7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a large fading head.Nose shows caramel, bready malt, toasty melanoidin malt, hints of sultanas and a bit of spicy hops.Flavours include truckloads of sweet toasty brady melanoidin malt, golden syrup and burnt figs.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2020
at 11:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a quickly fading head.Nose shows delicate peach, nectarine, apple, soft biscuity and grainy malt, a bit of floral hops.Flavours include more peach, some citrus, cookie dough-like malt, a bit of spicy, earthy and herbal hops. Super refreshing and easy-drinking.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2020
at 07:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 375ml can on 7/9/2020. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a small head. The nose is sweet and fruity - perhaps more peach than apricot, but quite pleasant. There's much more apricot in the flavour, and some more peach, and a hint of coconut. Has a slightly sharp and tangy bitterness at the back to take the edge off the sweetness. The mouthfeel is slightly creamy, the carbonation moderate. Very dessertish. Not life changing but very enjoyable and goes down easily.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2020
at 10:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Clear amber with a frothy white head that fades to the rim. Aroma of pine, sticky breadcrust, cooked kumquats, vague tropical fruit. It seems a little early for nostalgia -- for Modus or WCIPA -- but a whiff and you do take their point. Sweetish and with plenty of dank tropical notes oozing from the caramelised malt before a resinous bitter finish that leans enough towards dry. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2020
at 14:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Perhaps it was the black label that led me to think it was going to be dark but it's a lovely reddish amber with a white head that lasts OK. Rich toasty aroma with mild spices. Tastes more biscuity but not very sweet with a drying bitter finish that has a slight whiff of booze and a tight fist of spice. Modus Operandi has not always impressed me away from their core strength in biggish hoppy pale ales but this is an absolute triumph.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2020
at 14:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a large white lasting head.Nose shows caramel, pine, resinous hops and biscuity malt.Flavours include resinous and piny hops, caramel, biscuity notes and a resounding bitterness.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2020
at 10:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Can) Pours very dark brown with red highlights and good tan head. Nice aroma with notes of nuts and coffee. Full bodied, quite smooth, nice carbonation. Taste has a burnt sugar / dark toffee bitterness throughout palate. There’s notes of nuts, port, toast, liquorice. Overall though the burnt bitter taste is not sufficiently balanced by rich tastes.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2020
at 15:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Very dark brown with a large light tan head. 3+ Aroma of mocha, chestnuts, light spices, licorice. Bittersweet with licorice, coffee, singed sugars, firm bitterness. It's OK, but there's not much that's luxurious about it either in richness or depth. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2020
at 14:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Hazy orange. Surprisingly subdued nose. Just a touch of citrus. Nice body. Strong and juicy, with bitter aftertaste. Hides booze very very well.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2020
at 09:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Can) Pours almost black with big dense tan head. Lovely aroma of chocolate and toasted grains, reminded me of a chocolate digestive. Medium body with good full carbonation. Good taste but a little lighter than I was expecting. There’s toasted grain and dark chocolate. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2020
at 14:23