Tropical Mango Ale - St. John Brewers

redneckchugger

Florida

1.05/5  rDev -63.9%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

Poured into a water goblet, pale fizzy
Nose of mango kool aid. completely artificial.
Taste is the same, artificial and cloyingly sweet. It doesn't even have any beer taste at all. This has more in common with a sparks that anything else It's fizzy, over carbonated , and a just plain awful beer. Avoid this beer at all costs

Serving type: bottle

10-16-2009 23:02:02 | More by redneckchugger

Suds

Pennsylvania

1.2/5  rDev -58.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

So, I'm always up for trying a new beer. Luckily, I didn't have high expectations for this one. It's a pale copper color with a touch of haze and not much of a head. The aroma is strange...lots of mango, a little grass, some grain. The smells don't work well together, and are not appealing. The taste, though, is worse....artificial fruit flavors (not good), a little sourness, no malt...bitterness at the finish. A bit metallic. Spritzy mouthfeel. This one is a sink-pour.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2010 19:05:59 | More by Suds

crusian

Texas

1.3/5  rDev -55.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1

Bottle in Puerto rico.
You know... I am not really going to give this the respect of a full review like I usually do.
This "beer" is chock full of artificial mango flavor. It deserves the Fs it is getting, including mine. Way too sweet, tastes like a handful of mango jolly ranchers were tossed in.

Serving type: bottle

11-08-2011 13:05:24 | More by crusian

CampusCrew

Florida

1.75/5  rDev -39.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

appearance: looked liek a normal pale ale but with quickly diaspating head

smell: some nice tropical fruit aroma

taste: I got this for freee to sample, and it was a drain pour after the first couple of ounces. Over fruited and tastes liek somehting a macro would make

mouthfeel: kight bodied

drinkability: could not mask the flavor

Serving type: bottle

11-06-2009 22:09:42 | More by CampusCrew

kristiekatk

Massachusetts

1.78/5  rDev -38.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

With a lively appearance and a quickly fading head, this beer resembles ginger-ale more than anything. It has a saccharin-sweet juicy bubblegum aroma, blended with kiwis and mangos. Even if the scent did carry over into the flavor, I don’t think I would be too pumped. There is no hop profile. Very dry and bitter; thin and with a metallic, astringent aftertaste. It’s more like a bland mango-flavored sparkling water than a beer. You’ll be torn between chugging 18 of them without batting an eye or pouring it down the drain.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2011 03:44:08 | More by kristiekatk

Satchboogie

New Hampshire

1.8/5  rDev -38.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

12oz bottle (best by 5/11) poured into a SA pint glass

A: Pours golden light yellow-amber, clear, half inch bubbly white head that quickly disappears.

S: Somewhat strange sweet fruit with maybe a hint of mango, a little perfumey. Smells a bit like rum cake, but very artificial. Strange and sweet.

T: Strange fruit flavors that are overly vegetative. Mainly imagine it as slight artificial mango and tropical fruit boiled with vegetables. Very buttery and cloyingly sweet, but almost in an adjunct kind of way. Not very pleasant to me.

M: Medium carbonation, medium to light body, and unpleasant finish (buttery, raw vegetable, etc).

D: I only got maybe a dozen sips in before I had to dump it. Unpleasant taste and aftertaste, I see no reason to continue drink this when I've got much better beer around.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 19:37:47 | More by Satchboogie

Lothar666

Rhode Island

1.9/5  rDev -34.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

A- Poured a very light amber body with very little head.

S- Very little in the nose, but there is a faint trace of tropical fruit undertones.

T- Very little, unfortunately. Reminds me of one of those watered down fruit flavored drinks that they sell in milk jugs at the supermarket for 99 cents, just with a tiny bit of graininess to it. There is some mango in the background but no malt or hop character to speak of.

M- This is like drinking beer flavored water, as in watered down to the point where this would have been a drain pour if not for beer etiquette. Sorry, but I have to say stay away from this one folks.

