Fortunate Islands
Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.15
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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.
Tessic (2387) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 6 years ago
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 !
tfontana (7512) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 6 years ago
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.
panzerxiii (3988) ticked Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
Perfect summer beer
cmacklin (5139) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
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.
Cheeseboard (6301) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
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
drpimento (6186) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
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.
Martin Lindström (24359) ticked Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
Backlog
A hoppy wheat is right up my alley!
Camons (21701) reviewed Fortunate Islands from Modern Times Beer 7 years ago
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