Cascade Apricot Ale

Apricot Ale is based on our Temptor Triple Ale that has undergone over 8 months of lactic fermentation and oak barrel aging. Ripe NW Apricots are fermented with this beer for 3 additional months. This hand packaged and bottle conditioned ale will only get better with age ... good luck waiting.

Serve at 45-50 Degrees F.

3.9

605 reviews

Portland, United States

Community reviews

3.5 Tap at Kultainen Apina. As Cascade Apricot 2017 7.3%. Pours hazy golden brown, thin off white head. Acidic lemon, bretta, wood, dried apricot, farmyard. Medium body, high carbonation, sour finish.

3.1 Sampled at Ace & Kees festival. Clear lighter golden with bubbly white head. Sour grains, light matches, apricot skins, light sweet grains, white wine vinegar, minerals, chalk. Very very sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Way too sour.

3.7 Sampled at Ace&Kees. Pours a clear golden, small white head. Veeeeeery sour. Sour grains, zure matten, hay, oak, apricot, peach,.

3.7 Sampled at Ace & Kees. Clear golden with white head. Sour grain, hay, apricot, very sharp sour. Full on sour blast. Medium body and soft carbonation. Mother Pucker.

4.0 Keg at be.re. pours murky orange, nose is apricot, lemon, funk, taste is tart, juicy fruit, zesty, funky.

3.0 Bottled 750ml. -at Kiselo Druženje 2018. Unclear yellow coloured, small white head, mild yeasty and whiff of apricot in the nose. Quite sour and light yeasty with discreet touch of apricot. Too old or generally lack of taste. Pitty.

3.1 Enormous thanks to Toto for sharing this with the rest of us! Another Pivoteka eternal shelfie due to the price. Unsure if the shelf-aging helped, however... Murky golden body, with an off whtie head. Nice! Dry yeasty, funky aroma with very, very mild apricots perhaps. Highly, aggressively sour beer, toothrot, spicy phenols and a distinct lack of apricot really. As if whatever they imparted was eaten up. Need to try it fresher at some point, this wasn't great.

3.0 This was th 2017 edition. Decent apricot and citrus flavors. Full body with a funky barnyard essence and mild oak sweetness.

3.7 Sampled at the SEC Craft Beer Fest in CoMo. Tart so as to cause face twisting. After that effect the apricot emerges nicely. Bugs and earth with soft maltiness. Nicely done..

4.2 August 10, 2018. Bottle from the LCBO. Pours a clear golden yellow with a finely bubbled white head. Huge apricot aroma, citrus and funk. Taste is crisp dry apricot, sour citrus, lemon rind, some woody notes and a lingering mouth puckering tartness with flavours of apricot skins and pit.

3.8 Bottle 0,75 2016 batch. Pours slightly hazy yellow with almoast no head. Nice sourness with apricot, notes of gooseberries and citrus acidness. Medium body and average carbonation.

3.8 (Bottle) clear, very bright yellow orange colour with a small white head; aroma of sourness, hint of apricot, jam; creamy palate; sour flavour with a long, strong sour finish

3.5 Hazy blond colour with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of sharpness. Fruity. Apricot. There's a background fruit sweetness adding some balance.

4.2 Hopyard, february 22nd 2017. Hazy orange body with a tiny white head. Lactic aroma of apricot, ripe tangerine, wood. Delicious sour fruit taste, juicy and funky, with a dry earthy fruit ending. Long lasting citric acidity. A great one!

3.9 750 ml bottle from the LCBO. Pours a murky golden orange colour with moderate-sized white head. Aroma is quite tart with lots of apricot, some barrel, grains and light spice. Flavour is big juicy, tart apricot, some woodiness, spice and earthiness. Lingering sourness in finish. Rather good.

3.8 750ml bottle @ Kelly's. 2014 Vintage. Pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Nose is ample tart apricots. Flavour is a such, tart apricots, but delicious presentation of them. Finishes semi-dry.

3.8 Bottle from Beergium. Hazy yellow color, white head. Sour taste with citrus, acidic notes, apricot, earthy notes, ripe fruits and grass. Sour finish with citrus, acidic notes, minerals, apricot, earthy notes, ripe fruits and grass. Excellent sour ale.

3.9 [2016] 750ml bottle. Hazy golden yellow with a foamy white head. Flavors are apricot flesh/skin, lemon juice, sour candies and oak. Intense lactic acidity. Medium body, moderate to good carbonation, smooth texture.

