Liefmans de Boomgaard Tropicale

Formerly brewed at Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Fruit Beer
Oudenaarde, Belgium

(375ml bottle) Medium white head atop a lightly hazed amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, herbal, some mango, herb. Taste is sweet, sugary fruit drink -- mango, raspberry, peach -- does it come in a mix at the grocery? Light carbonation, light body, can almost taste the sugar crystals.

(375ml bottle) Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of florals, grass, mango juice, and a hint of smoke. Sweet flavor of corn syrup and mango juice with a somewhat sticky finish.

I think I’ve only had one other mangoed brew. That one was a sturdy IPA infused with the fruit and served up under the guise of a Christmas ale. This one is all about the mango. Having a hazy golden-amber body with a small white head, this has an aroma of mango. Period. It tastes of mango with a bit of apricot and a whole lot of white sugar. Drinkable, but once was enough.

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Bottle: Golden yellow, light head, some lacing. Nose if fruity, some mango and little spice. Flavor is a lot like the peach, with some basic mangoness going on. Along the same lines as the Peche, just blagh.

Bottle from Party Town. Poured hazy orange color with a Large frothy white head that mostly lasted and produced good lacing. Heavy sweet fruity aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Heavy sweet fruity flavor with a medium sweet fruity finish of moderate duration. Refreshing beer.

2005 bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy dark yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (cobwebs, basement), with notes of passion fruit candy and lime zest. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation. Pleasant enough for a sweet and candy-ish fruit beer. As with the Peche, the yeast character and overall beery base helps a lot...otherwise all it’d be is soda pop.

Slightly sour aroma of apricots and mangos. Hazy apricot color with tiny bubbles and a bit of a head which did not persist. Starts with a confusing blend of fruit, mango quickly dominates and disappears into a light fruitiness. Carbonation is light. Hint of tart/sour. Very low key. Nice on a hot central valley day.

Very sweet and a bit over the top. It does pour a nice big head, but the beer is just too sweet. Mango and more mango. Sediment is also present in this beer, but in bigger chunks than I am used to.