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Aurora
Modern Times Beer
- From:
- Modern Times Beer
- California, United States
- Style:
- Rye Beer
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 8.79%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 12, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 02, 2014
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 28
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.93/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can to becher pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt dark orange close to amber color with a thin finger's worth of messy white foamy head. Sly messy lace.
The aroma had a nice blend of pine to citrus to sweet rye over top of a nice embrace of caramel/toffee malts.
The flavor was authentic enough taking the prior mentioned aromas stealthily to glide into the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was a nice blend of the dry grip to a sly smoothness of the malts. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, a bit darker in color for a rye beer, but since the aromas and flavor compensated nicely across the board, I can see it as one and would welcome this again.
Jun 10, 2017The aroma had a nice blend of pine to citrus to sweet rye over top of a nice embrace of caramel/toffee malts.
The flavor was authentic enough taking the prior mentioned aromas stealthily to glide into the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was a nice blend of the dry grip to a sly smoothness of the malts. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, a bit darker in color for a rye beer, but since the aromas and flavor compensated nicely across the board, I can see it as one and would welcome this again.
Rated by FilumDee from North Carolina
4/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
smooth. slightly malty aftertaste in back of tongue
Jan 28, 2017
Reviewed by Karibourgeois from Texas
3.24/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.24/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Clear dark golden pour with a big white head. Somewhat light aroma with hints of rye, pine and bread. Taste is resiny and piney upfront with a moderate bitterness and nice rye spice flavor. Light to medium bodied. Finishes dry with a fairly long lingering herbal and piney bitterness.
Jan 26, 2017
Reviewed by crob3888 from California
4.5/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured a nice mahogany with a fluffy head that dissipates to a ring around the glass, some lacing. Aromas and flavors are a perfect balance of sweet and spicy rye malt hop flavors: tropical fruits, some dankness, some pine, and a marriage with orange. All of this makes for a drinkable beer which felt perfectly suited to pairing with a lot of different foods; tonight, we had a spicy, creamy chicken tortilla soup.
Jan 10, 2017
Reviewed by GrumD from Japan
4.32/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.32/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Love this one. Pours with a relatively dense head that soon drops to almost nothing. The smell hints at pine needles, burnt sugar, orange zest, with a decent hop hit but also mango and lychee at the back. The taste is great and unctuous; it is well balanced with bitter hops jousting well with resins and malts. It leaves a decent 'afterburn' and should be revisited.
Jan 05, 2017
Reviewed by jooler from California
4.27/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look is dark red with a good half inch of head.
smell is really hoppy and piney.
taste is piney with a nice bitterness. lots of hops.
feel is crisp and smooth
overall, i don't really like red IPAs but this is by far my favorite. better than bells roundhouse.
Oct 24, 2016smell is really hoppy and piney.
taste is piney with a nice bitterness. lots of hops.
feel is crisp and smooth
overall, i don't really like red IPAs but this is by far my favorite. better than bells roundhouse.
Aurora from Modern Times Beer
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
191 ratings
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