Apricot Love
Urban Family Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.80
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superspak (10160) reviewed Apricot Love from Urban Family Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500 ml bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas big apricot, peach, pineapple, berry, mango, melon, lemon, pear, wheat, cracker, light honey, hay, straw, grass, light pepper/funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, apricots, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big apricot, peach, pineapple, berry, mango, melon, lemon, pear, wheat, cracker, light honey, hay, straw, grass, light pepper/funk, and yeast earthiness. Light yeast spiciness and slight fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of apricot, peach, pineapple, berry, mango, melon, lemon, pear, wheat, cracker, hay, straw, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, apricots, and moderate pale malt sweetness; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness. High carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and slightly acidic mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6.3%. Overall this is an excellent fruited Brett saison! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, apricots, and moderate pale malt sweetness; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the high carbonation. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
6oz draft at brewery. Thick muted golden color, too solid to see through. A soft natural Apricot flavor with a bit of a hop bitterness finish. A little lactose like sweetness. It’s definitely not a sour or wild, maybe a bit of a hop beer with fruit. But mostly a non-shitty actual fruit beer.