3.9 2018/03/30 - 2016 Bottle from the LCBO. Pours hazy orange with an effervescent head that quickly dissipates and leaves no lacing. Aroma is tart lemon, orange, stonefruit and apple, white wine notes, wood, barnyard funk, yeast, pepper and vinegar. Taste is puckering lemon and stonefruit, with yeast, funk and vinous notes. Mouthfeel is medium with sharp carbonation and a highly tart, acidic finish. Complex, tart and delicious.

3.8 So very sour! Bottle (new release) has ton of pressure under the cork but does not foam up, it pours a hazy pinkish amber with a dissipating silky white head. Almost a real Gueuze type experience but the funk is lighter and there is some sour fruit and even a prickle of phenolic spices (pepper, bubble gum) and soft echoes of old wood and wet forest floor humus. Lemons and tart pit fruit, white wine vinegar, bare hint sulfur. I think the apricot fruit may vanish over time but the overall palate and complexity will improve. Demanding palate, good. Gastric burn at this stage, go slowly!

4.0 Pours orange with a pink hue, foamy head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is fairly complex, lots of yeasty character with some fruit. The sourness makes itself immediately apparent in the aroma as well. Taste is bracingly sour upfront, giving way to fruity sweetness and more yeast character. Very funky, some barnyard, lasting taste. Very good

4.0 Pours a clear golden colour with one finger of white head that reduces into a ring. Champagne-like effervesce visible. Aromas of "Brett" yeast and apricot with some notes of citrus. Much more sour than expected. Tons of lemon and apple notes. I guess this is what a real Sour tastes like lol

3.8 Bottle pours amber with a off white head. Aroma of apricot, oak, funky and earthy. Taste is tart fruit and funk

4.3 Smells incredible, dry and musty fruit. A huge burst of apricot flavour in the start, a lot of funk and acidity. Extremely sour, puckers the tongue, flavour drills through the top layer of tastebuds to somewhere deeper. Flavour gets stronger with each sip. Nice texture as well, great beer.

4.4 It pours golden color with small sized off-white head. Foam leaves a cover on top. Average lacing. It smells funky; apricot, lemon, barnyard and wood. Acidic and woody taste is moderately tart, fairly fruity and low-med malty. Flavors are well rounded and clear. It finishes slightly sour and strongly dry. Body is thick for a sour beer. Where is 8,5% Abv? It's perfectly hidden. Great drinkability and perfect refresher. Awesome brew.

3.8 750 ml bottle, vintage 2016, at Sander's place. Pours a hazy, light orange with a quickly disappearing white head. The aroma is lightly funky, old socks, spicy with apricots and tart berries and hints of vinegar. Medium body with a heavy sourness and an average carbonation. Flavor of unripe apricots and citric acidity, citric fruits, some tart berries, vinegar, flowers, some funk. Overall really nice flavors but the sourness is a little bit over the top. Aroma: 8 Appearance: 4 Taste: 7 Palate: 4 Overall: 15

3.7 Score: 8 / 4 / 7 / 3 / 15 750 ml bottle shared by PowY, thanks! Orange, hazy body, with a small, yellow head. Aroma of organic funk, apricot, Tastes of vinegar, funk, apricot, sour citrus, Medium, mouthfeel, with an average carbonation. Finishes acidic, moderate dry, with vinegar, citrus, apricot, some green apples. Very nice,while not outstanding. The nose is vety lovely, with a nice organic funkiness while the taste is a bit too sour. The apricots aren't that prominent.

3.7 0,75l bottle at Sanders shared by Saeglopur, big thanks. Vintage 2016. orange cloudy color, small white head. smells musty, earthy, citric, estragon, bit leathery. nice smell. full body, medium carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes citric, earthy, astringent, peppery, estragon, bit flowerish. finishes rather sour and dry with notes of citrus, flowers and musty notes. nice one, but dont get one much apricots, rather on the sour side. still rather good though.

4.0 2015 Vintage @ 7.2% ABV. Pours a clear golden yellow with a thin white head. Bold, crisp, tart aroma of stone fruit. Smooth with an intense tartness and fruity flavor. Good full mouth feel with a nice pucker factor. Crisp and clean finish with a nice lingering tart fruity aftertaste. Very refreshing and enjoyable. Solid choice!

3.8 At Ghent Beer Society's Beer Quiz; shared with Anke & Pieter! Clear orange with a diminishing, off-white head. Aroma of orange, lemon & apricot, barnyard, vinegar, yeast, leather, cheese & cream, 'bacteria'. It tastes only light fruity sweet but overall heavy sour, lactic, fruity and lambic-like; the finish is long, tart and drying. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Reminded me so much of a traditional Lambic; all in all, something completely different and not an obvious drink.