Moonlight
Arkell's Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.06
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Brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Peter Arkell OBE, father of present chairman James. Specially called 'Moonlight' in commemoration of Peter's missions flying low-level sorties over France in 1943, picking up agents in central occupied France during the full moon period.
This beer has been brewed using a special blend of malts and English Fuggles and Susan hops to give a beautiful golden colour, lingering taste and toasty aroma.
This beer has been brewed using a special blend of malts and English Fuggles and Susan hops to give a beautiful golden colour, lingering taste and toasty aroma.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bright golden brown body under a thin layer. Pleasant aroma of biscuit malts. Light spicy hops in flavour with a vague caramel malty support and some notes of berries. Dry bitter end (gravicask at Reading BF, sampled with Finn, 02.05.2008).
Tried
from Cask
on 15 May 2008
at 02:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium amber color with a small, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, moderate yeasty, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2007
at 05:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Deep golden colour, not much head. Aroma is caramel malts, hops and some bitterness. Flavour is sour hops, caramel malts and some grass. The palate is rather dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2007
at 02:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cak at the Red Lion, Kempsford, Gloucestershire 09-06-07. Poured amber coloured with great clarity. Aroma fruity and floral, tasted very pleasant with good maltiness touch sweet maybe but bitterness also good.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2007
at 01:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask conditioned at the Victoria, Eastleach Gloucs 8/5/2007. Deep gold colour with slight head. This had a lot more hops than other Arkells beers, meaning the pint was better balanced with grassy notes to complement the caramel malt. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2007
at 14:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, amber golden with an off-white head leaving laces. Nutty aroma. Medium body with a dry malt base and some nutty accents. A light fruitiness. The finish is dry and fairly bitter. Quite OK. 230107
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2007
at 13:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at County Hotel (JDW) Ashford. Golden colour, with flowery hoppy nose, caramel in mouth with astringent flowery hops on end. Some lemony hoppy citric acidity, some earthiness. Interesting
Tried
from Cask
on 24 May 2005
at 03:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Deep golden, rich head. Hay like hops accompanied by a pleasant, soft malt back bone. Dry. Balanced bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2004
at 14:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Light amber color. Very nice hoppy aroma. Unfortunately the body is too thin, just bearing some light hop.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2004
at 07:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
An amber beer with a fine though disappearing head. The aroma is of yeast, oranges, and is rather bitter. The flavor is of oranges with a very dry nice bitter end. A nice bitter in a bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2004
at 04:02