SKA Modus Mandarina
We collaborated with Kyle on a special batch of "Kyle’s Manipulated Modus"- Modus Hoperandi brewed with orange peel and dry hopped with Mandarina Bavaria hops.
3.5
240 reviews
Durango, United States
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On tap at the source. Poured an amber color with a thin sized off white head. Citrus, getting the orange peels, and some fruitiness.
330ml can from Booths, Ripon. Pours an orangey amber colour, with white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of caramel, mellow citrus orange, hop. Taste is malt, caramel, marmalade, floral citrus, orange rind, grapefruit, pine with hop resiny bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Can from Rehills of Jesmond. Pours amber with a frothy off white head. Aroma of oranges. The taste has bitter marmalade and caramel. Some pine in the finish. Nice.
Smells of pine, hop and citrus. Color is dark reddish with dirty head. Taste is orange, citrus fruits, bitter hop, pine, grassy dank, and more fruits on the finish. Just imagine a fruit forward version of the original.
On tap at Euston Tap. Clear copper orange colour lasting thin white head. Diacetyl? Some orange flavour which is not too strong. Odd beer. It's OK . Bitter finish. Orange jelly flavour. OK but not quite what I was expecting.
Can. Bought Aug 2018; BBE Nov 2018; Drank early-Oct 2018 - Clear deep orangey gold in colour. Good creamy off-white head. Fruity; citrus orange, grapefruit, tangerine, peel. Hoppy; moderate hop bitterness. Mildly spicy. Malty; pale malts, caramel. Bitter citrus fruity hoppy spicy throughout. Merely OKish. (2018-10)
Simple bitretness. Some herbal and fruity hops, pine. Moderare bitterness with light sweetness. Bit too boring
Can from Cork & Cask. Clear amber golden body with a thin white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of tinned orange and yellow pepper. Flavour of blood orange and waxed lemon. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. A bright, refreshing IPA.
Tap at Bishops Arms Östersund. A lovely deep orange colour. Old hop dominating flavour.
Can from Coppers, Newcastle. Cloudy orange-amber coloured with a thin white head of foam. It has a bitter orange, pine and citrus flavour followed by a zesty Mandarin and orange finish. Very good.
Low aroma with mandarin zest and a bit of yeast. Taste is orange bitter zest and some malt, citrus.Kinda meh maybe not fresh? 3 mo from bbd.
Smells decent, looks nice and has a good amount of carbonation...but yikes. I know the Mandarina hops are supposed to come off as citrusy but I'm not getting that at all. Very piney hop flavor with orange peel is just...weird.
Strong hoppy orange peel aroma with pine and bready malts.
Pours a murky dark orange amber color with chunks floating. Small white head
Bitter orange peel flavor with citrusy notes, caramel and bread
Medium full bodied with medium co2, lingering pith bitterness.
The bitterness is a bit overwhelming at first and then when you get used to it it becomes a more enjoyable beer. Could do without the chunks.
Can at Oakham Social Club in Reading. Nice hoppy aroma. Moderately bitter hoppy taste with a pleasant fruity finish. Nice beer.
Can. The Forth Newcastle. Nice copper orange. Very cloudy with orange peel sediment. Very little on the nose, certainly not the citrus hoped for. Very average IPA flavour, but no big hop kick. Understated but lingering citrus finish. Disappointed
Aroma is orange peel and something like rye. Taste is playfully mild bitterness, a little sweet middle, dry bitter finish.
355 ml can,bb 08/06/2018.
Orange,semi-transparent. I don't mind floaters. Usually. These could add character to the brew,but here it is a bloody soup.
Nose - malt heavy,not much of any fruit.
Taste - malts and some faint citrus. Meh.
Creamy beige head stayed on a hazy, lightly carbonated, dark amber body.
Sweet orange & melon aroma.
Medium to full bodied, thick & chewy in the mouth with minimal carbonation yet a tingle down the throat & cloying aft.
Plenty of orange, sweet citrus, melon & hoppy tastes with a tangy, slightly bitter citrus finish.
Tap at Tommyknockers, Helsinki. Color is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Pineapple, harshness, some grease? some hops and malts.
Clear copper pour, finger of well made khaki head, nice lace as you go. Nose is orange, peels and all, little alcohol. Middle is carmel, malt, bitter citrus, and some oak (?). Finish is pithy bitterness, more alcohol in the profile.
Can from Booths Supermarket, Media City. Amber-orange with a frothy head. Citrus heavy with the mandarin best in its lingering aftertaste. There’s a low to medium citrus bitterness to the ale and a similar fruity nose.
Can from Sugaya. Piney nose, with tropical fruit and grapefruit. Hazy copper/orange color, frothy white head, and clumpy lace. Citrus, grapefruit, very juicy, with some light caramel. Medium body. In spite of the hopping, it's a bit sweet. Overall, pretty good.
Can from Whole Foods, Kensington, London. A very dark orange coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Hoppy, malty, orange aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, orange, hint of pine and pretty bitter. Still a highly drinkable IPA and one that I'd buy again.
12 oz can found in my Son-in-Laws fridge (in Orange County, California) and poured into a Corsendonk stemmed tulip glass on 8th Dec 2017. Lovely colour, deep orange with a misty/cloudy look; a weak head sat on top. Dank, dry and fairly bitter hops rule the nose and taste with an orange/mandarine/satsuma/clementine/tangerine overtone. Liked it a lot more than some of the other 'orange flavoured' beers he got in for me to try while staying for a few weeks.
Can. Tried whilst having lunch with my Daughter Jennifer, and Grand Daughter Lucy at Browns in Birmingham. Lovely orange aroma means a good start. Flavour is hoppy with orange in the background. Very pleasant and impressive in that the orange does not overpower the hoppiness and vice versa. An excellent one and a great start to the Christmas run in.
Dark orange pour with off white head. Orange peel and citrus hops in the nose. The orange peel seems to give it an extra dryness. Refreshing citrusy orange, lingering dryness, and slight bready maltiness. A bit one dimensional but really good for what is meant to be.
Can 12fl.oz. @ MBWF 2017 [ Malmö- Öl & Whiskyfestival 2017 ], Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, 215 32 Malmö, Sweden.
[ As SKA Modus Mandarina ].
Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, mandarine, sweet fruit, sweet hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, mandarine, sweet fruit, sweet hops, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170311]
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Can 355ml @ home
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, orange, citrus, pine and zest. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long orange, zesty, piney and grapefruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours Dark orange, thick and lasting head. Aroma- citrus, burnt orange. Medium body. Taste- more burnt orange, intense bitter orange peel, hoppy ipa bitterness and not a great deal else. Interesting at first, but pretty one dimensional.
I have never seen of or heard this brewery before, but their IPA was amazing so I had to try this one. It has a little hint of citrus but I like the original just a tad bit more. This is still a dope bevy