D- This brew barely qualifies as beer. Though the ultra light body makes it easy to down six of these in a sitting, the complete lack of flavor and character is such that I could not imagine anyone wanting to do so. Note that this is not due to any prejudice against the style of the brew; there are many fruit/vegetable beers that are very impressive and which I will return to faithfully. This is just not one of them.

Serving type: bottle

06-29-2008 00:30:46 | More by Lothar666

Overlord

California

2/5  rDev -31.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I was in the mood for some mango beer by the pool. So excited for this. Now I have five more bottles to try to get through. SCREEEE!

Pours a clear orange-ish color. Surprising lack of head. Maybe an inch.

Actually smells okay! Kind of a mango overload, as there is nothing else, but it smells like mango. Albeit, a kind of fake, overly mango-y mango.

TAste is horrid. Artificial, chemical-ly, just completely "fake." I couldn't really taste anything else about it. Just a complete mess. Really has no relation to beer.

thin and watery doesn't help matters.

Serving type: bottle

07-12-2010 17:40:54 | More by Overlord

jwc215

New Jersey

2.15/5  rDev -26.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Best by Jan. 09 notched on label.

Pours dark golden with a thin white head that immediately becomes a quickly vanishing patch. No lacing sticks.

The smell is perfumy, in a cheap ladies' perfume way. There is an artificial mango essence aroma, but in a scented candle-like way.

The taste is artificial-ish mango with perfume. A hint of Ringwood yeast is there, something beer-ish/grainy going on, besides - but not much. Alittle bit of Lightly salted butter is there. Sweetish, fizzy finish. The taste is better than aroma, but still is not good, and doesn't save this one.

The body is fizzy and light, with a waxy aftertaste.

I can't even see this being a "chick drink". Too perfumy, with too many other detractors. The artificial mango just adds to the mess. Not enjoyable or refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2008 13:53:29 | More by jwc215

TheDeuce

New York

2.4/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Virgin Islands Mango Ale....had this at St. John's in the Virgin Islands.

Appearance-light orange color, fizzy head, disspitates quickly.

Smell-fruity sweetness, fusel alcohol, some more synthetic fruit whisps.

Taste/Mouthfeel-more of a soda type taste, fruity and light, not a lot of alcohol, odd pairing of flavors, it's not really even necessarily bad but just doesn't really go and isn't enjoyable.

Drinkability-the fruit flavors are interesting for a hot day, and I'm sure some people find this refreshing, for me it didn't really work.

Overall-I respect the brewer for trying something different and I wanted to like this, but the flavors don't really work, the beer feels a little synthetic and I just didn't really enjoy it. However, I've been told this beer is the company's flagship so apparantly some people enjoy it and maybe you will too, I just didn't.

Serving type: bottle

10-30-2009 21:10:14 | More by TheDeuce

Naugros

New Jersey

2.48/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Wha'gwan?This beer appears to be getting a bad rap, mon! Let's see what us fols in da shanty town think, jah? It looks pretty righteous...all clear with da dancing, lively up bubbles (like three little birds) and some of dat foam on top dat gets up and stands up, ja know? It smells like mango, mon, but not fresh from the tree. It smells like da little mango soaps all you touristas get in your fancy, schmancy casino hotels. You know, da ones we island folk can't gamble in. It also tastes of dat same soap, but in liquid form. It might be 96 degrees in da shade here, mon, but I dunno if it's hot 'nuff for me to continue to drink dis. Dere be no redemption song here. Go ahead woman and cry.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2011 16:43:34 | More by Naugros

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

2.48/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

First had: on tap at Brickwall Tavern, Asbury Park, NJ

Strange brew to see on tap here, but whatever. Clear golden-yellow pour with a thin, wispy, white head, that left a few speckles on the glass. Aroma of mango candy and papaya, overly ripe/sweet. One-dimensional, not that I really expected much else. Taste was similarly full of mango and other vague tropical fruits, though quite artificial and syrupy as opposed to fresh and authentic. Yeah, this is one for the college biddies. Body was light, mouthfeel was syrupy, aftertaste was stale. Meh.

