Modern Times Beer |
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San Diego, CA
Pete - I went to the Lomaland Fermentorium, one of their many locations, on a Friday as they opened. In fact, I was early so I had a coffee at their dairy-free coffee shop before being allowed to drink. They have a couple pre-made flight options, and you can just make your own flights with tasters too. They also sell beer to go, and have a ton of options on tap - more than you can drink in one sitting. Really cool art inside too. I've now also been to the Encinitas location - Far West Lounge. Similar options and notably great music to go along with a vegan food menu.
Pete - I went to the Lomaland Fermentorium, one of their many locations, on a Friday as they opened. In fact, I was early so I had a coffee at their dairy-free coffee shop before being allowed to drink. They have a couple pre-made flight options, and you can just make your own flights with tasters too. They also sell beer to go, and have a ton of options on tap - more than you can drink in one sitting. Really cool art inside too. I've now also been to the Encinitas location - Far West Lounge. Similar options and notably great music to go along with a vegan food menu.
Modern Times Barrel Aged Harmony Engine
Märzen - 5.3% ABV Pete A little funk and pretty malty. I don't always love this style, but this one is very good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times BBA Monsters Park: Ginger Bread Edition
Imperial Stout - 14.2% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Heavy bourbon aroma, with a flavor to match, complemented with some nice spiced flavors. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times BBA Monsters Park: X.M. Schmeller & Tiny Horsey Edition
Imperial Stout - 14.2% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Smells like bourbon. Tastes like chocolate at first then that glorious bourbon just keeps building after you put it down. Awesome. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Beastmaster: Feastmaster Edition
Imperial Stout - 13.8% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Very roasty and very sweet. The spices in here likely make it seem more roasty than it really is, which is nice, but the sweetness is a bit overwhelming. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Black House
Oatmeal Stout - 5.8% ABV Pete This was a fine stout. Dark, not super rich, a little bit of coffee but not a ton. Reasonably priced at least, which can be a problem with stouts. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Black House Nitro w/Coffee, Coconut, & Cocoa
Oatmeal Stout - 5.8% ABV Pete Surprisingly not super rich and creamy like I'd expect from an oatmeal stout. That said, it's quite delicious. I definitely taste coffee but mostly chocolate. Smell coconut, but don't really taste it. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Blazing World
Red IPA - 6.8% ABV Pete I've said this before, I like the combination of the malty sweetness of the red and the hoppiness of an IPA. Not a huge fan of reds in general, but this combo works. Nice. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Booming Rollers
IPA - 6.8% ABV Pete Pretty solid IPA. Fairly bitter, definitely taste mango as well, nicely balanced beer. Only problem is it costs more than most others of its style. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Brain Vacation: Cranberry Raspberry Lime
Gose - 4.8% ABV Pete Pictured top left. Very, very heavily carbonated. The fruit flavors are there and good, but the carbonation makes it not quite as good as it could be. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Celestial City
Saison - 6.4% ABV Pete Pictured front right. Very oaky with a hint of fruity. Apparently, there's tangerine in it. Wouldn't be able to pinpoint that, but I love the oakiness. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Circuit Bender
IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Light, floral, and bitter. Good beer. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Common Orbit
Imperial New England IPA - 8.3% ABV Pete Not my favorite. It's somehow both too sweet and too bitter. Still OK, but it's not for me. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Complicated Patterns
Imperial IPA - 8% ABV Pete Light body, pretty bitter, nice floral flavors. Very good beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Cosmic Currents
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Pictured top right. Super drinkable going down despite the ABV. Some citrusy sweetness in the finish that's really good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Critical Band
IPA - 6.7% ABV Pete Great piney IPA with a hint of citrus. Tons of flavor. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times DDH Dinosaur World
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the left. Super hazy, and taste is dominated by mango. Love it. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times DDH Finally Open in LA
New England IPA - 8.0% ABV Josh Likely the best NE style IPA outside of NE. It GOOOODDD. (Note - Josh's 1st review in ~69 years) Pete This tastes like Tree House. High praise. Ratings: Josh - 6 Shyoh's Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times DDH Oneida
West Coast IPA - 6.9% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Not what I expected from a DDH beer. I think this is the first one I've had that isn't hazy. A little bitter, and somewhat bracing-ly dank. A bit too much for me. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Decahex
Imperial Stout - 16.2% ABV Pete A little sweet, a little whiskey. I have no clue how, but this does not taste boozy. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Devil's Teeth (Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Barrel-Aged Coffee)
Old Ale - 11% ABV Pete This is incredible. It's stout-y. I haven't had the original (yet), but this has so much going on. Vanilla and coffee dominate the flavor, but there's also some nice toffee flavor in there. The only reason this isn't a 7 is because it literally cost twice as much the rest of the beers on the menu. Still, I'd rather have this than 2 of most other things. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Divergent Paths
Imperial New England IPA - 8.2% ABV Pete Collaboration with Burgeon (haven't had any of those as of 6/17/19). Super juicy IPA. A little bit creamy but mostly dominated by those citrus flavors. The flavor can be a bit overpowered by food, so enjoy this on its own. Don't forget to eat though, it's an imperial. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Doom Blade
