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Mandarina IPA
Saugatuck Brewing Company
- From:
- Saugatuck Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 9.39%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 13, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Ratings by moshea:
Rated by moshea from Michigan
4/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 10, 2015
4/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 10, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.72/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a clear amber colored brew, capped with a creamy off-white head. The aroma is a nice mix of full malt and floral hops..a hint of fruit and spice as well. The taste is balanced, with some serious malt flavor and a solid bitterness that runs throughout the beer. Full in body and very drinkable. Not bad.
Jul 21, 2017Reviewed by Vetbidder from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sort of a nice orange color and not very thick head. Smells of citrus juice and alcohol, slight melon. Flavors are a bit more confined compared to the nose with a citrus and alcohol mix with some caramel malt. Not much bitterness. This beer might not be very fresh as I'm not getting much depth in the flavor. Fairly lively carbonation. I'm not really loving this beer.
Jan 28, 2017Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania
3.79/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I purchased this bottle at Weis in Hummelstown -enjoyed chilled in a tulip.
The color is clear golden amber with thick off white head with fine bead, retention is very good with visible carbonation within. The smell is decent with mild citrus and herbal hop and light caramel with a slight oxidative quality. The feel is very good -moderately bitter with moderately high carbonation and mild sweetness with subtle alcohol in the back and light astringency.
The taste has an orange-like citrus quality in the hops with slight chalky and dry maltiness with subtle spice-like alcohol and hop bitterness with mild oxidation apparent with hint of floral hop flavor and subtle caramel malt accent with light astringency and mild alcohol as it finishes on the dry side. This is a very good IPA, just wish the orange in the mandarina popped more...Freshness may have been an issue but I would try this again on tap if available. This is a strong IPA worth trying for sure - does not drink like an 8% ale!
Dec 09, 2016The color is clear golden amber with thick off white head with fine bead, retention is very good with visible carbonation within. The smell is decent with mild citrus and herbal hop and light caramel with a slight oxidative quality. The feel is very good -moderately bitter with moderately high carbonation and mild sweetness with subtle alcohol in the back and light astringency.
The taste has an orange-like citrus quality in the hops with slight chalky and dry maltiness with subtle spice-like alcohol and hop bitterness with mild oxidation apparent with hint of floral hop flavor and subtle caramel malt accent with light astringency and mild alcohol as it finishes on the dry side. This is a very good IPA, just wish the orange in the mandarina popped more...Freshness may have been an issue but I would try this again on tap if available. This is a strong IPA worth trying for sure - does not drink like an 8% ale!
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I am nearing the end of my Saugatuck B.C. excursion as a part of the Chez Woody Bottle Backlog eradication, but not the end of the eradication, sadly.
From the bottle: "Illustrated by @CrocodilesOutLate"; "Ale brewed with fresh mango, orange, lemon and lime."
Having Pop!ped the cap, I commenced a gentle pour since it is early & I did not feel like dealing with any potential mess. A vigorous in-glass swirl raised two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, tawny head that left a load of sticky lacing behind when it fell. Color was a slightly hazy Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17). Nose was redolent with tropical and citrus fruit as well as underlain with caramel malt. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was a fruit salad and I respectfully disagree with my friend, tone77, on this point. The flavors meshed together really well, but to the point that I could not distinguish one from another, despite a hint on the label! The caramel of the malt took off any bitter edge that the citrus may have contributed and made it dangerously easy to drink at 8.0% ABV. I tried rolling it around on my tongue, allowing it to warm in my mouth, but to no avail. I got a bit more of a citrus bite as a result, but nothing that I could parse as a particular fruit. Finish was semi-dry with the malt keeping all of the fruit in check. I find myself rather impressed by this brewery's offerings.
Nov 24, 2016From the bottle: "Illustrated by @CrocodilesOutLate"; "Ale brewed with fresh mango, orange, lemon and lime."
Having Pop!ped the cap, I commenced a gentle pour since it is early & I did not feel like dealing with any potential mess. A vigorous in-glass swirl raised two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, tawny head that left a load of sticky lacing behind when it fell. Color was a slightly hazy Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17). Nose was redolent with tropical and citrus fruit as well as underlain with caramel malt. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was a fruit salad and I respectfully disagree with my friend, tone77, on this point. The flavors meshed together really well, but to the point that I could not distinguish one from another, despite a hint on the label! The caramel of the malt took off any bitter edge that the citrus may have contributed and made it dangerously easy to drink at 8.0% ABV. I tried rolling it around on my tongue, allowing it to warm in my mouth, but to no avail. I got a bit more of a citrus bite as a result, but nothing that I could parse as a particular fruit. Finish was semi-dry with the malt keeping all of the fruit in check. I find myself rather impressed by this brewery's offerings.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.5/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 12 oz bottle on October 14, 2016. Ale brewed with fresh mango, orange, lemon and lime. Really dank hop flavor if you like that kind of thing. Pretty smooth for 8% abv if you can handle the dankness.
Oct 14, 2016Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a bronze/orange color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of mango, oranges. Taste is resin, considerable bitterness, some light notes of citrus and mango. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer, but the flavors aren't meshing together like they should.
Oct 14, 2016
Mandarina IPA from Saugatuck Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
51 ratings
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