Green Zebra - Mango
Founders Brewing Company

Another sour that is full on sour from these Green Zebra's...

...Unlike the peach and more akin to the pineapple, the mango is more sour than fruity, very astringent to the point that it detracts (at least to me) from the overall experience. I am a mango lover, but this one is one that I'm not pining for at all...

Green Zebra - Mango pours a clean bronze color with a very small head. The aroma is very sweet mango. The flavor is very sweet, candy-like mango notes. Good feel. Overall, very sweet, with lots of mango.

 

12 oz. can, canned 03/21/2023. Approaching seven months in the can, so let's get her done. Was not a fan of the others so that's why this has been sitting in the beer fridge so long...

A: Pours a crisp yellow body, some ok clarity, strong finger's worth of sudsy white head of nice retention. Some spotty lacing. Doesn't look bad, to be honest..
S: I do smell some mango initially, fleshy & real smelling. Some nice subtle aromas of gose yeast / funk / saltiness. Not terribly intricate, but no bad..
T: Blehhh. Sticky, syrupy, appley. Like the others, this tastes way more cidery to me than anything else. Stale mango syrup
F: Body is thicker & heavier than it should be for the style, especially sitting at 4.6% abv.

Overall, these were all drain pours for me. Not sure I've ever had a truly great sour beer from Founders, or that there are any...

Founders Green Zebra (Mango) -----3/5.

 

 

 

 

Its not easy being green. And that's why Founders sour ale series dabbles also in the gold and orange. Straying from its strict watermelon roots and going more tropical, this Green Zebra is now a mango.

Mango Green Zebra pours an fairly typical pale golden color with just a hint of haze. As a light and fluid froth builds at the rim, its aromas are succulent with mango, melon, a tinge of sourness and the brisk scent of grain, burlap and sea must. Its taste is delicate with sourdough, wafer and a simple sweetness of taffy.

As the candied sweetness begins to fade, the sourness builds and brings the tartness of dry cider, white wine, orange, and apricot. While the mango flavor leads in taste, its weight is moderate as it blends in with the other, more natural, fruit impressions quite seamlessly. A hint of brine and delicate tropical perfume round out the session with a gentle salinity that serves to brighten the taste and to provide roundness to the session.

Lightly dusty and trailing with a hint of burlap, the medium bodied sour ale retains a soft pillow of sourdough and saltwater taffy that balances the sourness even in a quick finish of brine and melon. Crisp, refreshing and highly drinkable, the beer trends cleaner than traditional Gose but certainly not a fruity as many on the current market. Founders shows tremendous restraint for a truly artful expression on the palate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12oz can. Poured out a clear, golden color with a small, white head of fluffy foam. It left minimal lacing on the glass. It smelled of sweet mango, some sea salt and lemon. Lots of sweet mango taste with some saltiness and a touch of caramel.