Black IPA - 6.66% ABV Pete Solid west coast IPA with a little toastiness. Definitely more IPA than dark beer. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Dragon Drop
New England IPA - 6.7% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the left. Limey and dank, both pretty intense. Wouldn't expect those things to go together well, but they do. Damn good. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Dungeon Map
IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Drinkable, a little dank, kind of bitter. Good beer. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Elemental Magic: Mexican and Brazilian Guava
Sour Saison - 6.6% ABV Pete This beer ran me $15 at the bar (most were around $9-$11), but it was worth it. Relatively mild sour with tons of tropical fruit flavor (obviously from the guava, but I wouldn't be able to pinpoint that if I didn't already know). If this wasn't $15, it'd probably be a 7. Still, I'd rather have one of these than 2 of most a lot of other beers. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Elemental Magic: Oaked w/Persimmon
Sour - 7.3% ABV Pete Super funky, and heavily spiced tasting from the cardamom. I don't get much of the advertised maple flavor, but it doesn't need it. Excellent beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Elemental Magic: Raspberries & Blackberries
Sour Saison - 5.5% ABV Pete This tastes like mildly sour lightly carbonated grape juice at first, but maybe that's just because it looks like that and the raspberry gives you the sourness. Either way, I'd get it again. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Forest of Sight
Saison - 5.8% ABV Pete Pictured top left. This looks amazing - clearly tons of dark fruit. Unfortunately, the flavor kind of falls flat. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Fortunate Islands
Pale Ale - 5% ABV Pete Super light body and super citrusy. Dangerously drinkable. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Fruitlands (Passion Fruit & Guava)
Gose - 4.8% ABV Pete Really good, easy to drink gose. A touch fruity, a touch sour, a touch salty, good balance. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Fruitlands (Peach & Raspberry)
Gose - 5% ABV Pete Medium tartness with a touch of fruit. The raspberries are definitely a dominant fruit flavor here, and I love raspberries, so this is a winner for me. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Fruitlands (Sangria)
Gose - 4.8% ABV Pete Pictured top left. This came off a little flat. It's salty and fruity but missing either sweetness or tartness, or both. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Hedge Witch
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the right. Ultra-creamy and on the sweet side, with enough citrus to make that sweetness work. Really reminds me of Other Half. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Heirloom of Mystery
Sour - 12.1% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Reminds me of an Oud Bruin - there's a lot of complexity to the flavor of this beer. Unfortunately, it has about twice as much alcohol as it should. Overwhelmingly boozy. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Hello, Grapefruit
Session IPA - 5% ABV Pete Dangerously crushable. Perfect day drinking beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Hollow Mountain
Flanders Oud Bruin - 8.2% ABV Pete Delicious beer. Medium to high tartness with a touch of funk and a tiny hint of maltiness. Very good but extremely expensive. I would rate it higher if not for that last part, but it's still high. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Ice
Pilsner - 4.8% ABV Pete Pictured front-right. Very light and easy to drink. The perfect beer to start a long day of drinking just to warm up. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Infinite Patience
New England IPA - 6.8% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Solid beer. Hazy, light, super drinkable. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Infinite Verbosity: Schmernheim
Imperial Stout - 13.5% ABV Pete Very rich, pretty sweet, and definitely bourbon-y. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Looking Backward
Wild Ale - 7.1% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Flavor bomb. It's funky, it's sour, it's got some spice to it (like a saison). Excellent. Ratings: Pete -6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Mega Devil's Teeth: Double R Edition
Imperial Stout - 13.5% ABV Pete The cherry plus the bourbon booziness reminds me of an Old Fashioned. However, it's just too sweet to be truly great. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Mega Devil's Teeth: Mexican Hot Chocolate
Imperial Stout - 13.5% ABV Pete Pictured front left. This is awesome. It's rich, sweet, and spicy, but not too spicy to be overwhelming. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Mega Devil's Teeth: Mexican Hot Chocolate Extra Spicy
Imperial Stout - 13.5% ABV Pete This is actually less spicy than the original going down, but it definitely has more burn in the finish. Still drinkable and pretty darn good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Modem Tones: Espresso, Coconut, & Vanilla
Imperial Stout - 14.4% ABV Pete This is a big boy, and it is excellent. Sweet, but not crazy as it's balanced by the espresso. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Monsters' Park: Bourbon & Madeira Barrels
Imperial Stout - 14.2% ABV Pete Pictured bottom right. Super smooth. Chocolatey, rich, with some bourbon on the back end. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Monsters' Park: Singularity Edition
Imperial Stout - 14.2% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Super rich chocolate flavor, but it's too sweet for me. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times MT Pils
Pilsner - 4.8% ABV Pete Billed as a hazy pils. It doesn't taste (or look) hazy at all. That said, this is an excellent pilsner, and maybe the 'hazy' part is part of why. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times MT Ultra: Coffee Edition 2022
Imperial Stout - 12.6% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. Very tasty stout, but it's a little sweet for me. A little surprising given coffee in the name, but it's still good. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times MT10
