Mongozo (Mango)
Mongozo B.V.

 

Tastes great but it is rather like a fruit juice than an actual beer. Very sweet.

 

 

 

 

 

A: Deep orange and so cloudy its hard to see some fast rising carbonation within. Topped with a finger of creamy white head.



S: Fruity candy, sure mango but its hard to specify as this fruit at first. Melon, orange all come to mind. A sort of phenolic, yet tart quality reminiscent of witbiers.



T: Tart, sweet, fruity, again orange and yes I do get the mango now.



M: Light body with a balance of strong sweetness and tartness, finishing with plenty of soda like carbonation.



O: I don’t mind visiting the 'Belgian' fruit beer scene every so often, its like a beer sub culture. As far as this, this beer is not bad tasting, just not specifically mango or at least fresh mango in my opinion. Pleasantly sweet and tart, and almost not like a beer except for some witbier qualities in the background. Got and drank in Kunmning, March 14th, 2015.

Review: Bottle of Mongozo Mango Flavoured Fruit Beer, 3.6%ABV

I tried the mango flavoured Mongozo fruit beer.
"The Exotic Beer" is a lovely sweet drink and a free trade product. So you know by drinking lots of it you are doing your little bit to help people in the less developed world. Building up your karma bank no end.

On pour there is a dark hazy golden colour with a nice enough head and a bit of lacing. As you would except there is a very strong ripe mango smell throughout which is very refreshing.

The taste is, naturally, of a very sweet fresh mango flavour. It is strong tasting with some lingering malty aftertaste.

This is a good beer for the summer time, nice on a hot day.

In brief: Mid-straw colour, 3mm head in glass. More like a fruit soda than a beer. Fruit overload, nothing indicating it's beer or alcoholic at all. Nasty, and definitely won't repeat.
This^ is a historic review that appears to have got stuck in my 'Got it' folder [ie reviewed but not published, for a few years!]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3330ml bottle poured into tulip 14/3/12

A hazy golden yellow with some random chunks floating around yeast maybe? short lived finger of foam leaves lots of lace where it existed

S smells of mango and peach candy, not quite "real' though smells like the nose was made in a lab

T a little cereal on top of what I smell, reminds me a little bit of Martini Asti

M light and bubbly rather refreshing in a weird way, lingering fruity aftertaste if faint

O I be surprised if its real fruit but I didn't mind it, not something I'm going to be excited about when I see it but I might point it out to the Misses

I could pound a few of these back under a hot sun without getting buzzed but who wants that?

 

330 ml bottle. Hazy orange colour, short head an d little retention. Smell is as you can guess mango, though I think I can detect a bit of citrics. Smooth and silky palate, and the taste is of course mango, very refreshing. Maybe to sweet, but the the taste is not artificial and it's not bad at all, though it's not one I'd have some of them in a row. Correct, but it's the one I like less of Mongozo .