Melbourn Brothers Apricot

Another interesting Fruit Lambic this times comes courtesy of Melbourn Brothers. This apricot fruit beer pours with absolutely no head and very closely resembles iced tea. It is extremely carbonated at first but fades over time. The smell is pretty much exactly what I expected: apple cider, apricots, peaches. The taste is a little worse than what I expected but also not bad and resembles greatly a decent alcoholic cider with a little more kick and tartness. Definitely interesting, but no where near the best Lambic I've had.

Appearance - 3.2

Smell - 3.7

Taste - 3.6

Texture - 3.3

Overall - 3.45/5

Melbourn Brothers Apricot

We felt that we should get a little bit into the fruit beer game. An Imperial and an Ale are well and good, but some out-there flavors are a nice change of pace every once in a while.

This beer from Belbourn Brothers pours a nice, golden brown/amber with a transparent quality. It's very carbonated but produces no head, although it has a decent film. It smells like apples and has an overly fruity scent to it. Though, you can't really detect the apricot. It basically tasted like apple cider. It has a thin consistency with very little body. But, it has a brilliant taste - I could easily chug this with how good it tastes. As noted before, the texture is quite thin. There's nothing else to note aside from the fact is has a nice fizz as you drink it.

Overall, I'd say this is a great beer to have during the falltime with a dessert or hearty meal. It's like 3.5% so you could definitely have a lot without feeling off. Quite a nice novelty brew.

Appearance - 3.6
Smell - 4
Taste - 4.4
Texture - 3.2
Overall - 3.8/5

Brew Tasting the Thirteenth

We weren't really up for too much tonight so we decided to try another fine fruit beer. List after the break.

1) Melbourn Brothers Apricot