Profile of MonsieurCaviar
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Although this claims to be a light-bodied lager, I can't quite agree. You might well confuse this with a dunkel due to the rich complexity of flavors. This is not an easy drinking lager, but it's grown on me after a few tastings. One of the first things you will notice is that it pours like an amber ale, darker than a typical lager and a bit more heady. Is it really bottom fermented? Surely so, but I've tasted lighter ales. This beer has all the complexity of a dunkel with less sweetness. As much as I try to pinpoint individual flavors other than the original components, I fail. Give it a chance or three, and you'll enjoy it, too.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
The first thing you notice is the spiffy bottle. This one really jumps out on the shelf. The moment you pop the cap, you can smell the acidity of the hops, but they're not pungent. These smell crisp, and you know you're in for a treat. The flavor does not disappoint. This is a great beer for a warm day, refreshing in its hoppy bitterness, but without much aftertaste (which I can do without). The only slightly disappointing aspect of this experience was the mouthfeel, which didn't deliver quite the fullness that I'm accustomed to from unfiltered beers. Perhaps they let it settle before bottling a little longer than I'd like.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 4
Perhaps I'm just not fond of apricots, but this particular combination of apricots and beer didn't do much for me. It smelled great, and it poured a nice, warm, deep apricot-ale color. So far, so good. The mouthfeel is reminiscent of apricots, to no surprise, and that didn't help. I simply couldn't tolerate the flavor, particularly with most of the sweetness of apricots missing. This was the first Dogfish Head beer I tasted, and it kept me from trying another until today (the Olde School Barley Wine). As that is quite simply one of the best beers on the market, I won't hold this ApriHop thing against them. If you like apricots, or like non-sweet fruit beers, this may be your perfect match. It's just not mine.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9
This is a malt lover's brew. The slightly sweet barley malt is the first and last flavor on your tongue, hiding the dryness of the alcohol as well as much of the pure bitterness of the hops, appropriate for such a strong and well-rounded beer. Without a label, you'd guess the alcohol content was 7-8%, not 15%! A smooth and full mouthfeel compliments the barley malt. The aftertaste is, as mentioned, malty, but it's also exquisitely complex. You can easily spend five minutes just thinking about the different flavors--like the first reviewer, I taste dates, but there are other flavors, wonderful flavors, that are hard to identify. This is one of the best brews I've ever had. The cost per unit volume is deceptive. For $3.25 at a specialty store, this beer is also an excellent value. Two bottles are equivalent to the alcohol content of a six pack of swill and the taste content of four breweries of the cheap stuff.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4
This is standard swill in a big can. Buy it for the gigantic size, but better yet, buy Foster's Special Bitter if you're tossing shrimps on the barbie. This brewer makes better ales than lagers.