Serving type: on-tap

05-09-2013 03:42:49 | More by Rifugium

beerbrains

Nebraska

2.55/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

"Borrowed" this bottle from the in-laws fridge, hadn't seen it in the market yet which is odd for me, they bought it at Whole Foods. The bottle says it brewed by Shipyard for St Johns, that's promising.

Pours a muddled orangish-amber with a small white head. The nose is very familiar... I can't place it. It may be similar to Pyramid Apricot or just a generic sweet fruity beer smell.

Odd flavor... the smell is sweet the taste is not... flat and dry, very crisp... none of the piney sweetness that I love about mangos. In fact, no Mango at all. A bit of a letdown.

You can tell this started life as a decent pale ale.

To be fair I am not a fan of fruit beers, generally dislike them.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2009 05:54:04 | More by beerbrains

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.58/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Served in a Surly shaker pint glass.

Thanks to Naugros for this bottle!

The fourth entry in SwillFest 2011. It pours a clear pale straw topped by a finger of cream-white foam. The nose comprises mango, pineapple, coconut, passion fruit, kiwi, and fake strawberry. Not bad in the nose. The taste, though... Lemme put it to you this way: It's like they decided to manufacture a line of flavored rubber bands for children (why not, right?), made this one mango-flavored, then let it sit out for a while, allowing the flavor to diminish with respect to the rubber. Then they made a beer with this flavor. That's what it tastes like. The body is fairly light, with a very light moderate carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, a frustrating beer that lures you in with a pleasant aroma and then cuts you down with its flavor and feel.

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2011 19:10:00 | More by TMoney2591

jdhilt

New Hampshire

2.65/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours a one finger white head that fades quickly to a ring leaving traces of lace. Clear pale amber color. Light-medium carbonation and light bodied. Light mango and hop nose. Flavor is tart mango with some hops. $2.00 for a 12oz bottle from Barb's Beer Emporium Concord, NH.

Serving type: bottle

09-17-2010 22:52:10 | More by jdhilt

AdamBear

Pennsylvania

2.68/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

A-light gold, almost no head, lots of bubbles. looks like an adjunct

S-smells like mango! it smells good. for some reason, i did not expect that. medium strength.

T-it tastes like carbonated mango juice, with more focus on the carbonation than the mango. its very light flavored, but the flavor lasts throughout the taste and makes up the after-taste. there is a slight, slight bitterness to it. the bitterness i find to be slightly unwanted.

M-very light, high carbonation with a dry finish.

O-labeled as a pale ale, listed as a fruit beer. i'd definitely say this is a fruit beer before being a pale ale. its just way too light for me. it tastes lighter than the BMC light beers. its too light even for a hot and sunny day in my opinion. its more of a novelty beer or something you'd give to girls.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2011 20:25:45 | More by AdamBear

JohnnyBarman

Ontario (Canada)

2.7/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Single bottle from the Shipyard brewery in Portland.

Poured into a sampler glass. Pale golden-peach, with a half inch of froth that settles into a thick ring. Slight haze to it.

Nose is certainly fruity - puzzy peaches and mango candy. Not much else, but what is there is pleasant enough.

Tastes much as I had expected, which is pretty much a one-sided artificial mango and peach concoction with that tinny finish I notice in many a light fruit beer. A bit of citrus in there I suppose.

Thin, decent carbonation, a bit oily.

Nice nose, but taste was just not there. Not a brew I would visit again.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2012 02:42:33 | More by JohnnyBarman

coachdonovan

Rhode Island

2.75/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

On tap at Tricia's Tropi Grille in Jamestown, RI. Color was a darker orange than I expected for a "tropical" beer. Aroma and taste is all mango, all the time. It wasn't a disaster, just know what you're in for. While probably true for all beers, this one definitely is dependent on the right time, place and mood. I wouldn't have more than one, but it's not a bad way to start a day of summer drinking.

Serving type: on-tap

07-27-2009 13:24:29 | More by coachdonovan

Gunnz

Rhode Island

2.78/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

This beer pours a very clear, light amber with an off white, fluffy head. Head deflates a little faster than average.

Very fruity smell. Has no smell typical of any beer. Smells like pure mango nectar.

