El Fruto
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Pours a murky, dark golden amber coloration with a medium, wispy head that quickly fades to nothing. Smells of mango and not much else, almost like mango juice. Taste follows the nose, being absolutely dominated by a lightly acidic mango character and little else coming through except perhaps a little biscuity malt and subtle citrus, grassy, dank, bitter hops. Finishes with a light/medium bitterness and mango notes lingering in the aftertaste. Soft mouthfeel with medium body and carbonation.

This looks, smells and tastes almost more like a multivitamin juice than beer, which is kinda impressive considering the 8% ABV, but if this is ultimately a good or bad thing everyone has to decide for themselves. It does have a nice acidity from the mango and bitterness from the hops though, so it's really not too sweet or one-dimensional, just really, really juicy and isn't that what a NEIPA is all about, really?