SKA Brewing Modus Mandarina

Modus Mandarina

 

SKA Brewing in Durango, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.78
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 83
A unique twist on Modus Hoperandi, this citrus IPA is dry-hopped with a generous portion of Mandarina Bavaria hops and brewed with sweet orange peels.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from Imazato. Ska Brewing Modus Mandarina 6.8% Matte copper in color with a thick beige long lasting head. Sweet, candy, orange and pine aroma rises from the glass. It has a medium body and slick mouthfeel. The taste is a fairly solid Ska classic IPA with orange notes surfacing in the finish but for the most part having paired this with orange slices, they seemed to cancel out the orange from the hops and accentuate resinous dank pine notes, especially at first.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2017 at 04:10

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Average IPA with light citrus. Not a lot here like Siberia. Pours golden amber with decent head. Light bitter finish. Tap at Savor.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2017 at 12:47

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft pour at Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience 2017. Poured a clear golden orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light citrus notes. Light booze notes, light sweet malt notes with some light earthy hop character.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2017 at 23:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Gylden brun noe tåkete med fingerhøyt tykt eggegult slum. Lukter faktisk clementin/mandarin, noe trevirke, blomster og lett karamell. Middels pluss i bitterhet, sitrusskall, brent karamell og noe pepperig. Middels lang.
Tried on 01 May 2017 at 11:09

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
On tap at Taste of Tops, pours a cloudy dark orange with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out harsh piney hops and light tropical fruits. Flavour is very yeast and harsh, with earthy hops, dirty yeast and unpleasant astringency. Not a well-made IPA in any sense. Needs serious work.
Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2017 at 01:02

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
From a can at the Denver airport. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of orange. Bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2017 at 09:37

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 1/19/2017. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of huge tangerine, orange juice, grapefruit, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pine, light caramel, lightly toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruit juice/peels, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, orange juice, grapefruit, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, light caramel, lightly toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, grapefruit, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruit juice/peels, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance. Slight lingering hop/fruit astringency near the end of the glass, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and sticky/resin/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6.8%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited IPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruit juice/peels, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; despite the lingering bitter/drying resins. Amazingly vibrant C hop and fruit juice/peel flavors; with a nice malt backbone that is not overly sweet. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2017 at 19:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours pale amber with a slight haze and an off-white head. Aroma of citrus and caramel. Taste is citrus, caramel, bitter orange pith. Fairly malty. Decent.
Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2017 at 23:26

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can 355ml, Beer Hunters. Deep ruby color, good beige head. Grassy, citrus in the nose. Medium-bodied. Citrus, grassy hop oily flavor. Maybe not the freshiest sample. Meh.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2017 at 15:21

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap @ Patricks. Unclear, deep orange body with a nice, dense, lacing off-white head. A bit weak in aroma, malt and ripe citric fruit. The aroma is fruity but not distinct mandarin if I should be honest. Flavor ha sweet malt, some caramel, ripe fruit, citric zest and again I’m not able to detect the mandarin flavor. Nice balanced body and bitter aftertaste that might have a bit too much zest bitterness, ends up rather sharp bitter, but I like it anyway. There’s to many IPA’s these days tasting more of a fruit juice than a beer, this is a honest fruity IPA.
Tried from Draft on 29 Jan 2017 at 07:45