Mango Wheat

Fruit Beer | Year-Round | United States

By Tracy Hensley

Judges Rating: 90
Aroma: 20
Appearance: 6
Flavor: 38
Mouthfeel: 8
Overall Impression: 18

A fresh mango juice aroma with a warm herbal character and low hints of Tahitian vanilla are immediately apparent. The beer is a clear light amber color with a fine, creamy, ivory-colored head. The flavor starts out as mango Hawaiian sweet bread with noticeable hop bitterness. The finish is mouthwatering tropical fruit juice with a spritz of sea mist followed by an aftertaste of whipped cream vanilla vodka on a wheat pancake. The mouthfeel has a high level of tongue-prickling carbonation that makes the light, mouth-coating alcohol more noticeable. Overall, the aroma is all mango — missing out on an anticipated complementary malt presence.  Also, the flavor and mouthfeel show hop bitterness, carbonation and warmth rather than an interplay of malt and mango characters.