Suzy Greenberg
Back East Brewing Company

12 oz can into IPA. No date
Nice cloudy yellow look. Smell is tropical and mango top. Taste follows nose but more beer and fruit follows. easy drink. Overall this is a very nice beer and better than most fruit beers. Great summer drink.

 

 

 

 

L: hazy cloudy yellow
S: upfront mango
T: superbly balanced between the Hops and mango
F: a little bit in the light bodies side
O: surprisingly good

 

 

12oz. can: This one pours a murky straw yellow color. Small white head that leaves hardly any lacing. A good but lighter nose. Some tropical and citrus hop notes. The mango is faint. The taste is good. A faint juiciness with tropical and citrus flavors. The mango is very faint. A touch of bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. A good brew.

 

 

Tasted off - shouldn’t be sour. Shame - mango tasted good.

6/23/19
12 oz can dated 5/29/19
3.25 rating

Pretty sure this is a Magic Hat #9 re-bottled and sold at 200% the price. Smell has a distinct smack of extract-based homebrew. Slight hop bitterness but the hop flavor is completely overpowered by the "mango" flavor which, to my palate, is indistinguishable from Magic Hat's paricot flavoring. Finish is heavy and yeasty. Real disappointment for $14 a six-pack. Serves me right for buying a beer named after a Phish song.

A- 12oz can pours into a pint glass with a fairly hazy yellow body and a two finger cap. The head has a thick and creamy-puffy texture and great retention. No lacing in sight.

S- Between the addition of the fruits and the hops the mango is first and foremost with notes of citrus, orange juice, grapefruit and floral hops as well. Suggests a bit of sweetness and the tropical fruit is the driving force.

T- The mango is once again strong but here the hops feel a bit thrown off and come off a bit like a homebrew with a bit of an overly herbal and berry fruity quality to them, maybe some oxidation. Fresh mango flesh and juice with medium sweetness and supported by hints of oranges, grapefruit, apricot, peach and minty herbal hop notes. Definitely some floral hints as well.

MF- Light-medium bodied with a slightly low end carbonation. Texture is a bit fizzy and puffy. Ends with a clean herbal bitterness.

A lot of mango but on the palate things get a bit more awkward as the hops come off as a bit oxidized perhaps.

 

Like an IPA juice... mango flavor is noticeable. Not super carbonated at all. Easy to drink.

 

 

A hazy orange, like a juicy mango. This is a refreshing, juice ipa with a medium mouth feel. Not super hoppy. There is subtle mango flavor, but the smell and flavor are of overripe fruit. Very easy drinking, very tasty. One of my favorite beers, and I will be awaiting future batches!