Blazing World | Modern Times Beer
Brewed by:
Modern Times Beer
California, United States
moderntimesbeer.com
Style: American Amber / Red Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.80%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
This beer is the stickiest of the icky. It's a luxuriously hoppy amber loaded up with intemperate quantities of Nelson, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops, which are some of the fruitiest, dankest hops sweet, sweet money can buy. Despite its amber hue, Blazing World is pleasingly dry, sporting a lightly bready malt backbone that serves as platform for the huge & complex hop profile.
Added by mactrail on 06-30-2013
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Ratings: 1,268 | Reviews: 212
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4.27/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: Hazy brown color with amber orange at the edges, pencil thin off white head that leaves lacing
S: Sweet tropical fruit, resinous pine, herbal spice
T: Follows the nose nicely, fruity hops, sharp resinous pine bitterness, finishes with sweet amber malt flavors and aromatic lingering hops
M: Light carbonation and medium feel with a nice aromatic finish
O: Ambers can often be bland or unremarkable but this was a really good departure from the norm. Great hop aroma but not overly bitter. A balanced and very drinkable beer. I will seek out more of this!
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: Hazy brown color with amber orange at the edges, pencil thin off white head that leaves lacing
S: Sweet tropical fruit, resinous pine, herbal spice
T: Follows the nose nicely, fruity hops, sharp resinous pine bitterness, finishes with sweet amber malt flavors and aromatic lingering hops
M: Light carbonation and medium feel with a nice aromatic finish
O: Ambers can often be bland or unremarkable but this was a really good departure from the norm. Great hop aroma but not overly bitter. A balanced and very drinkable beer. I will seek out more of this!
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3.85/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.48/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
We don't get Modern Times distro'd in Marin County so finding this on Maui is a treat.
Not sure how fresh it is (16oz can poured into a basic ass glass) but there isn't one thing that I can point to that would render this beer anything less than outstanding/awesome. So it could be a week, a month or three months old. If more than a month, I might B my L in my P if I tried this fresh.
Dank, hoppy nose, a sexy golden hue, good creamy lacing and by damned if this isn't my favorite of the four MT beers I've tried while here on Maui.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
We don't get Modern Times distro'd in Marin County so finding this on Maui is a treat.
Not sure how fresh it is (16oz can poured into a basic ass glass) but there isn't one thing that I can point to that would render this beer anything less than outstanding/awesome. So it could be a week, a month or three months old. If more than a month, I might B my L in my P if I tried this fresh.
Dank, hoppy nose, a sexy golden hue, good creamy lacing and by damned if this isn't my favorite of the four MT beers I've tried while here on Maui.
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5/5 rDev +22%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Ive had this beer at the brewery and out of a can. Both are WONDERFUL. Awesome DANK aroma and a bit of citrus. Flavor is out of this world. Sweet, dank, smooth, balanced. Makes you want more.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Ive had this beer at the brewery and out of a can. Both are WONDERFUL. Awesome DANK aroma and a bit of citrus. Flavor is out of this world. Sweet, dank, smooth, balanced. Makes you want more.
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4.1/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tall can.....canned on 1/10/17
Pours a nice looking reddish hue of amber, lifting a sturdy and lasting khaki cap...leaves gobs of froth and thicker sheets of lacing.
Hops and maple infused malts all over the nose
Easy drinking amber, nice balance of malts and hops...nice for a change in our seemingly IPA/DIPA dominated current beer scene...not complaining, but def. nice for a change.
Notes of more maple malts, soft hops with some grapefruit coming to mind....pleasant sessionable brew...again "balance" is the operative word here
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tall can.....canned on 1/10/17
Pours a nice looking reddish hue of amber, lifting a sturdy and lasting khaki cap...leaves gobs of froth and thicker sheets of lacing.
Hops and maple infused malts all over the nose
Easy drinking amber, nice balance of malts and hops...nice for a change in our seemingly IPA/DIPA dominated current beer scene...not complaining, but def. nice for a change.
Notes of more maple malts, soft hops with some grapefruit coming to mind....pleasant sessionable brew...again "balance" is the operative word here
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4.21/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours light copper in color, clear, with one inch head. Taste is amazing wet hops, mango, and light grapefruit and biscuit. Tastes exceptionally fresh. Would really like Modern Times to come up here full time. This is another hoppy beer I would get often
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours light copper in color, clear, with one inch head. Taste is amazing wet hops, mango, and light grapefruit and biscuit. Tastes exceptionally fresh. Would really like Modern Times to come up here full time. This is another hoppy beer I would get often
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3.95/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.21/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured a mostly clear amber color with two fingers worth of off white bubbly head. the smell is all hops with pine being at the forefront. You get a bit of the malt sweetness at the end. The flavor follows suit as you get a ton of hops upfront before the amber ale comes through with a bit of toasty malt. The feel is medium with good carbonation. This is an excellent beer. The hops don't overpower the amber ale but plays nice just adding some complexity.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured a mostly clear amber color with two fingers worth of off white bubbly head. the smell is all hops with pine being at the forefront. You get a bit of the malt sweetness at the end. The flavor follows suit as you get a ton of hops upfront before the amber ale comes through with a bit of toasty malt. The feel is medium with good carbonation. This is an excellent beer. The hops don't overpower the amber ale but plays nice just adding some complexity.
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4.7/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Blazing World from Modern Times Beer
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