Berliner Weisse With Passion Fruit & Mango
Aslin Beer Company

Pours a pale yellow that is pretty cloudy with noticeable sediments.smells like passion fruit and tastes like it too. very enjoyable beer

 

 

Can, no date:
Pours a lightly bruised nectarine color with nearly opaque haze that doesn't make it quite to cloudy. Collar doesn't provide any lacing after it replaces a finger or so of head and before it becomes razor thin.

Passion fruit controls the nose, with its tartness, though there's a light hint of spoiled milk. Something, however, is keeping the aromas from having me anticipate a huge pucker. Taste starts with the passion fruit, but it's joined by some form of grain/cereal note and the mango. The balance ends up being pretty tasty. The lacto-like tang joins in the back of the taste and leaves a little draw on the tongue after the liquid has evacuated.

It's a bit thicker than a classic Berliner, and could almost be considred a fruit beer as much as the proclaimed style. The tart/tanginess is balanced by a stealthy underlying low-level of sweetness to keep this pretty refreshing in its own right, though.

 

 

Draft at Aslin in Alexandria, VA.

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance: Pours a pale goldenstraw with a light chill haze; the head doesn't hang around for long though it leaves plenty of splashy lacing while it lasts

Smell: Passionfruit with just a hint of mango; some tart wheat malt tones as well

Taste: Loads of lactic passionfruit at the outset, with the wheat malt flavors adding a tang, as well; just a touch of mango, through the middle; the finish is quite tart

Mouthfeel: Light body with prickly carbonation

Overall: A first class Berliner Weisse here, with a lot of pucker

 

 

 

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