Tropical Mango Pale Ale
St. John Brewers
- From:
- St. John Brewers
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #579 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 70
Ranked #39,307 - Avg:
- 2.97 | pDev: 22.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 63
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 11, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2008
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 22
SCORE
70
Okay
70
Okay
A light Caribbean pale ale with a hint of mango fruit on the nose and in the taste. Brewed with natural mango for a one of a kind unique flavor.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3/5 rDev +1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
RB transfer
Aug 11, 2025
Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.8/5 rDev +27.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +27.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
It pours amber and clear with an off white head. It has good head retention. It is bready with some tropical elements that include mango and some resinous qualities. It is moderately bitter.
Apr 28, 2025
Rated by brewme from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had several of these while in St. Thomas recently. Pretty good, surprised by poor reviews.
Feb 17, 2024
Reviewed by ANIMOUL from California
3.77/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Drank from tap at brewery in St John's. Super fresh. Two fingers+ of foamy head that slowly recedes with plenty of great lacing. Strong smell and taste of mango on the fore front; while advertised as "subtle" it is anything but such. Decent malt backing that stands up to the mango, though it is overpowered. Decent.
Aug 25, 2022
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.16/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Had two of these, one bottle, one can, while in St. John
not much mango in the aroma or taste, more just a decent generic pale ale - light malt flavor, a touch of citrus . thin to medium bodied. easy drinking
Jan 16, 2022not much mango in the aroma or taste, more just a decent generic pale ale - light malt flavor, a touch of citrus . thin to medium bodied. easy drinking
Reviewed by Mdez from Virginia
3.79/5 rDev +27.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +27.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Had this at a local place (skinny legs) and it's now considered their seasonal summer ale and it has quite an unmistakable mango flavor; very mangoey. It's typically not my thing, but my wife actually liked it and her aunt said it had too much of a mango flavor. So, if this is your thing (a mango ipa) then they nailed it. And at 4.5% alcohol, you can drink a pile of them.
Mar 13, 2020
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
3.42/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A slightly hazy golden color with a medium white head. Aroma was striking with sweet mango and nothing else. Same on the taste. Otherwise it was a well made beer. Crisp and clean. Not sure how the fruit was added here but it seemed overdone and even like artificial flavoring.
Feb 13, 2020Rated by LaMon from Missouri
4.85/5 rDev +63.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.85/5 rDev +63.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Great beer for day on beach. Not too heavy with hint of mango flavor. All the feels of the island it comes from.
Apr 23, 2019
Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Greenland
3.88/5 rDev +30.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +30.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
It pours amber with a small soft head. The aroma is of candied tropical fruit. There is mango in there but the kind of mango that is processed and somewhat "artificial". The taste is fairly similar to the nose and for most part it is sweet with hardly any hop (or other) bitterness.
Aug 02, 2017Reviewed by Eggflavoredeggs from New Jersey
3.54/5 rDev +19.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.54/5 rDev +19.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
A few months back I was traveling and I tried a Japanese beer of the same flavor, I have since forgotten the name of said beer but I tried this one looking for that same feeling I got when I was on the road.
This pale ale has a very strong, sweet, and perfume(y) taste. I tasted zero hops and all fruit. This was not a problem for my wife but for me it seems more like a carbonated drink than a brew.
Feb 15, 2017This pale ale has a very strong, sweet, and perfume(y) taste. I tasted zero hops and all fruit. This was not a problem for my wife but for me it seems more like a carbonated drink than a brew.
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