Apricot Ale

[Jeff]

A local pizza place has an apricot ale on tap. I have never had a pint by itself, but they suggest pouring it into a black and tan with guinness. Has anybody else had this? It is really good, and I don't go much for fruit beers.

Anybody know who makes an apricot ale?

[studentofbeer]

ive enjoyed two different apricot ales, even though im not usually into fruity beers. Pyramid and Dogfish Head both make easy drinking, tasty apricot ales that i find great as hot summer beers or sports-watching beers. as for making a black and tan out of it with guinness, well thats an interesting thought, tho it doesnt quite sound appealling to me. dont knock it till youve tried it tho i guess.

who makes this apricot?

[newportstorm]

I never liked eating the fruit but have drank Magic Hat #9 in the past, which is brewed with apricots. Not my favorite though it is a big seller for them.

I toured Wachusett Brewing in central Mass. over the summer and they had a poster for a Black & Blue. Their Blueberry Ale capped by what I suppose was Guinness - though any nitro porter/stout would suffice. I think many fruit beers lend themselves well to mixing. I believe it was discussed here about capping a lambic with stout - I've done Lindemans Framboise with Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Tasty!!

Cheers!

[Jeff]

I'm not really sure who makes that apricot ale, I will check it out the next time I am there for some pizza, maybe this weekend.

[chazwicke]

I am not a huge fan of most American fruit beers either. (I love Lambics though). I have on occasion had interesting ones. (Bells). My most memorable American fruit beer was a Blueberry from Cambridge Brewing. This came to mind as I was posting on the Boston thread. There are a couple good Blueberry beers from Maine as well. I am intregued by the idea of mixing beers in general and mixing Fruit beers with stouts and porters in particular. I may have to experiment.

[threecb]

I don't usually go for the fruit beers either, but the apricot ales,
which tend to be based on a pale or ipa, get me. The hop bite complements
the sweet-n-sourness of the fruit...

DFH's Aprihop is definitely one of the best. I'm pretty sure it's an IPA.

I've also had the Magic Hat #9, which i think is pretty subtly apricotty(?),
and will drink it when I see it on tap.

Middle Ages makes an Apricot Ale that they also sell to the Dinosaur BBQ
(biker/barbeque joints in SYR and Rochchester) and it's labelled as ApeHanger.
Very nice!

I also think I had the Pyramid once, 5 or 6 years ago in Atlanta, but I can't comment
on it since it's been a while...

[studentofbeer]

Originally posted by threecb
I don't usually go for the fruit beers either, but the apricot ales,
which tend to be based on a pale or ipa, get me. The hop bite complements
the sweet-n-sourness of the fruit...



my feeling exactly threecb

[davesarman]

My wife loves Pyramids Apricot Ale. I don't mind it, especially on a hot summer day. Something I found that is great, is to marinate chicken breasts in a bottle of the apricot ale, then grill them and put a glaze of apricot jam/ale/lime juice on it....fantastic!

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by davesarman
My wife loves Pyramids Apricot Ale. I don't mind it, especially on a hot summer day. Something I found that is great, is to marinate chicken breasts in a bottle of the apricot ale, then grill them and put a glaze of apricot jam/ale/lime juice on it....fantastic!

You're making me hungry! Sounds dee-lish!