Special HYDRA (Raspberry + Cherry + Mango)
Mortalis Brewing Co.

Can from Half-time/BA for EBF 2021. Pours a murky/pulpy purplish ruby red, dark pink flash of foamy head, pulpy lacing on the glass, smell is mango skin, laffy taffy, frutti di bosco juice, taste is mango purée, sour raspberries, hints of cherry lillipop, and starburst, mild grain alcohol finish, mango and cherry come back and linger, feel is thick, creamy, mild carbonation and acidity. This has all the fruit and candy as advertised, some alcohol, super thick, up there with the ETNYC fruit smoothies but a little more brash.

A: opaque; plum colored; 1 finger fizzy mauve head that receded quickly to nothing; no foam lacing, but a thick line of pulp lacing;

S: raspberry is front and center; cherry is in the background; couldn't pick up the mango;

T: raspberry is dominant; cherry comes through more, but in a cough syrupy way; still no mango; nice blend of sweet and tart;

M: thick; pulpy; light to moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;

O: Wow! the pulp factor was eye-opening;

 

 

This tastes like a fruit smoothie. It looks perfectly respectable. It has a pleasant aroma. It tastes like something I might have bought at Jamba Juice, if Jamba Juice used alcohol.

In my book, a drink that incorporates this much fruit cannot be classified as beer. On top of that this thing really had quite a strong 'medicine' taste to it. Not a fan.

Hey! I need to report an incident! Someone replaced my beer with a delicious berry smoothy! That’s all I got to say because the usual descriptive words don’t apply here. Needless to say, not what I expected. But a very enjoyable drink. (Is this really a beer?) The only reason I didn’t score it higher was because it not what I’d reach for when wanting a beer.

 

This fruited sour changed the game. Odd mixture of flavor notes at first: is it candy or is it fruit? It's both! Thick, smoothie like, extra-extra-chew leaves evidence of your experience all over the insides of your glass like a cup of orange juice with pulp. I'd prefer 11.0 ABV because I couldn't drink more than one. Worth a try as a dessert for sure.

- pours extra thick, purple plum (like the fruit itself was mashed) in color. Not attractive at first. But builds character as you continue drinking.
- Too thick for a head.
- Sediment at the bottom, sides and top of the beer. You will feel this beer in your mouth.
- The cherries and candy are most prominent. The raspberry is secondary. The mango completely falls off. The entire beer resembles a pack of fruit snacks blended into hard seltzer water.
- Barely carbonated, but does fizzle in the mouth and on the tongue.

 

Magenta smoothie appearance, looks pretty thick. Smell does gives some of that gushers candy quality to it: raspberry and cherry in particular are sweet with lingering tartness, mango and hints of red currant brighten a touch. Tastes exactly as it smells, gushing with flavor, sip after sip the palate is not fatigued, though not the most complex. Great smoothie viscosity and coolness, light tartness and sweetness round out the feel. Very nice smoothie for any time of year. The wife loved it

 

 

Special Hydra from Mortalis. Received on 20/1/21 for the Extreme Beer Fest – Cyberspace (2021) from Half-Time, Poughkeepsie, NY. $ 109.99 (Including tax and shipping). This is a 16 oz can ($ 0.702/oz). Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 13/2/21. (Note: I use DD/MM/YY protocol.)
Undated can. Served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 55.2 degrees.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Rhubarb purple (SRM ?), opaque.
Body – Rhubarb (SRM ?), opaque. When rear-lite, still opaque.
Head – Average (Maximum 2.5 cm, aggressive center pour), still rhubarb, low density, and fizzy. Short retention, diminishing to no crown, just an irregular ring of bubbles from effervescence, and the surface and the inside of the glass are coated with fruit flotsam.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.5 – No malt, no hops, no yeast – just a mélange of fruit.
Flavor – 3.5 – Sweet. No hops, no malt, no yeast. No alcohol (7 % ABV, as marked on the container) flavor or aroma. Fruit, just fruit. And no trace of sourness.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, pulpy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3 Not much to say – it’s fruity as hell but is it beer?

Looks like a smoothie, smells like a smoothie, tastes like a smoothie! This is incredible. I would have no idea it was a beer!

 

 

An extremely fruity beer for the 2021 Extreme Beer Fest!

Poured from a can into a tulip glass. Reddish purple color with nice head with beer clinging to the sides of the glass as you drink. Extremely fruity smell and taste. Raspberry and mango dominates. Refreshing like a smoothie. Thick feel. Not something for every day, but a nice treat!