Fortunate Islands
Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Fortunate Islands combines the bangin' hop aroma of an über-tropical IPA with the crisp, deeply quenching drinkability of a killer pale ale. We achieve this magical result by starting with a mild, nutty malt backbone, then dry-hopping the bejesus out of it with Citra and Amarillo hops. Restrained bitterness and vibrant notes of mango, tangerine, and passionfruit combine to form a sessionable crusher of mind-bending proportions. It tastes like wizards.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Great stuff. Smell is good, tropical fruit, light hoppy skunkiness. Taste is great, fruit is much more pronounced, mango, orange, wheat in the background and a nice hoppy finish. Further down, a little hint of cheesiness (which I like). Really nice. Definitely want to have it again.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6
This pale ale poured a cloudy, light amber colour with a creamy, bright white head. Medium lacing. Scents include citrus hops, being pineapple and orange. Perfume, cooked veggies and honey most prominent. First swig was really creamy with nice hop bitterness being that nice citrus flavour, a little honey and a bit of cereal. Finish is the perfect amount of hops in the creamiest beer I think I have ever had. Delicious !
Tried
on 25 Jul 2019
at 22:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Total Wine & More, Shrewsbury. Appearance is lightly hazy orange-gold with nice sparkle, finger-width fizzy white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is lemony citrus with significant wheat/malt counterbalance. Taste is sweet tropical fruit, citrus, milder wheat and late tart fruit. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste with light yeasty tart fruit and mild bitterness. Overall, the taste is where the hops really shine but don't carry through to the finish, which ends too bitter. Enjoyable and interesting for a wheat beer.
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2019
at 02:18
8/10
Perfect summer beer
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2019
at 20:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a medium, creamy, long lasting, off-white head that laces nicely. Sweet fruity aroma of wheat malt, caramel, mango, pineapple, peach, orange peel and grapefruit. Sweet fruity flavour of wheat malt, mango, peach, melon, tangerine, orange peel and grapefruit with a crisp, dry, mild bitter, spicy hop finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and average carbonation. Hoppy, flavourful and easy drinking. An excellent Wheat Ale.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2019
at 03:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Brewdog Shoreditch back in the day (review from historic tasting notes). Pours hazy orange gold with a white top. Aroma: floral, wheat, tropical fruit. Taste: moderate sweet & light bitter, bright, wheat, tropical fruit, piney hop. Medium bodied, average carb, dry light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2018
at 12:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
The Aromas resin Hops and cracker are mild. Flavors are like nose, again mild and more sweet than bitter. Carbonation is a touch soft. Okay beer but nothing special.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2018
at 03:27
7/10
Backlog
Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 10:10
7/10
A hoppy wheat is right up my alley!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2018
at 19:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Modern Times-Lomaland, San Diego. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light yeast, fruity hops, peach, mango, citrus. Flavor is light bitter, malt, fruity hops, mango, citrus. Thin to medium body, average to lively carbonation, light bitter finish. High drinkability. 260718
Tried
on 01 Aug 2018
at 01:34