Tropical Lover
SweetWater Brewing Company

RB transfer

Taste: mango, tart, stone fruit, guava citrus semi sweet and sour. Same with the nose. Warm honey color hue, semi clear with delicate head and lace. Medium to med/light body. Easy finish. 5 IBUs

Poured from a 12 oz can into a Lagunitas mason glass

L: Slightly hazed light golden pour with big fluffy white head.

S: Tart tropical fruit. Mango and guava.

T.F: Modestly tart... grains and tropical fruit. Guava and mango both apparent with a bit of passionfruit. Lemongrass... mild funk and negligible acidity. Light bodied with fizzy carbonation.

O: An easy drinking fruited Berliner Weisse. Nothing terribly special, but something to sip by the pool etc. I'd have it again.

I am CANtinuing to clear out the backlog here at Chez Woody & as I do so, I am given the opportunity to CANduct numerous brewery horizontals. The latest, in support of The CANQuest (tm) is Sweetwater, sweetheart.

From the CAN: "Don't Float the Mainstream!"; "Tropical Lover Berliner Weisse with Mango, Passion Fruit, & Guava"; "Catch & Release Seasonal"; "Dig your toes into the sand and take your taste buds on trip with this easy drinking Berliner Weisse. Tropical Lover delivers aromas of mango, passion fruit, and guava up front, which transition to a lightly sweet and refreshingly tart finish."; "Couple More Rocks in the Hammock"; "CAN Conditioned for Fresher Taste".

I beCAN with some in-CAN agitation before Crack!ing open the vent. Once I felt that this was sufficiently acCANplished to get any adjuncts that may have flocculated onto the punt back into suspension, I made the Crack! I followed this with a heavy-handed C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. This resulted in the formation of two-plus fingers of fizzy, foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with limited retention. Color was a deeply-hazy/lightly-cloudy Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose was definitely tropical fruits, but this time with a tart twist as my lips puckered in response. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but not terribly removed from it, either. The taste was interesting in that it was like a slightly tart mixed-tropical fruit punch. Hmm. I have had my fill of tropical AIPAs, but this was nice because it was different. I would not want a steady diet of it, but as a unique ChANge-of-pace, it was good. Finish was semi-dry & wholly refreshing. YMMV.

 

 

A: Clear golden color, thin white head,
S: Sour smell, a little tropical as well
T: Slight sweetness, lots of sour with a little mango or some tropical fruit at end
M: LIght
O: Im not a great judge of this style because Im not a fan of sours. It was part of a summer variety pack and felt I should give it a rating. Love sweetwater but with they would go back to the hefewizen as their summer beer instead of this.

Appearance: Semi-clear golden amber with little lace from white suds.

Aroma: Tropical fruit and floral hops with a little touch of tart fruit.

Taste: Tart fruit, blending well into a light refreshing, almost spritzer-like body, faithful to style and solid, if a bit unremarkable overall.

 

12 oz can 9/18/18 stamped on the bottom.

The pour here is medium hazed, comfortable under a lasting and frothy medium eggshell cap. Leaves some low sheeting.

Sniff brings to mind notes of light vinegar and some sour fruits, peaches and cherries.

On the palate, I get notes of about medium tart/sour, fermented fruits, again some cherries, peaches, apricots

All in all this brew exceeded my expectation....decent little sour brew going on here...prolly a good entry beer for sour/BW newbies....worth a try

From the bottle, it pours a lightly clear golden color with a lustrous thick head that leaves lacing as you enjoy it - even on an out of date bottle like the one I am enjoying! Some sour scent with citrus in the nose. The mouth gets a nice sour lemony taste.

 

Admittedly, I'm drinking this beer a few days outside its Best By date. BB was 10/31. Drinking and reviewing 11/5.

Berlinerweisse is one of my favorite styles—especially in the summer. Alas, I've spent the last two summers in the purgatorial embrace of Salt Lake City, UT and its restrictions. If you're a hop-fanatic, Utah's got you covered, but they don't get as many of the more obscure styles.

Look: It's a bit darker in color than I'm used to for the style with a touch of haze. A mostly-white head fades quickly, even from a hard pour.

Smell: The smell is on the soft side compared to other beers I've had in this style. I don't usually have my Berlinerweisse with raspberry or woodruff, and here the fruit is already in the beer, so that could be responsible for toning down the smell. Mango and guava are there and it's pleasant.

Taste: It has neither the tart bite nor the sweetness I've come to expect from other beers in the style. They tend to fall either toward the tart or the sweet, but this one is dry. Mango and tart dominate, but the flavor hits at the rear of the tongue and vanishes immediately after swallowing. It has the aftertaste of a dry white wine. Zero malt evident, but I didn't expect that.

Mouthfeel: Being as dry as it is, the MF comes across as over-much. I think it'd be fine if the flavor profile wasn't so dry. It's not exactly over-carbonated, as the lack of sourness tricks me into thinking it is.

Overall: I think mango may be the wrong fruit for the style. The flavor is faint, but it directly opposes the overall flavor profile for the style. It takes the tart, but leaves nothing nearly as satisfying in its wake.

At the same time, it's an easy drinking beer and might be perfect for someone who doesn't want a tart/sour taste from the style.

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of tropical fruits, tart lemon and wheat. It tasted fairly tart with great tropical fruit flavors.

 

12oz can, tulip, 9/28/18 on the bottom of the can.

Very clear medium yellow with minimal white head.

Guava, tart whiff of passion fruit, woody, vegetal.

Green apple, woody guava, muted lime peel, wild honey. It’s a flavor rich Berliner Weiss with the complexity guava often brings; crackly, woody, astringent.

Semi-thin, semi-dry, with puckering matte dryness.

Guava is the dominant fruit, with passion fruit mostly in the nose. It gose very nicely on a late summer evening.