Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Fruitful Pursuits: Apricot 2023

Fruitful Pursuits: Apricot 2023

 

Blind Enthusiasm Brewing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦

  Lambic Style - Fruit Regular
Score
7.39
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Fruitful Pursuits: Apricot 2023 is a blend of 2, 3 & 4 year Mixed and Spontaneous fermentation red wine barrels, refermented on Goldbar and Gold Strike Apricots for 2 months.

7% – Fruitful Pursuits Apricot 2023 is a blend of 2, 3 & 4 year red wine barrels that spent 2 months refermenting with hundreds of kilograms of fully ripe apricots. The flavour and aroma have an apricot jam intensity highlighted by light cinnamon and marzipan character. The texture is round and coats the palate, complimented by the bright fruity acidity and stone fruit esters of the blend.
 

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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750mL bottle, pours a cloudy bright orange with a small white head. Aroma is super bright on the apricot, with gentle acidity and a wonderful barnyard funk. Flavour is complex as hell, with super bright, juicy apricots, light-to-moderate acidity, and medium barnyard funk. Wonderful incorporation of the apricot with the usual expert funky blend. Lovely.
Tried from Bottle at Blind Enthusiasm - The Monolith Brewery on 11 Nov 2025 at 05:58

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy, apricotty sort of colour. Thin head. Bright stone fruit aroma with light brett and a hint of barrel. On the palate, the soft pale malt, big bright fruit, a decent acidity that seems to combine some of the stone fruit influence and some from the fermentation. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2025 at 05:50

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (2023 vintage). Hazy slightly orangey gold with small white head. Tart apricot and feint yogurt notes, not picking up the red wine barrel, decent, but the yogurt notes throw it off a bit. Still quite decent.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2025 at 05:39

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
750mL bottle. Pours hazy dull gold with a white head. Tons of apricots, musty fruit skins, mildew on the nose. Flavour has tart apricots, mildewy old upholstery, lots of must. Great complexity and the integration between the apricots and the musty lambic-style funk is excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2025 at 01:55