Mustafa's Dancing Helmet Apricot IPA
Moon Dog Craft Brewery in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.08
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle) Cloudy with plenty of floating matter and a small loose white head - not terribly appealing to look at. Subtle tangy fruity aroma, more ice lolly than beer - unusual but pleasant. Full body, slightly syrupy but well carbonated - again unusual and pleasant. The taste - what can I say? Unusual and pleasant. It’s also complex and changes in the mouth. The start is sweet fruit and malt with fresh tangy fruitiness to balance. Peppery spice notes develop and then in the finish a big bitter taste develops very late and stays around. Overall, you guessed it, an unusual and pleasant beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 330ml bottle on 21/8/2014. Pours a slightly cloudy golden with a smallish white head, with lots of yeast floaties. Has a light aroma featuring apricot and a touch of tropical fruit. The flavour is very intense, with the apricot hugely evident, along with a touch of booze and a big, quite sharp, slightly salty, citrussy bitterness at the back. Has a syrupy texture and average carbonation. Improves markedly as it warms. Very unusual and rather enjoyable, if not an absolute bullseye. Props to Moon Dog for producing some weird gear which pushes the envelope but remains very drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Hazy amber with a small white head that lasts. Some floaties. Aroma of white grapes, apricots, lychees, menthol, cassia bark. Pleasant low carbonation. Taste seems far more vibrant than first suggested by the aroma. There’s hay and a little light caramel and lots of fruit and spice - grape and apricot, some tropical fruit, pine, pepper, cinnamon. Not all that sweet, so although the bitterness is not very strong, there’s a snap to the finish. Alcohol is dangerously well-hidden. Startlingly original.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours amber with a small, lasting head.Nose shows over-ripe apricot, some caramel and resinous hops. The apricot character is pretty tempting!Flavours still focus on apricot, but seem somewhat musty, like dried apricots. Lots of caramel, but also a smoked malt character, pretty interesting!Body seems a bit too syrupy and thick.