Imperial New England IPA - 9% ABV Pete Pictured top right. Solid beer. A little fruity and a bit boozy. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Mythic Worlds
New England IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Pictured in front, second from the left. Lots of flavor - some dank, some citrus, some peppery. Really great beer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Nectarnomicon Blastberry
Berliner Weisse - 5% ABV Pete This is just a raspberry smoothie masquerading as a beer. Oh, and it has alcohol. I mean, look at that picture. It's so thick. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Nectarnomicon w/Strawberry, Orange, Peach, & Rhubarb
Berliner Weisse - 3.6% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the right. Super creamy and fruity. This is a fruit smoothie masquerading as a sour beer, in the best possible way. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times OMG Hazy
New England IPA - 7% ABV Pete Excellent super fruity IPA without any bitterness. Love this. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times One Million Tomorrows Syrah
Sour Saison - 8.4% ABV Pete Pictured front left. Really tart with a funky oaky vibe and loads of carbonation. It's a lot going on and it works together well. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Opinions of Reality: Ethan Billy
Barleywine - 12.9% ABV Pete Pretty sweet/syrupy beer with some hints of bourbon. Honestly, it could use more bourbon flavor, but it's still a solid dessert beer. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Oracle of the Bottle: Syrah
Saison - 7.3% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. This tastes like a funky wine. Given that funky wines are my favorite, that's a win for me. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Orderville
New England IPA - 7.2% ABV Pete Really good beer. Obviously hazy. A little on the mellow side flavor-wise, but what's there is delicious - nondescript citrus and a little piney in the finish. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Pause For Effect
Imperial New England IPA - 8% ABV Pete Pictured bottom right. Solid hazy that didn't blow me away, but to be fair to this beer, I drank it too warm. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Pescespada
Saison - 7.1% ABV Pete Collaboration with Almanac. I'm not a huge fan of this one. It's pretty funky, and I didn't get the tropical explosion that was described. Plus, it's super expensive. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Pharaoh Ascendant: Oatmeal Cookie Edition
Pastry Stout - 12.5% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. Definitely super tasty - everything from an oatmeal cookie is in the flavor, but it's also outrageously sweet. Definitely get a taster-size - it'll be too much beyond that. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Portal Dancer
Sour - 7.7% ABV Pete Pictured top middle/right. This beer is incredible. It's dark, syrupy and funky, with a tiny hint of tart. Excellent cherry beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Prometheus Effect 2020
Saison - 5.5% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the right. This is a pretty excellent mix of sour, funkiness, and spice. It's like halfway between a saison and a sour, with some extra funk pumped in there. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Proxima
New England IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Pictured front left. This beer looks great - super hazy with a nice head on it. The flavor is a tiny bit bitter, and more dank than citrus, so perfect for me. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Reality Welder
New England IPA - 6.7% ABV Pete This is just orange juice that happens to be alcoholic. So good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Rocket People
Pale Ale - 5.5% ABV Pete Collaboration with Ruse (haven't had any of those as of 8/30/21). Damn good hazy pale ale. Light body with passion fruit and lime flavors coming through. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Singular Rhythms w/Boysenberry & Blackcurrant
Saison - 5.5% ABV Pete Pictured 2nd from the left. Really damn good saison. It's funky and spicy, and just enough hint of fruit to balance it - definitely wouldn't call this a fruit beer by any means. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Soft Swerve: Banana Coconut Sundae
Imperial Pastry Stout - 13.9% ABV Pete This is extremely sweet, yet I still like it. I think the banana flavor makes the sweetness play well. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Space Ways
New England IPA - 6.7% ABV Pete Pictured bottom right. Really light bodied beer with a lot of melon flavor. Maybe a hint of funk too. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Star Metal
Berliner Weisse - 5.5% ABV Pete This is the pink one in the picture. I thought it tasted like ginger, but I guess it was hibiscus, which makes sense, because it reminds me of drinking tea. Really tasty, but not super sour. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times The Fruitening Part 2 w/Plum, Blueberry, Boysenberry, Black Currants & Zinfandel Grapes
Sour - 6.4% ABV Pete Served like wine, and reminds me of a dry rosé. Also a touch sour. Delightful. Pretty expensive, but worth it. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Tiempos De Fortuna
Cold IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Really, really drinkable. Light and smooth goes down easy. I don't notice the lime that's supposedly in it, but I have to imagine that helped the drinkability. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Trend Laser
New England IPA - 6.5% ABV Pete Pictured bottom right. Dank and earthy with a medium body. Pretty easy to drink and really darn good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Wizard Blend 2022
Imperial Stout - 13.6% ABV Pete Pictured on the left (the small one). There's a lot going on, and the flavor changes with each sip. The most obvious flavors are bourbon and milk chocolate, but there's so much more, and it's hard to do this beer justice. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Modern Times Zipline
West Coast IPA - 6.5% ABV Pete Pictured top middle. Super dank - doesn't work as well with the west coast as it does with NEIPA's. It's good, but the bitter/dank combo is a little bit weird. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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