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April 23, 2008

Another flip-flop on fruit beers

I am repositioning my previously changed position on fruit beers. Hey, politicians do it.

Cutting to the chase, my new favorite fruit beer, recommended by many contributors to this site, is Pyramid Apricot Weizen.

This wheat ale does a solid job of delivering refreshing beer flavors with an apricot presence. I now prefer it to the Dogfish Aprihop, which was my favorite fruit beer last week. Okay, I admit I am a serial fruit beer lover.

Another reason for my current infatuation: the Pyramid comes in a six-pack. The Dogfish was a four-pack. The distributor of the Pyramid is Dops. I found it for about $8 a six-pack at the Wine Source.

Anyone else have this problem of flip flopping on favorite fruit beers?

Anyone try the new, organic Oxford Raspberry? Looks like there is fruit in our beer-drinking future.

Posted by Rob Kasper at 11:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Comments

I love most fruit beers. These may not fall in your category, but I am a big fan of Ace Pear Cider, and of Lindemann's Framboise (strawberry or raspberry that barely is a beer). I also enjoy Thirsty Dog (OK, OK, "Dog Pub") in Federal Hill for their peach and blueberry varieties.

Posted by: KMT | April 23, 2008 11:54 AM

Fruit + beer = beer cooler = ugh! At least to my traditional Bavarian palate.

Posted by: Harvey Morrell | April 23, 2008 12:44 PM

Reinheitsgebot! Reinheitsgebot! Reinheitsgebot! No fruit in beer.

Posted by: bryanintimonium | April 24, 2008 10:26 AM

Great post, I really enjoyed it. I will have to bookmark this site for later.

Posted by: Brewery Tours | April 24, 2008 4:24 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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