Alpine Beer Company Mandarin Nectar

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Alpine, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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22oz bottle from Windy City in El Cajon. Pours a light golden orange color. A lite aroma of citrus and yeast. Couldnt taste as much mandarin as I was expecting, yet still very refreshing.

(Draft: O’Brien’s in San Diego, CA) Pretty light flavor, like a severely waterd down peach juice; Seems more peachy to me than mandarin, but it’s definitely a light, sweet, non-citrusy fruit; Thin body and watery; Sweet, peachy aroma is girly, but smells great; Light gold color; Whitish head is supported by a plethora of large, quickly-rising bubbles; No lacing to speak of

22oz Bottle. Thanks for sharing, Emeline. How did this manage to be my 2600th beer? Oh lord. Somehow, all the zesting and spicing fell a little flat at first. Generalized orange in the nose. Clean and citrus. I didn’t get much coriander out of it, and I appreciate that. Lively. The depth wasn’t there, but this works as an orange-y beer.

bottle-yet another winner from this amazing brewery. pours bright orange with a small fizzy white head around the rim of the glass. nose of honey, oranges, lite spice, and pale grains (not in a bad way whatsoever). flavors of spice and sweet orange (maybe the honey). very tasty brew and for the style, has alot of character and body. not just a wheat with some flavorings. this is a real beer! very slick mouthfeal with a full body. long spicy finish of orange peal and corriander. this is a great beer here!

22 oz. bottle - Pours a clear golden color with a nice off white head. Lots of carbonation. Aroma is grassy with a touch of citrus. Has a light estery, citrus flavor. A light, dry and easy drinking beer. Wortha try.

Out of the bottle it pours a golden light orange with a tall white head. Tons of citrus fruit in the aroma, nice hopping, just really great aroma. Taste is very fruity, almost like a tangerine fruit drink. Very light malt, mostly fruity, light hops in the finish. An alright brew, but a bit too fruity.

Tap at the brewery. Poured a orange/yellow color, with a nice white head. Not much of a smell to it, slight orange. Tasted really good, slight tang to it , very good.

Draught pint at The Local, San Diego. Orange-copper colour with a small head. Fresh aroma of sweet malt and honey - no mandarin yet. Flavour is quite sweet - more honey, more malts, and ah, there’s the mandarin peeking through in the finish. Not bad - they kept the fruit & honey reined in enough to avoid turning the beer sickly sweet - but a pint was more than enough for me to satisfy my curiousity.

From the tap poured an amber color with a fair amount of head. Nice light malty flavor with a quick finish.

The beer pours a crystalline amber color, the head modest and off white in color, the lace left behind a nice silky covering of the glass. The aroma of corriander and other spices and of course oranges, along with the malt makes a nice combo, fresh and crisp, quite pleasant with the start ambrosial, nice malt presence, the top middling. Finish has a stinging acidity, hops are delicate and the aftertaste dry and long lasting. The first beer I’ve ever tried from this fine brewery, and a quite pleasant beer to quaff on a lazy Sunday afternoon, thanks to Xlperro for this bottle.