Mango Weizen, a Fruit Beer by Laughing Buddha Brewing Company22 ounce bottle from Pike Street Beer & Wine. Consumed during a writing workshop session in Capitol Hill neighborhood, Seattle (Writing House).
The pour delivers a hazy, honey-orange body. The color is darker and richer in the center, so much so that I thought that I was perhaps witnessing the fusion inherent in a luminous mass of fusion. But, alas, I was not. Rather, I was witnessing the goodness of Mango Weizen. The head was white and the carbonation was very lively.
The aroma was—from greater to lesser—of mango, citrus, and wheat. The flavor was the inverse—wheat, fruity sweetness, and mango. There was also an earthiness to the mango, an almost leafy vegetation flavor. On the finish, the mango and fruitiness slowly fade, leaving behind the wheat that originally was present in the foreground.
Mango Weizen was medium-bodied and engaged the entire mouth. It was good, although not entirely my "cup of tea." It is a good ale for a warm summer evening or as an accompaniment to some spicy Thai appetizers.
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