Pompeii Beach
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

 

 

draught
Brewed with pineapple, mango.
hop: Mosaic
Medium, murky orange, with amber overtones, for the look. Smells like pineapple and some mango juices, with a bit of medium toast malt to keep it a beer, still. Flavor is good but it's basically the two juices, with a bit of a hop bite and a little malt, to up the body.

Tasted in a snifter from draft at The Vine on November 11, 2021.

Murky dark gold to copper in color. There’s a fingernail of off white around three quarters of the rim and a fifth of the top. The aroma is of mango and pineapple. I’m tasting fruit cocktail with pineapple and mango. It’s a bit too sweet if you ask me. The mouth is moderately carbonated and refreshing.

 

 

16 oz. Can
PKG: 06/28/21
BEST BY: 10/26/21

Poured into a Tree House glass a pretty nice cloudy pale yellow/orange color, with some pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, mango), with a nice little diesel like. The taste is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, mango), with a pretty nice diesel like. Medium body, ABV is hidden very nicely, with a pretty nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty beer. Very nice to see it around here. Orange Julius! Addictive! MilkShake!

 

Pineapple juice infused doesn't work. The worst I've ever had from Toppling Goliath.

Look: very hazy golden with a thick white head

Aroma: The aroma is tropical fruits

Flavor: the taste is very sweet with a lot of pineapple, some mango, and a hint of citrus/orange. Unfortunately I don't think it works. It is too sweet and too much pineapple. It taste like pineapple juice with a table spoon of vodka.

Body/Overall: medium body

 

 

Brilliant orange color, very hazy, minimal white head. The nose is a straight up mango/pineapple fruit cup, with maybe a pretense of the Mosaic hop deep in the background.

The taste removes any pretense at hop flavor immediately - this is all pineapple and mango fruit cup. It may make a nice beach beer, but it in no way resembles the base beer or an IPA - it’s all fruit.

The mouthfeel is nicely medium, to the style. TG is a favorite brewery of mine, and I’m glad I could give this a try, but I wouldn’t seek this out again.

 

 

 

 

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 6/28/21, so 7 weeks old.

Thick hazy dark orange look to the body (unfiltered). The initial foamy white head disappears pretty quickly, no lacing.

Mixed fruit aroma.

On tasting, pineapple is the strongest flavor, then the citrus mellows out into mixed fruit. Somehow, the mix isn't pleasing to this usually fruit friendly palate. It's also a little sour and bitter at the end, even a little drying.

Mouth is full and fruity. Finish very sweet, but then that sour bitter tail.

Overall, a rare miss for TG. The fruit aspect seems a bit off, as was the finish.

God damn this is fruity and sweet. If I didn’t know better I would guess this is a fruit punch pineapple Tropicana spiked with vodka, not a beer. Or maybe a melted vodka popsicle left over from a frat party. Looks almost exactly like orange juice. Smells like fruit cocktail. It isn’t very good, but I surmise a college aged girl who doesn’t like beer would like this.

Pours opaque, pulpy orange juice with no lacing but some fruit clings to the side. Lots of tropical fruits on the nose. Tastes and has a body of a mango pineapple smoothie. Really nice enjoyable beer.