Melbourn Brothers Apricot

Brewed by Melbourn Brothers (Samuel Smith)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Stamford, England

Bottled (from Ölkonsortiet, Aalborg). Orangeish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is apricot, earth, much sourness and also some wet wood. Very nice. Flavour is sweet apricot, some sourness, mild wood and very pleasantly balanced. Too bad the apricot is a bit too sweet/strong in the flavour, othewise a very nice brew.

Bottle. Very, very clear straw body with minimal head. Lots of bubbles clinging to the side of the glass. Nose is kinda sour like a clean barn. Nice sharp sour/tart flavor up front. Apricot dominates the flavor profile. The sourness is not over the top, but is quite nice. It is a good compliment to the sweet apricot.

A golden beer with a thick white head.A pleasant aroma of Brett and fruit, quite nice. A sweet apricot start followed by lactic acid, vinegar, a bit too sweet, but overall interesting. Light bodied. Bottle is about yrs old.

A lambic - fruit? Way more fruit than lambic... and by fruit I mean syrup. Pours a very thin light golden yellow with huge soda bubbles and a big sudsy soda head that fades into a fine white froth. Smells of apricot syrup and wet grains. Very sweet first taste, lightly tart, apricot syrup, a bit of sour wheat, pretty grainy. Gritty cider finish. Its very drinkable, however, it is more of an Italian soda, the syrup is laid on way too thick. More than one would leave your stomach in pain.

Copper coloured body with a bright orange tint and a short-lived white head that tops the beer. Aroma of pure fresh apricots, caster sugar, malt, white grapes and a nice fresh scent. Medium-bodied; Sweet flavourful taste of apricots with a great caster sugar taste and a perfect amount of malt. This one is what fruit beers should be. Aftertaste shows the apricots fully through with a good maltiness and a perfect amount of sugars. Overall, a damn good fruit beer - perhaps one of the better ones made. I sampled this nearly 3 year old bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia on 24-December-2005.

A really good fruit beer. Aroma of pure apricot. Sweet and fruity taste. The pour is golden coloured and thin white head perseveres through the entire beer. A unbelievable and tasty beer.

Bottle.Straw in colour with a sweet apricot nose,a bubbly white head.Flavor is of tart apricot,maybe apple cider,a little yeast,and a dry finish. It took me a little bit to warm up to this but,in the end I was sad to see it was all gone.

Bottle: Clear gold pour with a moderate sized creamy beige head. Smells like, well... apricot juice. Taste is again the fruity apricot nectar, just like I remember them when picked straight from the tree. Some light hops and more fruity sweetness. Just the right amount of carbonation. Good, for what it is (more of a fruit juice than a beer).