Disco Forklift Truck
Drygate Brewery

Disco Forklift TruckDisco Forklift Truck
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From:
Drygate Brewery
 
Scotland, United Kingdom
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #830
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
85
Ranked #21,476
Avg:
3.7 | pDev: 12.43%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
21
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 23, 2023
Added:
Aug 10, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by CwrwAmByth:
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Rated by CwrwAmByth from England

3.93/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Oct 08, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.81 by WeeJiggies

Dec 23, 2023
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Reviewed by Spike from England

2.83/5  rDev -23.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
330ml can. Clear, golden colour with a thin head and spotty lacing. Aroma is sweet, overripe mango. Taste loses the mango and turns to pale malt, some vague tropical fruit and ash. Mouthfeel is harshly bitter and thin. Poor example of an APA from Glasgow, Scotland. Too brittle for me.
Aug 18, 2021
 
Rated: 3.79 by Dave1999 from North Carolina

Dec 19, 2019
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.71/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is slightly hazy dark yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger frothy off white head that died down, leaving a collar around the edge and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of mangos are present in the nose along with notes of toasted malts.
T: The taste has flavors of mangos along with underlying notes of toasted and caramel malts and slight bits of piney hops.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This APA has an interesting mix of mangos and malts.

Serving type: can
Oct 26, 2019
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

3.56/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml can, stamped BBE March 2020

clear, dark yellow in color, white head that fades. aroma is definitely heavy on the mango. taste is too, just a bit of pale malt flavor as well. thin to medium bodied.
May 01, 2019
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of mango, pine and toasted caramel. Sweet mango taste with caramel and a sharp bitterness.
Apr 06, 2019
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

2.14/5  rDev -42.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.25
L- Clear, mid-gold, thin white head + lacing.
S- Oh heavens, sweet pungent mango pudding!
T- Mouth-contorting, this is like a bitter mango-ade - a very strange taste.
M- Bitter/dry.
O- I'm suddenly feeling old. I can't understand why some people (is it a hipster thing?) pay a premium for what to me is a sub-standard product. Like seeing a 35 year old struggling past up the street on a skateboard with retro 50mm hard wheels; that all the kids who could afford to rejected for 70mm's back in the 1970's hehe....
330ml can. The BBE on the base of the can is illegible. £1.80/330ml can, Sainsbury's London W10
Feb 26, 2019
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Rated by Goity from Scotland

4.27/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Old can art was better
Oct 27, 2018
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Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England

3.62/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A 330ml can with a BB of Sept 2018. Purchased a while back from Morrisons. Described on the label as a mango pale ale.

A: Poured into a tulip. Can-conditioned and pretty lively. A hazy amber hue with fine suspended sediment and plentiful carbonation. Produces a decent head of creamy white foam that lasts for a moment or two before reducing to a persistent surface layer. Slight lacing.

S: Aroma of earthy, resinous hops with hints of pine, weed, pepper corns, herbs, leafiness, citrus peel, hay, ale yeast and pale malt. Mango not particularly obvious. Decent but unusual aromatic profile.

T: Tastes of spicy, leafy hops with notes of pepper, pine resin, weed, herbs, hay/leaves, vague citrus, mild fruitiness, earthy yeast and pale malt. Mango not much in evidence. Quite dry, followed by a delicate bitterness upon swallowing.

M: Mouthfeel is smooth, lightly tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and decent body. Mildly astringent. Aftertaste of spicy hops, pepper, pine, weed, hay, earthy yeast and pale malt.

O: A reasonable pale ale but nothing special. And the mango seems to be well hidden. Looks alright, while the aroma and flavour are hoppy and spicy with a leafy character. Body is OK. Drinkable but maybe better when fresh. No need to hunt it down.
Jun 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by georgeanthorpe from England

Mar 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by dcmchew from Romania

Jan 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by steverx8 from England

Dec 03, 2017
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Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England

4.09/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Canned in a craft can

Pours a very slightly hazy golden body
big mango & golden syrup aroma
slightly sweet very tangy flavour minimal bitter finish
Sep 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.8 by dextermcgurk from New York

Sep 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by BKotch from Texas

Sep 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.29 by TwiggyCZ from Czech Republic

Aug 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Martine from England

3.95/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours clear golden into a glass. White head is small and frothy.

Aroma of sweet mangoes, papaya, passionfruit and sharon fruit. Very nectary.

The flavour is very floral and sweet full of mango, more nectar, orange, stone fruits, and tropicana, before moving into malts and ending on oily hop bitterness.

Feel is light-medium and oily with good carbonation.

Very nice and drinkable. It's sweet and fruity but not overly so to degrade the flavour of the beer. Would drink again.
Jul 12, 2017
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.7/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Can. Hazy orange colour. Thin wispy head.
Full on mango smell with tangerine.
Fruity taste - the mango is diminished. Malt is apparent. Initial sweetness is dispelled by a bitter finish.
Medium body. Strong carbonation.
Jul 08, 2017
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

3.76/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml Can from Tesco (£1.85):
Fresh and lively the plenty of tropical fruits and an oily hop bitterness, this one was as promised with the mango mentioned on the can coming through quite early with the taste but thankfully not overpowering or dominating proceedings, whilst the beer remained an easy one to drink throughout. Towards the end some of the expected sweet malts and subtle touches of bitterness started to come through as well and the hops started to subside but this one definitely a beer that I enjoyed and one that I'll be having again soon.
May 28, 2017
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Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 21 ratings