Apricot Blonde
Dry Dock Brewing Company in Aurora, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.71
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Blonde Ale brewed with apricot puree.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Can. Slightly cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma of apricots and a Belgian Blonde. Taste of apricots, grains and minerals ending in a dry finish. Harsh bitterness that totally puts me off. Strong carbonation. Feels off and very unbalanced. I certainly did not get any enjoyment from it but maybe I wasn’t meant to feel this.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2022
at 17:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Orange colour. Light malty and hoppy nice powerful apricot aroma. MOderate bitter flavor. Some apricot notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Lively carbonated.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2022
at 12:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can. Cloudy, orange golden to amber colour with average, frothy, rapidly diminishing, white head. Fruity aroma, notes of apricot, dried apricot, mirabelle. Taste is dry hoppy, fruity, rather neutral, pale malty basis with very little residual sweetness, notes of apricot, dried apricot, some mirabelle. Minimally cream-oily, watery texture, smooth, fairly soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, prickly carbonation. Very well balanced, especially well controlled sweetness, no hints of artificiality - good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2022
at 19:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pours cloudy amber with huge white head. Aroma is intense fresh apricot, physalis and hints of passion fruit. Taste is medium to very sweet, light bitter and light acidic. Body is water with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and very sweet with notes of fresh apricot, figs, physalis and hints of overripe mango. A bit too sweet and candy like for my taste
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2022
at 21:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy bright orange with little floaters and a large fluffy head. Sweet with apricot, cracker and some graininess. Medium finish and body
Tried
on 16 Aug 2021
at 19:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. can purchased at Davidsons Wine & Spirits in Highland Ranch, CO. Thanks G-unit! Pours a cloudy gold color with a very large off-white head and very good retention. Looks like a wheat ale. Decent lacing. Strong apricot aroma. Good natural apricot flavor on a generic beer base. Not too sweet or fruity. Medium body. Good for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2019
at 23:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours the colour of apricot skins, there’s plenty v foam that shrinks slowly.
As authentic an apricot smell as I’ve ever encountered. It’s a balanced smell of sweet and sour without suggesting that sour will dominate.
Sweetish apricots with an additional sweet note or 2 from the malt of the base Blonde Ale. I have to admit; the smell is outstanding, leaving the the taste placing 2nd in a 2 horse race.
Medium body with medium carbonation.
If only the flavours lived up to what those delightful aromas suggested. Still, it’s a lovely drop.
As authentic an apricot smell as I’ve ever encountered. It’s a balanced smell of sweet and sour without suggesting that sour will dominate.
Sweetish apricots with an additional sweet note or 2 from the malt of the base Blonde Ale. I have to admit; the smell is outstanding, leaving the the taste placing 2nd in a 2 horse race.
Medium body with medium carbonation.
If only the flavours lived up to what those delightful aromas suggested. Still, it’s a lovely drop.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2016
at 14:40
7/10
Rip city, and I'm not talking about Portland.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2016
at 14:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dry Dock Apricot Blonde 5.1% Thanks Nie! It is an orange honey gold pour with an apricot & cream aroma, possibly also peach blossoms. Fairly light bodied with a seltzer type carbonation. After the aroma the dry crackery flavor blessed with just hints of apricots leaves you kind of let down it lacked the juicy apricot you expected from the nose. A nice drink though with honeyed biscuit & tangy apricot.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2015
at 06:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Hazy orange color. Big apricot aroma and flavor. Sweet, sugar and apricot flavor. Low carbonation and very drinkable.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2015
at 13:31