Apricot Tree IPA
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.21
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Drake (22940) reviewed Apricot Tree IPA from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce can, 12/21/24. Hazy and chunky orange, lots of floating apricot (hopefully) chunks. Thin beige head, average retention. Doesn't look appetizing. Aroma of sweet apricot, pale malt. Taste is apricot, pine, raisin (?). pale malt. Solid.
cheap (9607) reviewed Apricot Tree IPA from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
From a can this is a foam bomb! It took a few minutes for me to see the slightly hazy pale brew in the bottom of the glass. Even after a gentle pour, this stuff was overflowing with head, down the sides of the glass. Hey, now I see sediment and precipitants in there, WTF! Smell is definitely big apricot perfume on top of hop flower nectar. First taste is a big bitter blast of hops backed by apricots fer sher. Yea baby, this is a matter of fruity bitter hops. I'm not an expert at IPA, but this collage seems to be a well balanced IPA and fruit. I love the overwhelming cutting co2 in this brew, it helps me accept the hops, especially since I don't care for the bitter bite of IPA hops. Many IPA lovers will not care for this but, if you despise IPA, this is almost drinkable. At 5%, its quite quaffable as well, most IPA want to kick yer brain into someplace over the rainbow, heheheh. BTW, I like that, its kinda a gift for putting up with the manly flavors of real IPA, hehehehhh. Think Israel IZ Kamakawiwoʻole.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours lightly hazy orange-gold with a lingering off white head. The aroma is dominated by apricots. The flavor is fairly hoppy and bitter with apricots, some hop resin, and malt. It finishes with a less than pleasing flat or stale hop bitterness. Medium bodied.