Sonic Prayer IPA
Modus Brewing
- From:
- Modus Brewing
- Australia
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 6.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 06, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 20, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
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Reviewed by shambeano from Australia
4.05/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500ml can packaged on 07/11/18. Poured into a tulip
Look: Pours an opaque golden amber with about 2cm of fluffy white head which quickly recedes to a thin film. Leaves some lacing around the sides.
Smell: Hoppy on the nose, I'm getting pine straight up, a bit of spice, some fruit as well, orange and passionfruit.
Taste: Fruity and piney hops, again i'm getting orange and passionfruit. A litte bit of spice too. bitterness is not as aggressive as I expected, but rounds the beer out nicely.
Feel: A good body, i'd say medium, with some zingy carbonation that increases the drinkability. Decent length of flavour, and leaves the mouth dry.
Overall: i really enjoyed it.
Jan 23, 2019Look: Pours an opaque golden amber with about 2cm of fluffy white head which quickly recedes to a thin film. Leaves some lacing around the sides.
Smell: Hoppy on the nose, I'm getting pine straight up, a bit of spice, some fruit as well, orange and passionfruit.
Taste: Fruity and piney hops, again i'm getting orange and passionfruit. A litte bit of spice too. bitterness is not as aggressive as I expected, but rounds the beer out nicely.
Feel: A good body, i'd say medium, with some zingy carbonation that increases the drinkability. Decent length of flavour, and leaves the mouth dry.
Overall: i really enjoyed it.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
4.57/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Seriously Good Beer
All passionfruit, stone fruit, and lifted floral notes.
very West Coast and hop driven, and all the more kudos for a6% beer - profile more like a 7.5% ... way to go !
Nov 25, 2017All passionfruit, stone fruit, and lifted floral notes.
very West Coast and hop driven, and all the more kudos for a6% beer - profile more like a 7.5% ... way to go !
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Orange filtered with a few slow rising bubbles. Topped with 3 fingers of off white head. A nice lacing is left on the glass.
Smells of fresh pineapple, passion fruit, cantaloupe and pears. Caramel and toffee, with hints of pine.
Caramel, popcorn, umami, grapefruit pith, pineapple, pine, and a big, solid, bitter finish.
Thick, slightly syrupy body, medium low, foamy carbonation.
Reading a lot like a double ipa. Thick, bitter, flavorful with complex hopping. Got in Perth, WA, drinking in Thailand August 30th, 2017.
Aug 30, 2017Smells of fresh pineapple, passion fruit, cantaloupe and pears. Caramel and toffee, with hints of pine.
Caramel, popcorn, umami, grapefruit pith, pineapple, pine, and a big, solid, bitter finish.
Thick, slightly syrupy body, medium low, foamy carbonation.
Reading a lot like a double ipa. Thick, bitter, flavorful with complex hopping. Got in Perth, WA, drinking in Thailand August 30th, 2017.
Reviewed by HardTarget from Texas
4.3/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tall boy can with label attached
Aroma: Hoppy, mostly citric with a dank note.
Appearance: Hazy opaque amber orange glass holds a thin white cover with little lacing.
Taste: That's a lot of hops. Citric (orange and lime peel), Pine, and all mostly aroma rather than boil making it full flavored without going very bitter. Some sweetness coming in to support the package and make it very drinkable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, slightly gritty texture.
Overall: West coast IPA goodness, from down under! Solid IPA, low abv without going Session and thin, big hop presence. One of the best of Australia from my limited research.
May 28, 2017Aroma: Hoppy, mostly citric with a dank note.
Appearance: Hazy opaque amber orange glass holds a thin white cover with little lacing.
Taste: That's a lot of hops. Citric (orange and lime peel), Pine, and all mostly aroma rather than boil making it full flavored without going very bitter. Some sweetness coming in to support the package and make it very drinkable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, slightly gritty texture.
Overall: West coast IPA goodness, from down under! Solid IPA, low abv without going Session and thin, big hop presence. One of the best of Australia from my limited research.
Rated by Andrewharemza from Australia
4.1/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very citrus, passionfruit, and piney. Not to bad.
