25 Apr 2009
Dogfish Head Aprihop
Author: Gile
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Name: Gile
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About: My first beer was Budweiser. I was about 9 or 10, Dad and I were broken down and the side of the road and all there was to drink was Budweiser. So I had a swig of his, hated it!
I didn't drink beer again until I joined the Marine Corps. I was in Quantico, attending Small Computer Systems Specialist school, when I accidentally knocked a beer out the fridge and broke it. My buddies said now I gotta drink one! The rest is history. The broken beer was a Red Dog by the way.
Now days I am really a hop head that enjoys the IPAs [Stone IPA; Lagunitas IPA] and Douple IPAs [Moylan's; Hair of the Dog Blue Dot]. I also like Belgians [St Bernardus; Delirium; Three Philosopher's] a lot! I also like the Stouts and Porters [Black Butte] as well.
I enjoy going to breweries to sample as well as going to pubs and taverns. I also like enjoying beer with friends and bouncing ideas off of other intelligent people as well. Last time I was at O'Brien's I was shooting the shit with a couple of random strangers.
I hope to someday do a pub/tavern crawl across Europe. That's all I want. Simple.
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Dogfish Head Aprihop
Name: Aprihop
Brewery: Dogfish Head
Overall Rating: A-
Style: Specialty Beer (23)
Serving Style: Draft, pint @ O’Brien’s
ABV: 7%
IBU: 30
Aroma: Esters [apricots!] and malts.
Appearance: Dark amber, very filtered with a pure white head.
Flavor: Some hop bitterness with a good balance sweet apricot flavor. Getting tons of apricot in the after taste as well as aromas as I exhale after a drink. As it warmed up, some sour flavors started to emerge as well as the apricot flavor become prominent. The beer evolved as it warmed up, like most Dogfish Heads do.
Mouthfeel: This is a full bodied malty monster!
Enjoyability: Overall, BAD ASS! I highly recommend you seek this out and try it for yourself. Oh and you thought the “apri” was for April. Boy was I wrong!
Another take: Official | The Brew Basement (Sigaro?) | Brewed for Thought | Hop Talk
Tags: Aprihop, beer review, Dogfish Head
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