Dogfish Head Festina Peche

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

EBF 2007: Pours a hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma, had some peach, and light malts. Flavor, lightly tart peaches, and a sweetness to it. Very refreshing, soft carbonation. Pretty enjoyable.

Bottle sent by DrBayern - I had been wanting to try this for a long time and finally acquired one through trade. Poured this into the closest glass I had to a "bowl" style glass. Looked a hazy yellowish with no head. Kind of Hoegaarden-esque. Smell was very underwhelming with some very faint perhaps peachy smells that I wouldn’t have picked up if I didn’t know what it was, along with an almost skunky yeast smell. Very unique to me as it was also my 1st of the style. Taste was dry very bland peachy flavor up front, followed by a noticeable tartness in the mouth and then a definite wheaty finish to it. Very different, and although drinkable, not the easiest beer to enjoy. Perhaps just the style, but this lacked almost any sweetness at all and as a result almost none of the flavors were brought out very well. Extremely mild and tart. Rerate - Much more flavorful, and the fruitiness shined, and the tartness was very thirst quenching. Really enjoying this style now, and I liked the dry fruity complementing flavor to this style. Would like to have again.

12 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquor - Pours a hazy straw color with a thin white head. Aroma is light lemon and grassy hops. Flavor is tart lemon and wheat malt. I’m not detecting Peach anywhere in this beer. Light body. A decent BW.

An almost champagne aroma with hints of apple. Very clean golden pour with tight white head and lace that goes quickly. A very wine flavor that is a bit tart but smooth and refreshing. Carbonation is good and mouthfeel is solid. A pretty nice beer in an odd way.

Pours an opaque school bus orange...just a thin ring of white suds manages to stick around long enough for me to notice. Nose is mostly peach with stale notes, sweet notes, and maybe a touch of tartness. Lactic sourness is extremely strong here, which is nice..the peach flavors are there, not too sweet, but nicely flavorful and sour. The berliner graininess behind everything is still strong enough to be noticed and compliments the sourness nicely. I feel as if the peach is getting in the way of something better...but will we ever know? I actually kind of dig it, though I love berliners...I just think the peach is a distraction.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy, pale straw color with a thin, soap sudsy, white head that quickly disappeared. Light aroma of wheat, peach, and lemons. The flavor was decidedly sour with some wheat, peach, and a bit of lemon. Actually, it reminded me of when I was a kid and my father would mix whiskey sour mix in the blender when they had friends over. The aroma smelled like real peaches, but I have to say the flavor seemed more like imitation peach sweet tarts or packaged sour mix. Not worth the hype, or the price, in my opinion.

12 oz botte. Pours hazy golden in color. Aroma is funky peach, some clove? Taste sweet and sour peaches, well more tart than sour- with a lingering peach juice tart finish. Not too bad, but not exactly what I expected.

12 oz bottle thanks to Secret Santa. Pale apricot color with aromas of tart peaches. Sour and sweet aromas led to a flavor that was actually more sudued than I had expected it to be. It was very tart peach without being overly so. I really liked it.