cask night

last night’s cask at the yaletown brewpub was their pale ale dry-hopped with cascades
and it was a good one!
rumour has it there’s a stout cask coming up…

because it was martini night (and that’s not my scene)
we left yaletown for rogue wetbar and more beer
because we follow rogue on twitter we got to try one of their new beer cocktails for free!
i love free!
and i love a bellini, so i went for the beerlini
pyramid apricot beer with bellini slush
it makes for a murky drink, but damn, its delicious!

then i had to have a pint of the hopworks abominable winter ale because they still had some available at rogue as their rotating tap
guess it isn’t officially spring for a couple more days…

dogfish head’s aprihop

hops and apricots?!?
looking forward to tasting the dogfish head aprihop
“a serious india pale ale brewed with real apricots.”

good head on the vigrourous pour
subtle apricot nose
some cloudiness in the glass
dark caramel colour
7%
50 ibus

the website says:
Aprihop

 

Availability: 

 Seasonal

Aprihop is our fruit beer for hopheads!

It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and crystal malts massively hopped in in the continuous fashion. The flavor is complimented by the addition of Apricots.

After fermentation the beer is dry hopped with irresponsible amounts of Amarillo hops. The beer is hoppy in the aroma with the apricots playing a supporting complimentary role.

The flavor is rich with late hop flavors and it’s bitterness is tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness and fruity undertones from the apricots.

This is one of our most popular seasonal beers and we’ve been brewing it each spring for quite a while now. We release the beer each March and you should find it on the shelves through May.”

kinda glad it only came in a four-pack

cuz its just a bit on the fruity side for me

amanda of course loves it

its her gateway kind of beer to appreciating hops

fruit those babies up, and she’ll be a hops fan in no time!

although…. the further i get into my glass, the more i am appreciating the subtle apricot flavours, the hop and malt balance and that 7% is going to my head rather nicely

i’m a happy camper…