Five Hop
Moa Brewing Company in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.67
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Moa Five Hop is a New Zealand take on a traditional English ale. A range of Nelson Hops including Cascade, Pacifica, Motueka, Hallertau and Sauvin give Moa Five Hop a savoury, hoppy nose and creamy, honeyed characters on the palate. A well-balanced companion to any meal.
Tasting Notes
Moa Five Hop Winter Ale utilises pilsner, Vienna, Munich and crystal malts to produce a distinctive mouth feel and flavour. New Zealand grown B Saaz and Hallertau aroma hops are used to produce an ale with an extremely high bitterness. An English ale yeast completes this ‘Brewer’s Beer’. Moa Five Hop is a strong ale fermented at warm temperatures to maximise aromatic and floral aromas. The English ale yeast provides a low apparent attenuation and sweeter finish. Bottle conditioned, Moa Five Hop will age well. Moa Five Hop is best served at approximately 9-11˚C in a tulip glass.
Awards
Gold – Australian Intl. Beer Awards
Silver – Australian Intl. Beer Awards
Bronze – Brewing Industry Intl. Awards
Tasting Notes
Moa Five Hop Winter Ale utilises pilsner, Vienna, Munich and crystal malts to produce a distinctive mouth feel and flavour. New Zealand grown B Saaz and Hallertau aroma hops are used to produce an ale with an extremely high bitterness. An English ale yeast completes this ‘Brewer’s Beer’. Moa Five Hop is a strong ale fermented at warm temperatures to maximise aromatic and floral aromas. The English ale yeast provides a low apparent attenuation and sweeter finish. Bottle conditioned, Moa Five Hop will age well. Moa Five Hop is best served at approximately 9-11˚C in a tulip glass.
Awards
Gold – Australian Intl. Beer Awards
Silver – Australian Intl. Beer Awards
Bronze – Brewing Industry Intl. Awards
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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Extremely musty pear nose, like a damp, dusty, web covered basement. Cloudy orange, enormous sticky yellow head. Slightly smoky, malty bitterness, walnuts. English style, session beer. Not as sweet as some, alcohol subtle.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2012
at 17:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, 11C. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma of honey, biscuit, lemon, spices, nectarines. Sweet with caramel, biscuits and some stone fruit before a sharply spicy bitter finish. Carbonation is far too high and adds some unwelcome astringency.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2011
at 03:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy copper pour with a sticky, thick lace - nose is relatively sweet and yeasty/doughy, with notes tropical fruit and peppery hops - low carbonation, creamy mouthfeel - a sturdy malt base makes things a bit sweet at first, but in the long run, this makes way for some strong, spicy hops character, moderate bitteness, and fairly high, citric/grapefruit acidity - a bit and orange and cherry through the finish - some hints of oxidation leave a slightly "stale" feeling on the tongue, but otherwise this is pretty tasty - would like to try a super fresh sample (why the heck would they recommend you age this?)
Tried
on 03 Nov 2010
at 20:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, probably from Pizza Port Bottle Shop. Pours amber with a 2 finger foamy off-white head. Aroma is quite floral. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is very floral, and it covers mild roast caramel. There is enough non-floral hop to render a mildly harsh bitter, but it’s largely floral. Finishes bitter. There’s a lot of malt here, but the hop handles it well. I really like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2010
at 19:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy, rich orange coloured, amber tinted body with a super thick dense tan head - this beer is beautiful, albeit with a very thick head! Aroma of fresh hops, malt, caramel, alcohol, oranges and a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied; Very effervescent mouthful with a potent hop kick, a pleasant malt backbone and a very noticeable belgian or german style yeast that lasts on the palate. Aftertaste has quite the punch - a lot of caramel and malt with a little hops still resident. Sweetness dominates the finish though. Overall, a nice beer - I definitely wouldn’t classify this as an APA, more of a Belgian Ale to me at least. Perhaps mine is a different batch - my label reads ABV at 6.2%. Regardless, I’m happy to sample this beer after bringing it back halfway across the world, and cellaring it for a year! I sampled this 375 mL split bottle purchased from New World Grocery store in Auckland, New Zealand on 20-July-2008, sampled at home in Washington on 06-August-2009.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2009
at 02:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, thanks TimE! Mahogany colour. Caramelly and resiny. Medium bodied with deep, deep layers of caramel. More tar and citrus, mostly toffee and caramel. Lingering but careful bitterness. More warming than refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2009
at 10:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown color. Madeira, dry cherries, dried apricots in the nose. Big malty backbone that is bigger than the 5.5% suggests. Hop bitterness is subdued. Lots of fruitiness that doesn’t blow me away.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 23:42
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Bottle 37,5 cl) Pours a slightly hazy golden with a tall and lively off-white head. Somewhat unclean fruity and hoppy aroma. Medium body with an almost violent carbonation. Lightly sweet caramel and a lightly fruity touch also. Dry and lightly bitter finish. 250308
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2008
at 16:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. An unclear amber beer with a lazing orange head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy combined with spices and elderberries as well as lighter notes of bisquites and caramel. The flavor is sweet and very hoppy combined with notes of fruit, caramel, and elderberries, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for supplying this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2008
at 12:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy amber with large off white head. Sweet fruity, vegy and herbal aroma with hoppy notes. Sweet vegy flavor with spicy and rubber notes. Ends bitter.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2008
at 14:15