Dunedin Apricot Peach Ale

Brewed by Dunedin Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Dunedin, Florida USA

On tap at Brass Tap (Tampa, FL). Pours an orange amber color with thin white head. Aroma is fruity, apricot, floral, hint of spice. Flavor is also fruity, some spice, some malt, ripe fresh fruit. Sweet and syrupy with a quick finish.

Had it on draft at Great Orlando Beer Festival. It hyas a very strong fruity aroma and pours an orange ambery color with a healthy head. It tastes of apricots, peaches, and some honey. A very mellow, sweet refreshing beer. I could get used to this one. Very good on draft.

I bought a bottle from my Whole foods and did not like it. However after speaking to some who know this beer, I am convinced the bottle may have been bad. For now I am going to give it a middle of the road review.

Draft at Ravenous Pig. Pours a very lightly hazy orange-gold color. A foamy, pure white head left minimal, spotty lacing behind. The nose is heavy on apricot, with wheat and pale, sweet malts also coming through. Surprisingly, it doesn’t smell artiifical like I was expecting. Flavors were similar, with a touch of the peach joining in as a highlight. Light to medium bodied and semi-dry, I found this to be quite refreshing on a hot day. Nothing particularly complex going on here, but a nice warm weather session brew nonetheless.

On draft at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a cloudy golden, with copper highlights. White, creamy head, with wet lacing. Aromas of peach, apricot, plastic, and chalk. Rich apricot and peach in the flavor, with a malty backbone that ties it together. Not bad at all. Thin/medium bodied, and quite easy to drink.

Bottle purchased at the brewery 2 years ago and on draft at the brew pub. I know better than to age a beer like this, but I actually just forgot I had it. I didn’t like it that much when I had it on draft, but the 2 year old bottle was a different story. Poured bright yellow gold with a thin white head. Aroma was of strong apricot with a hint of funk. The taste was initially tart followed up by a strong apricot taste. The ending was a little disappointing and thin, but the initial tart taste up front I enjoyed. Not bad.

From tap at tasting : Pours cloudy yellow with nice foamy head that leaves a good rim. Aroma is faint apricot. Taste is bland, reminds me of swallowing air, i dont swallow air that often though.

Pours a slightly hazy orange/red with a small white head. Very crisp fruity aroma. Thats all you really get here. It smells exactly like apricots, so they nailed that on the head. The fruitiness in the flavor is by far the most profound as well. The apricots really stand out here too. If this is what they were going for than they got it right. Still not an awesome experience, but not bad either.