IPApricot

keg at blue blazer ..hazy amber...small white head ...soft juicy floral apricot fruit nose ..big juicy fruit ..massive apricot

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy yellow-orange, fluffy white head. Nose - mainly dried apricot with some orange zest. Taste - orange, melon and dried apricot again. Still orange zest closing it out. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy middle and tangy, dry finish. Overall - good.

Can from Cornelius. Pours hazy orange with no head. Aromas of apricot and citrus. Taste is more of the same. Bitter finish.

Can picked up at Rosemount Market, Aberdeen. It pours murky dirty orangey gold with a dissipating white head. The aroma is sweet - sour, really juicy, tangy, lashings of apricot, fresh & dried, hint of fizzy candy, nectarine, fruit salads sweets and sherbet. The taste is firm and dry initially, some bitter, then it gets juicy and tangy, plenty of orangey stone fruits, apricot, nectarine, peach, tangerine, vague hint of fruity acidity, sherbet, fizzy candy, dry woody notes, earth and just a touch of tannin with a drying finish. Average body and fine to moderate carbonation. Bitterness there makes you aware this an IPA and not some random fruit beer.

Pours a cloudy golden colour with a thin white head. Smell, as you might expect, is of hops and apricot. Flavour also does what it says on the tin. Hops, grapefruit, a kick of apricot. It's not overpoweringly fruity but it's very crisp and drinkable and I'd quite happily sink a couple sitting in the sun.