Vanilla Dome - Mango
Definitive Brewing Company

 

Had on tap. Hazy light yellow body with a finger of white foam. Smells strongly of vanilla, orange, and peach, with a hint of pineapple. Taste is a mango creamsicle, sweet, fruity, and simple, exactly what I was hoping for, though hops could be a little more pronounced. Feel is sweet, bright, sticky, cool and creamy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: Pours a super hazy yellow color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap

S: Mango, light vanilla sweetness, and tropical fruit notes. Quite yeasty

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the mango and vanilla along with a light lactose sweetness. Lightly bitter. Tropical fruitiness accompanies the mango towards the end. Finishes with lingering mango, vanilla, and lactose

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. A little funky

O: A solid milkshake IPA that definitely highlights the mango. Vanilla and lactose don't overpower, which is ideal for the style. Worth a try

[IMG] Poured into a 13 oz Funk Teku glass canned on 9/21/18. Pours a beautiful hazy orange yellow with a solid finger of white head that leaves thin webs of lace all over the place, with excellent retention, 7% ABV. 4.5

Smell is mango upfront and center stage, papaya, pineapple, maybe a hint of vanilla, and white grapefruit rind. 4.5

Taste follows mango, papaya, vanilla, tangerine, pineapple, and a little grapefruit bitterness in the finish. 4.5

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, a nice soft feel on your tongue and palate, sticky but not dry, and at 7% ABV it drinks bigger, but extremely approachable. 4.75

Overall just another well made beer from this fairly young brewery. Would love to drink this again! 4.5

This just arrived at my store yesterday. Very excited about this one. High hopes, because this one wasn't cheap.
Pint can chilled, and poured into tulip.

Pours a very hazy dark yellow, burned unfiltered orange juice color - nearly opaque. No head whatsoever.

Smell is heavy lactose, chalky vanilla, coconut, a touch of mango, and faint juicy hops. The lactose masks the hop aroma.
Palate is bittersweet tropical hops - pineapple and mango, touch of orange, with detectable lactose, that lends vanilla/coconut sugar notes. A very, very mild sweetness. Hop bitterness is low, but it's there at the finish to keep it drying. Increases as you drink.

Mouthfeel is medium, with low carbonation.
Good lacing on the glass, despite complete lack of any head, or even a film.
For a "milkshake IPA", it's thin, and it doesn't have the creaminess I was expecting. Lactose does linger on the finish with the bitterness, though, which is nice, although subtle (the lactose).

For an IPA, it's great. Definitely a different take on the style, and a nice change from bitter hop bombs, but for nearly $7 a can, and the description, I expected a lot more out of this. I enjoy it very much as a unique IPA, but I cannot justify buying it again, as it just isn't worth the obscene cost.
This one reminds me a lot of Decadent Ales' Toasted Marshmallow IPA. I loved that one, but it wasn't advertised as a milkshake, so I didn't have expectations. But for just a unique novelty IPA, this is really good, but not $7 a can good. For $4, I'd buy it again.