Mongozo Palmnut
Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Traditional Beer Regular|
Score
5.42
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A one-of-a-kind top-fermented beer, brewed with roasted malts and African palm nuts, based on an authentic recipe from Angola, South West Africa, thanks to Henrique Kabia. Traditionally drunk from a calabash, a type of gourd.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Local Tasting, Nov 2010. Pours clear amber orange with a small white head. Sweet and sugary. Some malts and yeast. Dust and paper. Medium to thin palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2010
at 01:26
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled 330ml. -Pale amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, dusty malty nose. Sweet malty, alcoholic and light spicy with nutty and fruity notes. Touch of metal in the finish. Uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2010
at 13:28
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Amber coloured, big white head. Sweet aroma, bit nutty, some banana and coconut. Rather sweet, but also some sourness, a bit fruity. A bit like a sweet tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2008
at 08:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep amber with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with ripe fruits, nutty and caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel, yeasty and toasted malt.
Tried
on 12 May 2008
at 08:52
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange to brown. Lacing off-white head. Light malt aroma. Flavour is mild roasted malt with a medium dry fruity note. Light fruity towards nutty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2008
at 05:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Brown murky color with tons of particulates floating throughout. Nice large head and lively but smooth mouthfeel. The aroma is pretty rugged, with an in-your-face sweet alcohol laced smell. The taste is a little devolved, despite being more than a year from expiration. Mellows considerably throughout the glass. Mild sweet nutty flavor with a nice fruity yeast taste. An exotic treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2008
at 16:52
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. >Unclear dark golden colour with a white head. Aroma is sweet, exotic fruit, sugar. Flavour is sweet, exotic fruit, sugar, yeast. Weird beer and too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2007
at 00:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Sweet buttery aroma with hop. Hint of sour. Hazy ripe apricot flesh color with a white head that didn’t stand long. Thin to medium bodied with mild, creamy carbonation. Sweet, nutty caramel flavor with a hint of bitter. Finishes in a caramel flavored bitterness. Pretty interesting beer. Could do this every so often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2007
at 22:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hopy nice aroma. Light sweet moderate bitter flavor. Average finish. Oily palate. Actually ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2007
at 12:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Except for some big floaties, it pours clear, deep golden body with an off-white head. A bit boring aroma, with sugar, some spices and something reminiscent of black tea. Some fruityness. Sweet, fruity flavor with a strange bitter, herbal or spicy note. Medium to full and sweet mouthfeel. It finishes quite bitter, but not in a hop-like manner. Certainly the best of the Mongozo beer’s so far, but I doubt I will buy it again. (070917)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2007
at 14:55