Sunday, June 27, 2010

Tasting: Momma's Mango's Pale Ale and Time of the Month Pale Ale

So I've been putting off reviewing these fruit beers hoping they'd get a bit of carbonation. No luck. I may add some dry yeast to a few bottles and see what happens. Plus I brew way less in the summer as my weekends are always busy but I've never brewed so little as I have the past couple months.

Momma's Mango's Pale Ale

Appearance- pours a crystal clear orange with almost no head but lots of bubbles do permiate throught the glass.
Smell- Very light fruitiness that is noticably mango. A light bit of weak hopiness is detectable but they are sort of earthy and not all that attractive smelling. A grainy bit of malt is also present.
Taste- Starts with a big mango punch that is surprisingly fruity and in charge. The nose sort of leads you astray from that. No real noticable hop presence or bitterness. The finish is cracker crumb like as there is a light toast that lingers along with a touch of the caremel malt.
Mouthfeel- Medium to light body that could be nice if there was just some more carbonation. The finish is dry and quenching.
Drinkability- I tried this beer about a month ago and thought it was a drain pour. Everything seemed so out of whack but whatever I hated is gone. These really need some carbonation and the beer may be somewhat tasty with sone sparkling carbontion. The mango tastes fresh and clean still but I think the beer would have benefitted GREATLY from a more agressive hop profile and this beer could have been something more along the lines of Townhall Brewing's Masala Momma.


Time of the Month Pale Ale

Appearance- Pours a crystal clear orange with almost no head but lots of bubbles do permiate throught the glass - looks exactly like the Momma' Mango's.
Smell- Intensily perfumed beer that smells exactly like Blood Oranges. Tart and fruity I get nothing else in the nose.
Taste- Not as intensily flavored as the nose smelled but the blood orange is fully in charge. It's got a mix of something between a light raspberry thing and normal oranges. Quite a bit more bitter than the Mango but such is the nature of the fruit. Almost a pithy like bitterness in the finish.
Mouthfeel- Medium to light body that could be nice if there was just some more carbonation. The finish is dry and quenching.
Drinkability- Again, like it's mango counterpart a bit of snappy carbonation would do wonders. Very unique brew, but a few alterations would take thus from sub par to very tasty quite easily.

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