Moa Brewing Company Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

 

Moa Brewing Company in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  Stout - Smoked Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 10.2% IBU: 100 Ticks: 60
Moa Imperial Stout is a very strong, upfront and rich beer hopped to over 100 IBUs. Aged with French oak, this beer not only displays coffee, mocha and smoked cedar characters but also some sweet and savoury notes unique to Moa Imperial Stout. A great beer to cellar and age.

Tasting Notes

Moa Imperial Stout is a very strong, bold upfront and rich offering of a famous beer style. Aged with French Oak, this beer not only displays coffee and mocha charters but also some sweet and spicy notes. A tannin like finish and an oak induced mellow bitterness makes it a serious stout. Moa Imperial Stout is best served just below room temperature in a tulip glass.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. It's been in my beer fridge for a while, so it probably has five years of age on it. Poured almost black in colour with a short-lived, frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, oak and boozy alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smoky, roasty, light chocolate, light dry coffee, liqourice, dry oaky, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 16:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Countdown outside Christchurch airport, at hotel in Queenstown. Black pour with light tan head. Very straightforward big stout. Bitter roasted coffee and chocolate. Dry-ish. Palate isn’t too thick. Wouldn’t get again.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2020 at 10:44


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in Wanaka lake view campground. Black with dark beige head. Chocolate, red wine, thick sweet toffee malts, blackberries, light black currants too, bitter grassy hops, earthy, light soy sauce (the one with palm sugar), mocca. Quite sweet with nice balancing bitterness. Full bodied wit creamy feel. Quite nice, especially considering this costs the same as some random pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2018 at 09:32


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at Moa Tiki, Singapore. Black with rich beige head. Woody nose with licorice and coffee. Rather dry with full body and dense, packed mouthfeel. Salmiak and espresso, some dark bitter chocolate. Really bitter finish. Staying dry and fairly elegant despite massive flavours.

Tried on 16 Mar 2018 at 11:19


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

A black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has liquorice, sweet and toffeeish maltyness, some chocolate and vanilla, hint of alcohol from barrel. Taste has liquorice, coffee, roastiness, storng bitterness that's nicely drying the sweetness. Almost full bodied, smooth. Good beer but more could be expected from the IS.

Tried on 14 Sep 2017 at 13:23


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle thanks to Sean. Pours out dark brown topped with a tan head. Nose is good not like the wine barrel version that was a total mess roast malts coffee. Taste is more of the roast malts nice coffee and chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2017 at 16:40


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Pours black. Smoke, oak, vanilla, cherry, raspberry, dates, touch of spice. Medium body with heavy carbonation. Nice complex stout with plenty of character from the oak. Really nice and at a crazy low price. Normally I wouldn’t mention things like that, but this bottle cost me $6!!!

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2017 at 04:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From a 500ml bottle on 19/2/2017 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours close to black with a medium to big head. The nose features chocolate, basement and booze notes. Flavour wise, it starts out with sweet chocolate, some caramel and lots of roast/burnt malt, and some oak, which is followed b a distinct bitter/sour finish, which lingers in the mouth. The texture is creamy and the carbonation moderate. Not too dusty, but just a touch harsh at the back to really hit the spot..

Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2017 at 01:02


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty licorice chocolate aroma. Roasted malty licorice chocolate oaky flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate licorice finish with oaky hints.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 14:49


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

On tap at The Institution, Christchurch. Black as.....bro. Fluffy tan head. Good lacing. Chocolate malt nose. Velvet mouthfeel. Dark fruit, berries, dark chocolate, caramel, cookie dough....a lot of good stuff. Really interesting and serious late-night sipping stuff.

Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2016 at 07:03