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Swedish Berliner Weisse with mango puree, draught at Mikkeller Bar Stockholm, thanks to my girlfriend Goedele for sharing. As good as no head apart from some tiny snow white bubbles here and there around the edge but those too soon vanish; cloudy fruit juice yellow robe, looking very much like freshly made mango juice indeed. Aroma of mango chutney and mango juice (as expected), roux or even béchamel sauce, 'Vitabis' cookies, cod stewed in papillot with lemon and dill, pear jam, butter on warm bread, fruit puree for babies, lime flesh - quite special, to put it gently. Mellowly sour flavour, the lactic-yoghurty sourness is clear enough but significantly softened by the sweetness of mango juice but in a 'real', fresh kind of way rather than the mango puree effect I was expecting; soft carb, very fluffy, rounded mouthfeel. Smooth citrus flesh freshness comes up in the end, but the basic acidity remains, even if still softened by a cookie dough-like effect; ends mellowly sour with a sweetish core, lacking any bitterness to speak of. Bizarre and rather onedimensional sour-sweet fruit beer, quite unique but not necessarily unattractive in its aroma and in that sense rather memorable, if not my personal taste.

12th May 2018
MBCC 2018. Green. 'Free sauna with your ticket'. Keg. Hazy pink beer, good pale pink head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Nice light licorice. Modest floral raspberry. Light semi dry finish. Comes together well enough.

Bottle split at the pre GBBF Shindig '18, thanks, 04/08/18. Light haze on a yellow blonde pour with a decent off white cap. Nose is tangy citric peel, lemon rind, straw, faint yeast, grains. Taste comprises lemon tinged straw, grassy bite, light herb, moderate yeast load, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonatiob, semi drying close. Ok saison.

On tap at Mikkeller Bar Stockholm. Hazy yellowish with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, hops and some orange. The same in the taste. A bit tart and with a fairly light body.