Dogfish Head Festina Peche

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

Snagglepuss aroma of mild malts and slight peaches. Cloud lightgold in color with littlehead and lots of effervesence. Husky and tart, we got a flash of baing soda followed by a healthy dose of sourness. Kind of like an alka-seltzer. Interesting and quaffable.

Small head which pretty much fizzles out when you pour it into the glass. Lots of bubbles and carbonation in the glass. Bright gold color. Yeasty aroma with traces of peach scent. Refreshingly sour flavor. Had this been less carbonated it wouldn’t have been as good a brew. If you’re expecting this to be a peach "fruit" beer you’re going to be sorely disappointed! This is a good representative of the Berliner Weisse style, though perhaps it could have had a little more yeast character in the profile. Palate is clean and aftertaste doesn’t linger for long at all. I hope they start bringing this to California on a regular basis!

12 ounce bottle purchased at the Davis Food Co-Op. Aroma is tart with some acidic notes and some barnyard funkiness. Some brett seems to be present. A little lemony aroma is also in there. Decent. Transparent pale golden body with a large, fluffy white head present. Starts with a sharp, tart lemony acidity. Becomes a little malty in the middle with some milky, doughy, biscuit flavors. A little more lemon flavor present to finish. This is actually pretty good and quite enjoyable.

I like this beer. It has a real tart taste that is very thirst quenching. I recommend this beer.

Pale murky peach in colour, large white coloured head, excellent retention, great lacing, lots of visible carbonation. The aroma is slightly lactic, acidic, light peach and pear, underlying sweetness, musty. The flavour is moderately acidic, lightly sour, noticeable sugary sweetness for a brief period of time, peaches. Acidic mouthfeel, medium/light body, high carbonation. Finishes long, acidic and incredibly dry at the very end. A good Berliner, a bit tame but easy to drink.

355ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>kkearn, thanks Keith.
Received on August 1, 2007 and opened on September 14, 2007.
Bottled on May 24, 2007.

This Berliner Weiss pours a cloudy yellow gold from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Good lacing. Aroma is tart, citrusy and a touch of peach. A medium bodied Berliner Weiss. The malts are tart and citrusy. The peach flavors somewhat balanced the tartness of this beer, but there is a whole lot of tartness here. The peach flavors are there at the start, but get overwhelmed by the citrusy and lemony tartness. A nice beer. It’s a step away from the usual high alcohol beer that DFH makes. I like it. Light and refreshing, a good palate cleanser. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is dry and crisp. Aftertaste is tart.

Thin bright white head of fine bubbles. Light grassy aroma with maybe a hint of peach. Some hops presence with a little bit of citrus. Color is a light clear gold. Wow, succulent flavor. Some sourness and tartness but not enough to make you pucker. Totally makes your mouth salivate though and beg for more. Light flavor with more grassy flavors and more peach presence. Light crisp and refreshing. Finiishes clean and dry. Lingering dry tart peachyness. Very good. Not sure how much of this I can drink before it becomes tooo dry and hard to swallow. Either that or when I can’t produce any more saliva because I have used it all up.

Draft at the Gaithersburg pub. Murky hefeweizen appearance, cloudy and milky yellow. Sprizty and mildly prickly, sour lemon flavors abound, it’s not really a yogurt or lactic sourness at all, really just a straight lemon juice sour. Zesty up front, then more semi-sweet lemons on the back. Fresh tasting... overall it’s ok to good, but I don’t get any peach at all, really just straight lemon juice sour. Interesting but a bit far off from the other German Berlinner weisse I’ve had.