Moonlight Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Santa Rosa,
California,
United States πΊπΈ
Associated Venue: Moonlight Brewing Company
Established in 1992
Contact
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated November 20, 2020. Aroma is malt forward with quite a bit of toasted bread, roast and lighter chocolate notes. Light caramel and toffee notes. Medium light hop notes, grassy, herbal and some light citrus notes. Hints of alcohol. Pours back with dark brown hues on the edges and a large, thick, pillowy, light mocha head that shows nice retention as it slowly recedes to a small film that lingers. High amount of lacing and faint legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with fairly strong malt notes. Lots of toasted bread, roast, chocolate and lighter toffee and caramel notes. Medium bitterness and light alcohol spice. Moderate hop notes that are herbal and a bit spicy with light grassy notes and hints of pine and citrus. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid beer. Lots of wet hop character with quite a bit of malt notes as well. I'm not sure if this is different than their other tipple, but the other listings don't mention wet hopping.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2020
at 07:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated October 30, 2020. Aroma is a balanced blend of malt and hops with hints of alcohol. Moderate cracker malt notes, caramel and toasted bread notes. Notes of grapefruit, pine resin, and solid fresh hop notes. Pours a rather clear, copper color with a medium sized, fairly thick, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Flavor is somewhat sweet with moderate malt notes of cracker, caramel and toasted bread. Moderately strong bitterness with hints of alcohol. Moderately strong pine resin, grapefruit and fresh hop character. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid wet hop ale. Good hop character with quite a bit of malt notes to balance it all.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2020
at 03:44
8/10
Hint of tobacco upfront, dark chocolate, caramel as well, nice flavor packed up front, perfect body, tight finish with a lingering caramel. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2020
at 21:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated October 15, 2020. Aroma is malt forward with loads of roast and lighter chocolate notes. Light toasted bread, caramel and toffee notes. Light herbal, spicy hop notes and a hint of alcohol. Pours black with a medium large, thick, pillowy, dark tan head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Flavor is somewhat sweet with moderately strong roast notes and lighter chocolate, caramel and toffee notes. Hints of ash and leather. Medium to medium high bitterness and hints of alcohol. Light spicy, herbal hop notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid dark lager. A bit bigger and bolder than the standard dark lager, but it works pretty well. I think I prefer Death & Taxes more than this, but it's still really good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Nov 2020
at 02:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours clear, light, bright gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma of pale grain and slight cracker. Hint of grassy hop. Heading for med body. Flavor is pale grain and something like sushi rice more than crackery malt. It has a sharp hoppiness that seems grassy. It's quite dry and nicely bitter. Very clean.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2020
at 23:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
can. Pours clear butterscotch, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, hints of grains. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium body. Not bad at all
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2020
at 00:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 16 oz can dated August 6, 2020. Aroma is malt forward with lots of toasted bread and lighter notes of caramel, biscuit and toffee. Hints of chocolate, roast and nuts. Faint herbal hop note. Pours dark brown with some auburn and amber hues on the edges with a medium large, thick, creamy tan head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Moderately high lacing and no legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with fairly strong malt notes. Lots of biscuit, toasted bread and crackers notes with lighter caramel and toffee. Faint chocolate and roast notes. Moderate bitterness with light herbal, spicy hop notes. Hints of alcohol. Mouthfeel is light bodied and a bit crisp with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid lager. Tons of dark, toasted malt character with balanced bitterness and hop character. Fairly crisp for all the malt character.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2020
at 00:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
can. Pours clear reddish black, large creamy tan head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is roast, hints of smoke, ash, leather, tobacco. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, hint of smoke, super roasty. Medium body, lingering bitterness. Nice
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2020
at 22:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours translucent orange/gold with a slight, transient white head. Aroma is mixed fruits - mostly citrus, with some pale malt support. For 3.9% it surprisingly wants to be dank. Flavor is light malt supporting citrus/pine, floral, and seemingly green melon. Lots of flavor considering the ABV. In the finish there's an unusual flavor reminding me of wild rice.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2020
at 00:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours clear hazel with a large off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is earthy, roast, dates, biscuit, floral notes, noble hop. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Light body. Pretty xolid.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2020
at 15:46