellow color. S: Smells of light malt, and, of course, peach. Luckily, the peach isn’t overpowering at all; actually, I was quite surprised at just how mild it was. T: Flavor is very sweet and peachy. Refreshing, short duration; really doesn’t taste too much like beer. I’ve never had anything like this before. M: Light bodied with an oily texture, and average carbonation. D: Like I said, very refreshing and different. Goes down easy on a warm summer day, but I think it’s too sweet for me to have more than one. Still, a very interesting beer that proves yet again that DFH is always willing to push the envelope.

First rating of a Berliner Weisse. I recently sampled this at The Linkery and was intrigued, but opted for a stronger beer, but still wanted to find this and give it a proper rating. 12 ounce bottle from South Bay Drugs ($2.79). Pours a murky light yellow-amber color. What tiny bit there is of the off-white head quickly turns into absolute nothingness. Aroma of sweet-sour peach candy, champagne, and a bit of wheat. The nose reminded me very much of a mimosa made with peach or perhaps a wine cooler. Flavor is very tart with some peachiness that adds only a tiny bit of sweetness to the mix. Kind of like those sour peach candies you can get but even more sour. There is a lactic astringency that reminds me of the "tart" yogurt that has become very popular recently at places like Pinkberry. Nicely carbonated despite the absolute lack of head. I can see where this would be thirst-quenching, though.

Bottle 07. Pours pale piss yellow into Stone IPA glass (not worthy this time). Nose is lemon tart, wheat grain. Taste is carbonated sour lemon drops and detestable wheat with a fizz overload. Bubbles go straight to the stomach turning into burps and gastrical nuances. Nothing I’d call pleasant by any means. I am hoping I picked up an old bottle...I don’t know what this was supposed to be!

This cloudy yellow beer poured with a fluffy white head and yeasty peach aroma. The flavor is sour lemon and wheat. It’s refreshing but not especially tasty.