Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailMango Smoke

It’a a light amber coloured ale, so looks near enough to how a mango-infused beer perhaps ought to look in the eyes of many. But it’s the smoke that hits you first. They built it around malt that was smoked using cherrywood and ironbark, the nuances of which are likely to be lost unless your olfactory system is au fait with the aromatic particulars of burning different types of wood. With that malt added to other German smoked malts, the charred character it puffs out is intense but comes with a slightly sweet tinge at the edges. Then, on the palate, the mango flavour comes roaring through, ramping up the sweetness significantly in a way that’s enveloping and lingering rather than sharp or acute.