Dec 29, 2016
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
4.37/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.37/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Speaking of Modus’s worst beer yet in my last review (their Session IPA) here’s the new permanent stable-mate for their Former Tenant Red IPA and Pale Ale, and looky: it’s an IPA! Ooo! The can label bandies about flavours and large adjectives, but I’m a little pessimistic when an IPA has an ABV of 6% - seems too low to me. Anyhow Sonic Prayer IPA is Modus Operandi’s answer to the question: “Modus brew an awesome Red IPA but can they also brew an awesome American IPA”... well the answer is... umm, I’ll tell you *can opening sound* in a sec.
Poured from a 500ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Presents a fairly hazed, almost murky, deep amber body with a thin cream-coloured lace blanket for a head. Looks like the most delicious pint glass of orange juice I’ve ever seen, so points for that. 8/10.
S: The can says “passionfruit” and I say: Double check that, and let’s throw in a roger too! Piney notes along with a grassy/soft citric backdrop paint a picture of a bold and hoppy West Coast American IPA with an Aussie Galaxy hop overtone (aka the passionfruit - Galaxy is unmistakably passionfruity: I’ve brewed with it before). 9/10.
T: Damn this is one tasty bastard of a fresh hop locomotive that I’m all aboard on! Piney/citrus hops assail the front palate, leading towards a light/sweet passionfruit middle, and finishing with assertive bitter grassy/resin hops. Malts? In there somewhere, who cares about malts? Not I. This is a real taste-bud buster, like a beer designed by a hop-mad driven Barnes Wallis, a sort of bouncing hop-bomb if you will. Checking myself in for some palate-fatigue right now. In fact compared to Pirate Life IPA this tastes a tiny bit too bitter, it needs a bit more of that sweet/bitter balance mojo happening. 8/10.
M: Mid to heavy bodied and rolling in hop oils with a light but dense carbonation - a real heavy-hitter given the 6% ABV! 9/10.
D: I’ll be damned if this isn’t up there as one of the best West Cost style Aussie IPAs being brewed. It’s uncompromising in its assertive bitterness, to a fault one would say, but it definitely brought to mind Sierra Nevada Torpedo in a way that should be praised. The fact that Modus jammed so much hoppy goodness into this brew is testament to their ‘take no prisoners’ attitude when it comes to brewing... that’s the same attitude I fell in love with in their Former Tenant, and that’s the same attitude that will bring me back for more Modus, bravo! 10/10.
Food match: Grassy burps call for something lemongrassy and Thai methinks.
Nov 20, 2016Poured from a 500ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Presents a fairly hazed, almost murky, deep amber body with a thin cream-coloured lace blanket for a head. Looks like the most delicious pint glass of orange juice I’ve ever seen, so points for that. 8/10.
S: The can says “passionfruit” and I say: Double check that, and let’s throw in a roger too! Piney notes along with a grassy/soft citric backdrop paint a picture of a bold and hoppy West Coast American IPA with an Aussie Galaxy hop overtone (aka the passionfruit - Galaxy is unmistakably passionfruity: I’ve brewed with it before). 9/10.
T: Damn this is one tasty bastard of a fresh hop locomotive that I’m all aboard on! Piney/citrus hops assail the front palate, leading towards a light/sweet passionfruit middle, and finishing with assertive bitter grassy/resin hops. Malts? In there somewhere, who cares about malts? Not I. This is a real taste-bud buster, like a beer designed by a hop-mad driven Barnes Wallis, a sort of bouncing hop-bomb if you will. Checking myself in for some palate-fatigue right now. In fact compared to Pirate Life IPA this tastes a tiny bit too bitter, it needs a bit more of that sweet/bitter balance mojo happening. 8/10.
M: Mid to heavy bodied and rolling in hop oils with a light but dense carbonation - a real heavy-hitter given the 6% ABV! 9/10.
D: I’ll be damned if this isn’t up there as one of the best West Cost style Aussie IPAs being brewed. It’s uncompromising in its assertive bitterness, to a fault one would say, but it definitely brought to mind Sierra Nevada Torpedo in a way that should be praised. The fact that Modus jammed so much hoppy goodness into this brew is testament to their ‘take no prisoners’ attitude when it comes to brewing... that’s the same attitude I fell in love with in their Former Tenant, and that’s the same attitude that will bring me back for more Modus, bravo! 10/10.
Food match: Grassy burps call for something lemongrassy and Thai methinks.
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