Apricot Pale Ale
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill

 

 

Can data: CANNED ON 06.01.16

Dark orange colored body; thin, white head. Bold apricot aroma, very sweet and fruity. Sweet and fruity flavor, just like the aroma; strong hop bitterness for counterbalance. Heavy body; juicy; sweet and dry aspects to the finish but leaning mostly towards the sweet-side of things.

Upslope said apricot, they deliver apricot. An awesome job for what they were shooting for although I wouldn't make this a go-to bee (too fruity for my personal tastes), yet if you appreciate an excellent stone fruit beer, I'd highly recommend this offering.

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.

Edit: it was only $6.09 a can.

Fruity pale ale