ApriHop
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

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From:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
 
Delaware, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #2,378
ABV:
7%
Score:
86
Ranked #18,339
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 12.24%
Reviews:
1,732
Ratings:
5,011
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 23, 2023
Added:
May 31, 2002
Wants:
  162
Gots:
  737
Aprihop is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Crystal malts. It's massively hopped -- in the continuous fashion, of course! -- and the flavor is complemented by the addition of apricots.

After fermentation, the beer is dry hopped with irresponsible amounts of Amarillo hops. The beer has a hoppy aroma, with the apricots playing a supporting role.

The flavor is rich with late hop flavors, and its bitterness is tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness and fruity undertones from the apricots.

50 IBU
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Ratings by thebrood1987:
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Reviewed by thebrood1987 from California

4.83/5  rDev +25.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
What a refreshing beer. I definitely know why this is their Spring seasonal because it is excellent to drink in this weather. You can smell sweet fruits with that apparent apricot and some pine and some fruitiness from the cascade hop. I can always tell if they use a cascade hop if I just think back on how Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale smells. The taste is very nicely balanced with a sweet caramel bread like malt with the sweetness from the apricot hop flavor and malt in the middle and the apricot in the back melding together with the hop bitter finish. The sweet and bitter tastes in this beer are perfectly combined.

I could tell they wanted to make this different than their 60 minute IPA so they used a completely different malt bill which is a rich sweet caramel and bread. I like that you can taste like you ate a fruit even minutes after your last sip. That is a sign of an amazing beer in my mind. They really used the right hops for this beer to meld with the apricots to make it seem like its not a fruit beer at all.... which is probably why they call it a fruit beer for hopheads. Not to mention the apricots taste REAL, they definitely don't use a cheap overly flavored extract.... which accounts for a better fruit balance with the hops.

Dogfish really nails the tastes of their beers and when they say thats how it will taste thats how it will definitely taste in a balanced manner. There are so many other flavors than just the apricot in this that it just makes it an awesome complex beer that anybody can enjoy.
Mar 13, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.27 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Aug 01, 2022
 
Rated: 3.83 by TwilightBeerCareer from Illinois

Nov 25, 2021
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Rated by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania

2.38/5  rDev -38%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 2
The hops drown out any apricot flavor
This stuff is horrible.
Nov 15, 2020
 
Rated: 3.92 by imnodoctorbut from Texas

Jun 11, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by doctorgary from New York

Mar 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.86 by jeffmck09 from Connecticut

Oct 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by AnitaBrewski from Massachusetts

Jun 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.57 by Dicers from California

Jan 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.98 by BosDen07 from Delaware

Dec 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by JohnDon from Texas

Oct 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.46 by Kdouble from Tennessee

Oct 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by soundaurora from Pennsylvania

Sep 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.09 by Prost76 from New Hampshire

Sep 14, 2018
 
Rated: 3.63 by TheCrowsEye from California

May 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.81 by Futbolmanby from Michigan

May 21, 2018
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Reviewed by noahts from Virginia

4.71/5  rDev +22.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
One of my favorite beers ever, the dark, almost caramel flavor of the apricot is a much better compliment to the IPA style that you might think. A perfectly balanced beer and a great pickup if you can find it.
May 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3.96 by Half-full from Illinois

Apr 16, 2018
ApriHop from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 5011 ratings