Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle in Hongkong. Very dry and smooth brew. Roasted espresso, dark dry malt, intense. Hints of honey without the typical sweetness. Great depth, fresh but viscous. Great moderate bitter but roasted fresh aftertaste. Great complexity!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle at the Pawn, Hongkong. Bottle No 148, Batch No 6. Smooth floral bitterness, fresh, malty-dry, smooth. Floral body with sourish hints, fresh and dry. Smooth and floral with malty bitter hints. Great and smooth. The aftertaste is fresh, bitter sourish, malty and dry with hints of bitterness.
Erzengel (18597) reviewed The Pawn's Pale Ale from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at The Pawn, Hongkong. Batch No. 9, bottle no. 200. Malty fresh, smooth. Nice floral hops, fresh and fruity-smooth, hints of dryer malt, Nice round and smooth, dry and floral. Nice malty dry and moderate bitter aftertaste with a nice floral hoppiness.
Erzengel (18597) reviewed The Pawn's Colonial IPA from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle at the Pawn, Hongkong. Batch No 8, bottle No. 20. Smooth and fresh beginning. Floral, smooth. Mild and fresh body, a bit grainy. Floral hops with hints of sweetness. Not too intense sweetish but nice and floral. Moderate bitter in the aftertaste, fresh, but not too intense. Nice.
Erzengel (18597) reviewed Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) IPA from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle directly from the brewery. Great floral nose. The beer starts smooth and floral, not too bitter with a sweetish body and a fruity hoppiness. Not too bitter, but a bit sweetish. Round and fresh. Nice IPA!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle directly from the brewery. Smooth and floral fresh in the beginning. Malty, smooth. Slightly dry but fresh. Easy to drink, floral hoppy with pine, nice malt, dry and not too much bitterness. Round and smooth. Nice.
Erzengel (18597) reviewed Thundergod (雷公) from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle in Hongkong directly from the brewery. Fresh smooth and great tropical nose. The beer starts fresh and fruity. Lots of fresh and intense tropical fruit - mango, pineapple, passion fruit. Not too sticky. The body is smooth and not too sweet and let’s the hops in the foreground. Great floral fruity aftertaste with not too much bitterness. Round and great! Fruity deep and still easy to drink. Great stuff!!
Erzengel (18597) reviewed Yuzu IPA from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle in Hongkong directly from the brewery. Great floral nose - lots of fruity hops. Intense piney sticky beginning. Great fresh deep hops. Lots of pine, sticky hops, intense on a smooth malty but not too intense body that let the hops in the foreground. Great floral sticky and smooth bitter aftertaste with citrus Yuzu-hints. Nice, fresh and citrus floral. Great stuff!!
TimE (11144) reviewed Thundergod (雷公) from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Definitely English in style and to be fair, I drank this at the end of a long session, so I probably lost some of the subtleties. Overall, not poorly made, but just not that exciting.
TimE (11144) reviewed The Pawn's Colonial IPA from Moonzen Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
very light body with some pineapples and caramel note. A bit too sharp. Light body. Ok