Hell or High Mango
21st Amendment Brewery

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours yellow orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of mangos and other citrus. Tastes of creamy mango with other citrus notes. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

 

A tall rush of foam on a half inch of brew in the narrow Pilsner glass. Actually it's more suitable drunk from the can, and so very spritzy like a snootful of seltzer. The mango smell is hugely fruity, but suspicious like a walk down the detergents aisle of the market. What makes this so unpalatable is the bitterness. It's like an overly bitter Pilsner with a load of cheap fruit flavoring. The smell is quite pervasive and not in a good way. Just something new to try from the supermarket in the tall can. Date is indecipherable.

 

 

What an exceptionally good surprise...

I had saved this beer from last summer because I really did not want to drink it during the cold, winter months. I wanted to wait for when it warmed up (and boy, has it warmed up here in FL) to give it a try. I took a chance that it might have ended up not being as good as it would have been last year, but...it was a might fine beer. Smells deliciously as mangos (which, full disclosure, I truly love) and it has just enough of the taste to be lightly sweet...Solid brew and one to keep an eye out for the rest of this summer...

 

12 oz. can, some sort of code on the bottom. Fuck it, i don't really care anyway. A new one to me from 21st Amendment, just spotted today, although I'm sure the local beer spot has had them a while, to my neglect. A fall seasonal release, "Beer brewed with Mangoes". Expectations are decent, considering how much I recall enjoying Hell or High Watermelon.

Poured to Camp Crystal Lake stemless wine snifter.
Pours a crisp hazy golden body, finger of thin wispy white head that falls to a ring. Beer appears crisply carbonated and appealing.
Decent aromas of fresh, fleshy mango. Retains notes of watermelon / bubblegum. Has a sort of cantaloupe / melon sort of vibe to it, softly grainy, watery, & papery smelling. Smells appealing, but lacking.
Flavors follow: quick wash of mango fruit on the palate, but then it disappears. Crisp, grainy, lagery "beer" sort of flavor pervades. Very light husky, papery, watery. Mango flavor is not nearly as prevalent as the watermelon flavor is on the watermelon version. Again, has flavors of cantaloupe & melon.
Feel is smooth, crisp, medium-light in body, fairly easy to drink. As i've said, it wasn't bad or anything, but certainly lacking in the mango department.

21st Amendment Hell Or High Mango -----3.5/5

 

Hefty carbonation on a light gold clear body. Top heavy with foam which dissipates to nothing. Tastes fairy lagery, fruity with lots of mango notes but not being like a sour. Decent but I think it refermented.

 

Idk if it's because mango seems to be easier to use as an ingredient but this is waaaaay better than the watermelon one. I can't understand how that one has a small fan base but this seems to go to the way side. The fruit taste is much better and more prevalent

Chrystal clear with white head about a finger high that recedes to soapy islands. Smell like mango, tastes the same, but it seems like the flavor is coming from artificial additives rather than master selection and manipulation of the grain bill. I consider these fake flavor beers to be novelties. The feel is medium body with pretty clean finish, Not a bad beer but I feel like pouring in a flavoring is cheating and even if that is not what they did, it tastes like it.

 

 

 

Bought a 19.2 oz can $3.39 Whole Foods
180 days old. Guess Whole Foods don't keep their beers fresh.
Smells something like mangoes, but artificial.
Light golden color
Light-medium mouthfeel
Medium-high carbonation
Tastes of sweet artificial mangoes like candy, light bitterness finish
Overall just ok, but would not buy again. It's artificial tastes is too apparent.