Apricot Ale
Pyramid Breweries in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.87
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Full of big, fresh apricot notes, this untraditional take on a traditional unfiltered wheat beer invigorates the body and soul with its smooth, refreshing finish.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy, Cloudy dark orange pour, with a large white head. Aroma is obviously not on juicy apricot flesh, with some honey, and peach. Mouth feel and carb are good. Finish is lightly bitter, sweet, smooth wheat finish, with a nice softly sweet fruity end. A decent fruit beer, not over the top, just solid.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:41
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
12 oz. bottle from Orem, Utah State liquor store. Pours a clear gold color with a fizzy khaki head and poor retention. No lacing. Pours like a soda. Yes, it has an apricot aroma, but not very strong. Light apricot flavor mixed in a generic pale malt base. I don't taste any wheat ale.. Very crisp. Actually over carbonated, approaching seltzer territory. Thin, watery body. Not bitter. No bad flavors but nothing to rave about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2021
at 00:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Quite fruity, light crisp summer drinking. Not overall great beer underneath the dominant apricot though. Bottle in Berkeley ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2017
at 19:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy like a NE style IPA.
Semi tart apricot and wheat aroma. Smells like the pits were thrown in.
Tastes like it smells. Not too sweet not too tart.
I had this years ago. Didn’t like it back then.
Semi tart apricot and wheat aroma. Smells like the pits were thrown in.
Tastes like it smells. Not too sweet not too tart.
I had this years ago. Didn’t like it back then.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2017
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From old tasting notes. Hazy honey gold color. Fluffy white head. Sweet apricot malt aroma. Tangy wheat malt flavor with hints apricot and peach. Nice flavor. Very refreshing.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2017
at 20:38
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Rated from old notes. Pungent, strong, sweet cloying taste with an overwhelming apricot smell. One whiff and you start to fear the beer. Goes down like sodapop - fizzy and burpy. Seemed artificially carbonated. Avoid.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2015
at 09:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 11/26/2014. Pours hazy bright orange color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big apricot, peach, lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, wheat, honey, bread, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of apricot, fruity yeast, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of apricot, peach, lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, wheat, honey, bread, light herbal, and yeast earthiness. Minimal herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of apricot, peach, lemon, orange, pear, apple, light banana, wheat, honey, bread, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of apricot, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/fruit flavor balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Very authentic tasting fruit flavors as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a damn nice fruited wheat ale. All around great robustness and balance of apricot, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2015
at 20:53
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Certainly pours foggy apricot-juice with a very modest head that’s almost nothing at all. Aroma is a detergent-y apricot smell which is rather on the sweet side and perhaps somewhat troubling for those who are fans of apricot rather than sweet apricot soda. Flavour is okay apricot and not too sweet followed by wheat ale hints and a small mention of detergen that leaves the whole deal a little cloying. There are some good elements here but they are not working well. It’s merely drinkable.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2014
at 20:40
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Pale orange with a bit of gold, slight thin white head. Aroma of apricot flavored baby food and ketones. Taste is like Miller Light with apricot jucie added. Flavor likely comes from apricot juice added after fermentation, or possible from artificial flavorings. Finish was reminiscent of fertilized soil. Drain pour.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2014
at 10:55
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange colour with a small, short lived white head. Aroma of apricot, caramel and wheat. Sweet flavour of apricot and wheat with a dry, citric finish. Light body, watery texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2014
at 23:48