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Helen, I'm going to try out the new microbrewery for you this evening. Apparently they do mango beer.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 09:52:58 AM EST
Hmm, I love mangos, but I'm not sure about in beer. some fruits work well and others ...just...don't. Cherry and raspberry are reliable. Peach is too florid but apricot can work well. Strawberry has it's moments but is really too easy to overdo (and wrecks the pipework cos you can't wash it out).

Herbs and spices are more interesting. Coriander, bog myrtle, hemp are ones I've tried. I know a couple of brewers have experimented with cannabis for personal use but I've never had the opportunity, nor would I have the inclination to be honest. A lot of beers will have spices in and can work well. But generally chilli beers are bad beer with chilli in.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 09:59:28 AM EST
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Chilli wine (from fermented chillis) seems to work ok.

I can see mangos working with beer, but you'd have to get the right mangos and given the propensity in many parts of "The West" to assume all mangos are the same, I'd not be optimistic.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 11:00:34 AM EST
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Speciality was pomegranate beer today.  It tasted sort of lemony.  It wasn't bad but I didn't think it was marvellous either. I was far more delighted that they had Czech style pilsner and dark lager. Dark lager was all gone but the pilsner was very good.  Not quite as great as in prague but it still had that same effect on the back of the palate and I liked it a lot.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 06:17:13 PM EST
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