Booming Rollers
Modern Times Beer

 

Pounder can from Broken Top. Hazy orange golden, initial thick fluffy head. Aroma resembles the NE style, bready, citrus, floral. Taste gets a bit more savory, gentle hops bitterness, mild dank notes, juicy. A lot going on here...Mostly tasty though.

 

 

canned 9-23-19
From a 19oz single can. Pours rather flat, with little lacing. Aroma is balanced with citra and malts..but rather bland. Taste was weak across the board. Very little bite, with a light.. but not watery MF. As it warmed, the malts came further out front, but wasn't enough to kick it into 3rd or 4th. Not bad, just a bit underwhelming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had real success during New CANned Modern Twin Peak Evil Times Beer Sunday (Week 744) and What Beer Are You Drinking Now (WBAYDN) #2,410, but I finally ran out of gas before I CANpleted my mission. The CANQuest (tm) is finally getting a handle on things & this is a follow-up to an N2 CAN, which is kinda why I took a break - neither fit well with the goings-on at the time.

From the CAN: "Hoppy * Citra IPA"; "Employee Owned"; "6 SRM/Gold 50 IBU 1.009 Final Gravity "; "Citra • Motueka • Centennial [-] Hops Two Row • CaraMalt • White Wheat [-] Malts"; "Booming Rollers is a showcase for the juicy awesomeness of Citra hops. These new wave American hops impart a remarkable aroma and flavor, which we've amplified with the dark stone fruit character of New Zealand-grown Motueka hops. Some Centennial is thrown in to balance the tropical fruit party, and the malt body is just assertive enough to support Booming Rollers' snappy bitterness. It's a party in your mouth and all the beautiful people are invited."

Well, that just sounded like a good time so I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent and a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. This action resulted in just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with excellent retention. Color was Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7) with NE-quality clarity & The Gelt Gang of Croesus, Midas & Mammon could not join me fast enough! Nose held the modern scent of grapefruit & orange citrus meets tropical fruit. I am less enchanted by the tropical hops than I was before they became so prevalent. I think that brewers are sensing this & blending tropical with the more "traditional" AIPA hops for a more palatable exbeerience. Mouthfeel was medium. The term "juicy" gets thrown around a lot, but this beer was juicy! It was totes fruit, from citrus to tropical & back again, twice over! Yum. I enjoy the occasional tropical fruit cup in my lunchpail/kettle/box, but only occasionally. Better, to me, is the citrus blend. I also really dig applesauce, but that is neither here nor there. This admixture of hops really worked for me. It was less tropical (& sweet - my real bugaboo) than citrusy with a pleasant blending of flavors. Finish was semi-dry to dry. I CAN't say that that I would fill a cooler with CANs of it, but a sixer would not be unwelcome at the beach. YMMV.

 

Probably my favourite Modern Times IPA. Pours a near clear golden bronze with a bit of chill haze and 2 fingers tight creamy off white head. Aroma is up front citrus, mango, fruity, but with a nice piney hoppiness.
Taste of citrus - ripe orange, pineapple, mango, but a distinct piney bitterness balancing caramel malt sweetness.
Medium full mouthfeel - nice carbonation - smooth and easy drinking.

 

 

 

Pours Golden with slight haze and nice white cap. Smooth and hoppy DIPA clearly made with love.