Drygate Brewing Co Disco Forklift Truck Beer Review

Ah the joys of the LIDL beer festival, lots of random drinks I'd never think to buy if they weren't sitting there in the middle isle at impressively low prices just screaming come on drink me, drink me, you know you want too. These guys have pretty much kept me sane, or at least slightly sane through lockdown.

Drygate Brewery is a Scottish Brewery in the heart of Glasgow, so if you're ever in the Scottish capital it's almost certainly worth taking a minute to pay them a visit. Their core range cover for most peoples needs with IPA's, Lagers, and a Mocha Stout for those like me who enjoy the dark side almost as much as Darth Vader. The rather oddly named Disco Forklift Truck Mango Pale Ale is very much one of the core choices and pops up in supermarkets across the UK periodically. The question I guess I need to answer is should you be looking out for it?

We'll start with the basics... Disco Forklift Truck comes in a pretty uninspiring 330ml can and contains a pretty average 5.1% alcohol, I'm not saying that's a bad percentage, I'm just saying it's slightly above session levels, and a bit below ooh that's cheeky levels. The beer pours a hazy amber colour with a reasonably impressive white head, it certainly looks like a decent full bodied pale ish beer from the outside so things are starting to look up. 

The aroma is unsurprisingly dominated by mango, so it very much does what it says on the can, but you'll probably also get whiff or oranges and hops if you really put your mind to it, really though it is all about the mango. By now you'll probably be thinking either I like mango this is the beer for me, or eeew mango I'll give that one a miss, for what it's worth I'm quite indifferent to them so was happily approaching this from a position of blissful ambivalence. 

Oddly the taste and smell don't really match, sure there's some mango in there, but it's certainly not overpowering, and actually takes a bit of a backseat to the hops which really drive the flavour. There's a pretty nice bitter finish to the beer that comes through just in time to keep things interesting beyond the initial fruity hoppy beginnings. This also has the feel of a nice full bodied drink which I always prefer to the stuff that has all the texture of water. I actually enjoyed the beer much more than I expected, maybe my palate is just getting used to IPA's after years of pure stout and porter drinking. Drygate Brewing Co Disco Forklift Truck scores a not to be sniffed at 7.5/10.