Apricot Pale Ale
Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale Regular|
Score
7.13
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iphonephan (11575) reviewed Apricot Pale Ale from Upslope Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a 16 oz. can. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Luscious apricot and tropical fruit aroma. Flavors of apricot, citrus and pine, Moderately bitter finish with a slight metallic note at the end.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
19.2 ounce can with a clear stamped canning date of June 1, 2016.
A slightly hazy, honey coloured brew, there’s quite a good head of foam sitting atop; could be that I’m serving it at near room temp. The foam subsides ever so slowly, leaving an abundance of lacing behind.
I do smell some of that fruity apricot and it imparts the mildest hints of tartness. But, this is a Pale Ale after all and that’s what’s most prevalent in the smell. It has a kind of dry hopped/ piney aroma that also suggests grapefruit.. Eureka hops are listed as an ingredient.
First word that I would use to describe the taste is dank. A fun word, eh? I did a bit of reasearch about Eureka hops and they already are supposed to impart aromas and flavours of apricots and tangerines. Adding apricots to this Pale Ale thus seems redundant but what the hey. It works.
Piney, apricot flavour imparting no tartness, just adding a fruity aspect that you’ll find more common in IPAs than APAs, I reckon that this is somewhat of a bold step to take but a step in the right direction.
Smooth as silk mouthfeel and has heaps of drinkability. More than well worth the +$8 that I paid for the can. Check it out.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Apricot Pale Ale from Upslope Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at the Flatiron Park taproom. Pours a clear pale orange-gold color with a medium thin white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of grassy hops, malt and apricot. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal hops, biscuit malt and apricot. The finish is hoppy up front with a mild apricot aftertaste. Decent overall.