Modern Times Beer Fortunate Islands

Fortunate Islands

 

Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
Score
7.15
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 46 Ticks: 149
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
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
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
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

Perfect summer beer

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2019 at 20:07


7.1
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
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
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

Backlog

Tried on 13 Sep 2018 at 10:10


7

A hoppy wheat is right up my alley!

Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2018 at 19:13


6.9
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