Incorrigible Reserve: Mango & Pineapple
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy gold and smells tart with tropical fruit aromas of the pineapples and mangoes. The taste is very tart with the tropical fruit coming through nicely and sweet malt more as it warms and I get used to the tartness. It's refreshing and very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 3/13/2017. Pours very hazy golden amber/light orange color with a 1 finger foamy white head with poor retention, that reduces to a nothing instantly. Zero lacing and some light streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big sour/juicy/tangy pineapple, mango, melon, peach, lemon, lime, green apple, white grape, pear, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, and cracker; with lighter notes of lacto funk, pepper, white wine vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, mango, pineapple, oak, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour/juicy/tangy pineapple, mango, melon, peach, lemon, lime, green apple, white grape, pear, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, and cracker; with lighter notes of lacto funk, pepper, white wine vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Good sized fruity/lactic sourness, fruit tang, light yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tangy pineapple, mango, melon, peach, lemon, lime, green apple, white grape, pear, hay, straw, grass, oak, wheat, pepper, light funk/vinegar, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, mango, pineapple, oak, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with a nice malt/sourness balance. Increasingly puckering, but not astringent after the finish. Moderate dryness from sourness and carbonation, increasing through the glass. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, tangy, acidic, and lightly creamy/grainy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited Berliner weisse. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, mango, pineapple, oak, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink; despite the high level of sourness/acidity. Huge levels of juicy/tangy fruits with great balance of Lacto complexity; and solid malt backbone. Not as much Brett presence as the others in the series, but just as delicious. A very enjoyable offering.