Moonlight (Bottle)
(Batch of Moonlight)
Arkell's Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.22
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Brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Arkell's Chairman, Peter Arkell OBE. 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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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Color: Clear amber, off-white head. Aroma: Floral hop, bread. Taste: Floral hop, caramel malt, bread. Lightly citrus fruit. Hints of dark and roasted malt. Moderate sweet, over moderate bitterness. Medium body, below average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2026
at 14:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Ocado. Malty aroma with some sourness. Light chestnut. Foamy off-white head. Light bitter. Sour berry edge. Underlying caramel. Light-medium bodied. Thin but lifted by the fizzy-average carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Fine. Standard fruity ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2019
at 15:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(From May 2016). Amber pour with a white head. Apricot and tangerine aroma. Flavours of sweet citrus, vanilla. Not bad.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2018
at 20:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle, from an unrecorded sourced. Poured amber/brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, and light fruit. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2017
at 04:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle into a UK pint sleeve at home on 29th Sep 2016. Light amber body, white head. Mild malty aroma and taste with some mixed fruity esters alongside in the nose. Flavour wise there is a caramel feel with a slight sweet fruitiness. Overall it is semi-sweet and both malty and fruity: decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2016
at 17:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice honeyish aromatic and slightly roasted aroma. Amber, low offwhite head. Medium body, chewy, spicy finish. Nice balance, pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2015
at 09:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber-red, next to no head. Crisp but a touch thin, it has a light but pleasant sweetness throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2014
at 13:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from ASDA. Amber with a decent, if short-lived, off-white head. Aroma of sweet malts, red fruits and a touch of toffee. Flavour had plenty of caramel, slightly bready malts and a gently bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2012
at 05:02
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, cardboard, paper, herbs. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, caramel - toffee, cardboard - paper. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20120807]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2012
at 13:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled@chriso. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, grainy, floral and some slight caramel and herbs. Flavour is quite similar with grains and metallic notes being quite strong. Floral and earthy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2012
at 08:21