Very light in flavor. Slightly hoppy with a very faint aftertaste of mango. Slightly bitter.

Very smooth, light boddied beer. Nicely balanced carbonation.

Although it is a decent beer it isn't really near my favorite type of beer. I can't be certain that I would have another and I don't think I'd recommend it to others.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2009 02:42:04 | More by Gunnz

KTCamm

New Jersey

2.83/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Served on tap at the World of Beer near Tampa Palms FL.

Pours clear golden yellow, completely see through. Thin. Wisps of white foam.

Smell is powerful mango. Fruit bursts forth.

Taste is light - watery, with an overload of fruit. Sickly sweet.

Light; easy to drink in one sense. But very sweet. A taster size is good enough.

Serving type: on-tap

03-09-2011 02:04:48 | More by KTCamm

mountdew1

New Hampshire

2.83/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured into an imperial pint glass. Color was a slightyl orangey amber, with a very thin head. A few streams of carbonation from the bottom kept it from completely disappearing. Aroma was pretty dead on. Mostly smelled mango, fairly ripe at that. Small hint of grain at times, but barely noticeable. Taste was offputting. Started off wheaty, but then shifted to a watery fruity flavor. Mango/melon. Neither flavor was particularly strong or good. Weird in the mouth. Thin, and seemed overly carbonated, the bubbles kept tingling on my tongue. Maybe a good summer lawnmower beer, but just came off as weird.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2012 21:54:45 | More by mountdew1

cjgator3

Florida

2.88/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12oz bottle into a pint glass.

A- Pours a solid golden amber color with a nice off-white head that provides a good amount of lacing and retention. The appearance is definitely the highlight of the beer.

S- There is definitely a lot of mango in the aroma, with possibly a hint of wheat. It is pretty sweet and fruity, but not bad.

T- There definitely tastes like there is some wheat in the flavor along with other slightly fruity flavors (I am assuming this is the mango flavors). Not horrible, but it could be better.

M- Pretty solid mouthfeel with a nice creaminess to it and a decent amount of carbonation.

D- Okay beer, but nothing I would want to drink again. It would be okay down in the islands I suppose, but I will pass the next time I see it.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2008 21:42:23 | More by cjgator3

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

2.91/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.25

Rising carbonation bubbles in a light yellow body, lots of lace. Very artificial aroma. Artificial tasting bubble gum candy. Beer at the pool in place of a soft drink. Smooth mouthfeel but marginally drinkable. Too sweet, where's the hops.Thanks for sharing Josh.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2013 13:03:26 | More by northyorksammy

Vdubb86

Illinois

2.93/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Served in a tulip

Swillfest offering no. 3

This looks a light golden. The aromatics are surprisingly MANGO. but then I taste it and it's more like NO! You cannot have-a the Mango. The flavor is highly of vinyl and makes me wonder of how this particular beer is brewed. I do not find the taste pleasing in the slightest way shape or form. My suggestion to consuming this beer would be to pour it in a glass, enjoy the aroma and pour it out. save yourself the trouble.

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2011 00:29:51 | More by Vdubb86

indiapaleale

Massachusetts

3.03/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I've never been to the US Virgin Islands but thanks to the magic of contract brewing (at Shipyard in Portland, Maine no less) this bottle of liquid tropicalness is mine. So basically I am drinking a bottle of beer from a brewery south of me but actually brewed by a brewery north of me...go figure.

Pours a sort of orangey light golden color with a rather thin head that quickly goes away. Looks like an easy drinking lightish beer.

Smell is disgustingly sweet, like that of a generic fruit syrup and not that of super fresh mangos from the tropics! But, that was to be expected since mangos don't grow in Maine. Kind of reminds me of Magic Hat #9s bigger badder brother.

Taste is sweet followed by a sort of bland boring ale taste that is kind of drying. The sweetness is pretty much cloying and doesn't taste "real" at all.

Blah, maybe this stuff is awesome when you are on a beach and its brewed right nearby but the contract version of this is pretty putrid. I am not a fan.

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2009 02:14:57 | More by indiapaleale