Melbourn Brothers Apricot

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

An average pour produces a three finger thick, pale, cream colored head. The beer is a pale amber, copper color that shows a brilliantly clear, full gold color when held up to the light. The aroma smells of tart apricot flesh up front, but then gets a full, concentrated almost jam like, apricot character in the middle and finish that really dominates the nose. Perhaps a hint of toasty grain is noticeable, but I may just be imagining this last bit. Definitely a one-dimensional character to the nose.

Quite sweet with an accompanying sticky, fullness and body. Of course the dominant flavor here is of apricots; ripe, sugar added, apricot preserves just about describes the flavor of this apricot soda, errr I mean beer. This only has a faint tartness that seems to accentuated the apricot notes a bit. The apricot flavor, while one dimensional in its focus on the fruit, still has a nice full fruit flavor to it.

Obviously there is not a lot going on with this beer. Apricot is the name of the game and it does a good job of delivering that specific character. It is too sweet and too thick though to be refreshing, which might not have been half bad.

Purchased: Papago Brewing, Scottsdale AZ

Pours a nice clear golden color with a lasting white head. Smell is sweet apricots and malt. Sugary. Taste is sweet, apricot candy like. Nice and bubbly and sweet and lightly tart in the finish. Very italian soda like, but enjoyable and a bit short of cloying. Tasty.

Bottle: Poured a bright golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention with some lacing. Aroma consists of real apricot without any fake syrup as well as some subtle sour notes. Taste is again dominated by some nice real apricot taste without the domination of the fake syrupy fruit stuff you sometime find in those beers. Great carbonation with a somewhat full body. I really enjoyed this for what it was and wouldn’t mind having a more regular access to this beer.

Golden of color with a small white head. An aroma with notes of sweets, apricot and sour notes. A flavor of apricot, peach, sweets and sour notes.

Pours a clear dull gold with a nice small head & some lacing, and a sweet apricot aroma. Tastes of sweet apples & apricots, very nice! Bit of a sourish finish. Creamy body with good carbonation. Very quaffable.

Pours clear golden, plenty of bubbles and a rich white head. Nose has subtle notes of apricot but mostly sugar cane and wild yeast. Very nice flavor with plenty of apricot sweetness balanced by the sourness of the wild yeast (could have erred on the sourer side, but this is nice). Body is light, plenty of effervescence, really quite pleasant. Overall a very pleasant lambic--and from Britain no less!

Poured golden colour. Very small, fizzy head. Aroma was fruity, heavy on the apricot (not surprisingly). Nice sweet taste with some bitterness, nicely balanced. Loved it.

355 ml bottle at my small outdoor tasting together with Kjetil B., Roger and Asgeir - bought in Cardiff by Kjetil B. Clear golden color, moderate white head. Aroma is apricot, and it has some acidicity. Flavor is sweet apricot, with a very balancing sourness. Could have been awfull, but the sourness makes this a very drinkable beer.