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Mango Wheat

May, 2016

Mango Wheat

California
United States
Judges Rating: 
90
Aroma: 
20 / 24
Appearance: 
6 / 6
Flavor: 
38 / 40
Mouthfeel: 
8 / 10
Overall Impression: 
18 / 20

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.