Dogfish Head Aprihop
Posted by dugpark on July 5, 2008
Second pre-July 4th beer… and still barely catching up after mucho, mucho pyrotechnics last night. Dogfish Head Aprihop was first tasted at the Washington Brewers Festival on Father’s Day. Since that time, I have wanted to get a bottle or two and they had 4 packs at the Top Food and Drug in Snohomish, so there you go.
As far as flavored ales go, this isn’t the most flavorful but that is ok. It has a very, very subtle hint of apricot. Luckily there is good, solid beer to back it up and so the overall experience is quite nice. This isn’t the beer of your dreams, by any means, but it is good and tasty. If you are willing to spend the ~$2.50 per bottle, not bad… because of that, though, I probably won’t buy it again. That whole value for money thing gets you sometimes.
JBB6 Rating: Middle of the Road
Ben Kessler said
I am a big fan of this beer. Never before have I had fruit in an IPA. Obviously apricots make for a delicious brew (#9, Pyramid, etc.) but in the IPA it is just the perfect pinch of sweetness to cut the hops. I am an IPA fiend but sometimes when its hot out and you want to kick back a bunch of beers all of that hops is a bit unsettling. The Aprilhop feels a lot crisper and easier on the stomach.
I’d give it a 7/10
dugpark said
I like this one too… my big beef is the price, but what are you going to do. If you like this one, have you tried the Avery Maharaja? It doesn’t have an exact fruit that I can discern, but is is a very, very tropical IPA. Probably one of my favorites.