Persica Indica
Mantra Artisan Ales

I appreciate Mantra’s unique approach, and in some beers (e.g., Saffron IPA) it works. This is not one of those.

Pretty look, with a hazy copper-gold body and light off-white head, but zero lacing or lasting bubbles.

I was curious about the peach and mango focus, and there’s certainly a heavy stone fruit aspect on the nose and tongue, but it’s highly overripe (borderline rotten) and it’s overwhelmed by the odd clove and banana influence, which I was not expecting. It’s more of a funky Hefeweizen beer than a fruit-added double IPA, which is what I’m seeing on the can. Not good.

 

 

Fully opaque peach-tan--it's clear there's plenty of actual fruit juice in this--with a very minimal, yellow-ish white foam that dies to nothing quickly.

Smell is biscuit, spicy peppery yeast, peach and mango.

Taste is slightly funky and almost sour peach, mango and carrot juice with a little spicy yeast, pine and a moldy biscuit.

Feel is medium-thin, mildly carbonated with a stinging, semi-dry finish. Too yeasty.

 

Poured from a can into a snifter. Looks like a typical NEIPA with a bright golden turbid color. A decent frothy white head. Fruity aroma as expected with peach, mango, and a serious dank resins undercurrent. The taste was close: bitter and dank at first, quickly supported with a slight juicy tartness and fruit as noted above. Some grapefruit on the finish. Alcohol hidden well and a moderately soft feel.