Modus Hoperandi - Ska Brewing Co.

YeastWrangler88

3.38/5  rDev -18.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12oz can into a sam adams pint glass:

Apparence: poured a medium amber color (i'd guess something like 12.5-13.5 SRM), crystal clear, looks very nice, but maybe not how a IPA SHOULD look..

Aroma: piny, earthy, with some malt sweetness coming out, also slightly "green" tasting. Smells like an average IPA, but thats not a bad thing.

Flavor: flavor is almost even between malt sweetness and the btterness of the hops, i get a sweet caramel flavor with some crystalized sugar (crystal malt) hops are definetly present, and taste nice, i just wish the sweet malt wasnt there fighting with the hops as much, i would prefer a more hop domonent flavor, but again, this is average for most IPAs ive tried.

Mouthfeel: carbonation is nice, the after-mouth-feel is kind of cloying, it completely saturated my tongue, almost like a DIPA. Bitterness is, well, bitter, slight flavor of pine and "earth" come to mind. Again, sweetness is on the high side, which tends to stick around for a while on the tongue and battles the hops, which some people might like.

Overall: this one tasted pretty average to me, it's a good "go-to" but something i would crave or drool over, eh, I dont know. It takes a lot for me to say a beer is above average, so by no means is this a bad beer, just nothing to really take note of. Pretty average down the line.

Serving type: can

11-18-2012 02:11:10 | More by YeastWrangler88

CHILLINDYLAN

Washington

4.33/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Clear copper with orange highlights. Healthy 2 fingers of cream colored head that lasted. As is dissipated, there was an abundance of oils. Beautiful sticky frosty laces.

Grapefuit and tropical fruit, spicy pine and resin. Hop domination over a toasty caramel malt profile.

Loads of grapefruit and tropical fruits up front followed by a bashing of spicy piney resins. Slightly sweet caramel and toasty backing. Great tongue punching pine bitterness that leaves a great aftertaste.

Dry and Sticky. Medium body. Slow medium carbonation.

Very drinkable, tasty, and refreshing. Great bitterness and hop profile. Would love to have this as an option around my neck of the woods, but I can settle with it as a great standby when I visit friends and family in Colorado.

Serving type: can

05-23-2013 00:07:40 | More by CHILLINDYLAN

duceswild

Maryland

4/5  rDev -3.1%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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Glen0matiC

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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prock180

Arizona

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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sooner961

Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +15%

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2bet

Norway

3.5/5  rDev -15.3%

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Sludgeman

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%

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Minnesota

4/5  rDev -3.1%

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Norway

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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ajtorres311

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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Dave1999

Virginia

4/5  rDev -3.1%

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Texas

4/5  rDev -3.1%

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Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.1%

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EROCK75

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

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Texas

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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Kubrickx

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%

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Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%

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kinmundy77

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9%

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AnnArborJoe

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -21.3%

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