Dogfish Head Aprihop

I picked up a 4 pack of Dogfish Head’s Aprihop on Thursday. I tried one last night. The beer is an apricot flavored IPA. It’s quite interesting. The beer pours a nice amber color with a small white head. Smells of hops any fruity sweetness. Now, as a quick disclaimer, I am not a fan of the Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (which may come as a surprise to any hopheads out there considering IPA is one of my absolute favorite styles). Let’s move on to this beer. The flavor is quite different. It mixes the grapefruit flavor of the hops with the sweet apricot flavors. At times, it’s completely mixed together, at other times I get one followed by the other. The beer leaves a slight hoppy grapefruit aftertaste, but it’s nothing like a regular “in your face” IPA. The sweetness of the apricot really gives a nice balance to the bitterness of the hops. I was very impressed with this beer, but I wonder why it was released now and not closer to summer. This would make an incredible summer IPA. It’s very refreshing and would make a great summer addition to their already great Festina Pêche. This is a very drinkable beer and absolutely worth trying (even if you don’t like the 60 Min. IPA).