Alpine Beer Company Mandarin Nectar

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Fruit Beer
Alpine, California USA

Bomber from Liar’s club. Poured clear and golden orange with a really fresh fruit nose. Smooth citrus and light malt with nice mouthfeel. A very good afternoon refresher, perfect pairing with my cajon fries and french dip~

This brewing company is fantastic! This is just one of their many beers which I have enjoyed. More ratings to follow!

On tap at pizza port. Clear golden amber with a fizzy white head. Citrus orange and honey aroma. Bready citrus, spice, and honey taste with a crisp yeasty finish.

Pours a deep golden yellow, generous white head, decent lingering. Mandarin and coriander dominate the aroma. The citrus is deep enough to almost be grapey. Light body with pungent mandarin flavors, tempered by other spices. Coating mouthfeel, but not chewy, more like fruit pectin and yeast esters causing it. Some minor hop notes supplement the fruit character. A nicely balanced fruit beer, but I feel it could benefit from a greater malt backbone. This would drive the sweetness to being more beer-like instead of fruit drinkish.

Light orange body with thin white head. Aroma is citrus hop and orange. Solid fresh honey comb flavor like it was out of the bee box. Light orange cream balance. Smooth sticky palate. I really dig the honey in this one.

On draught at brewery. This beer is very reminiscent of a belgian wit. It has the orange and coriander flavors but instead of a light crisp acidity, there is a lightly sweet candy/honey finish.

Copper pour, small white head. Aroma of biscuit malt and slight orange. Flavor is orange, slight honey, a touch of coriander. Sweet yet malty with orange in the whole time. Great session beer. Surprisingly malty, biscuit and toasty but sweet with orange.

Light copper color...small but persistent head with slight lace. Aroma of malt, straw, orange. Flavorful, significant mandarin orange, lemon, straw, grains, slight sweetness, some bitter notes, light overall but decent as a summer session beer or first brew of the evening.