1985 Mango IPA
New Belgium Brewing Company

Good beer, had back when I wasn't much into flavored beers and might give it a better rating now if I tried again.

 

 

 

12oz can. Best by date stamped on bottom is '24 NOV 2024'.
Cloudy, straw colored body. Two fingers of white head retreats, after a couple of minutes, to a fluffy cap and high ring, and leaves behind lacing webs.
Aroma is fruity with a mango lead. Also in the nose is orange and lemon. Has a whiff of pine, but smells mostly fruity sweet.
Taste is fruit candy with a bit of artificiality. Sweet mango, lemon, and orange. Back end has a bit of pine bitterness. Allows some malt to emerge in the aftertaste.
More than medium mouthfeel. Slick, with a bit of syrup. A little bit of tongue numbness after repeated sweet sips. Very good carbonation.
As advertised with the mango ingredient but simple and sweet.

 

I haven't had as much New Belgium these last few years but their IPAs were consistently decent at a solid price point for years. This one is sweet and lupulin and tropical fruit forward with almost no bitterness. A little resin in the aftertaste, and plenty of juicy mango notes, this is tasty and refreshing although not in the stereotypical IPA mold. Easy drinking and solid punch; you could do much worse.

LOOK: Pours a moderately hazed yellow gold with an all white head that slowly recedes while leaving some nice side glass lace.
AROMA: Citrus of apricot, mango and peach (in that order). Also get some pine nuts.
TASTE: The citrus hops are smoother and less bitter or pungent than a regular IPA and thus holding to their NEIPA style.
Some sweet dry malts add balance and a late drying after taste.
I would buy this again.

Hazy light amber color with a small head. I like the aroma: it's most west coast to my nose, with a good citrusy scent. Little malt accompanies it. Flavor is very fruity, rather grapefruit-y. I would prefer some more drying bitterness. An ok beer. It's just kinda generic.

 

I like the can art on this beer, it's bright & colorful, & 85' was good times. The pour is a cloudy hazy yellow. The taste is mango upfront followed by some orange, nectarine, papaya, medium level hop bitterness. Altogether, I like this IPA, it's one of the better beers that I've had from the Voodoo Ranger series. Cheers! B

 

 

 

The beer was 2 years late to having the best year in the history of human civilization, but 1985 is pretty close. Apple cider vinegar colored in appearance, ultra strong Jolly Rancher candy smell on the nose. It Tastes extremely light and clean, sort of like if you dropped a stick of Fruit Stripe gum into a Bud Light. It’s funny that the beer is called 1985, considering most of its consumers probably born in 2003, and Fortnite Dance while drinking it, fr fr no cap. I’d get it again though, just because that 6.7% goes down so easily.

Style: New England IPA | Tap/Can/Bottle: Can | Abv: 6.7% | Rating: 3

Standard, dazzling VR IPA: piney grapefruit with a mango complement (more likely derived from hops than added juice); beer drinkers and Voodoo fans will appreciate this doesn’t taste like a wine cooler or some “juicy” cross breed.

Best after mowing (or watching others), when intermittent wafts of fresh cut grass fill the air. Hazy, biting, bright, refreshing, no surprises. A subtle slice of mango any man can go for.