About
Moa Brewing Company is an independent, family owned and multi-award winning brewery from Marlborough, New Zealand.
Founded in 2003, Moa is one of the pioneers of craft beer in NZ and continue to produce a broad range of beers and ciders from the original brew site on Jackson’s Road, just outside of Blenheim.
Founded in 2003, Moa is one of the pioneers of craft beer in NZ and continue to produce a broad range of beers and ciders from the original brew site on Jackson’s Road, just outside of Blenheim.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
4. 375ml bottle from Left Field Beer. 2016 vintage. Pours hazy peach with no head. Aroma is barnyard, funk, cherry. Taste is heavy sweet, barnyard, cherry, lemon. A stringent finish. Full bodied. Pretty cool but not really my kind of thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2023
at 20:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2016 vintage. 375mL bottle at Mikkeller Brewpub London, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with white wine grape skins, gentle funk, and oak. Flavour is not a lambic at all, but there's a real nice white wine character, followed by white wine vinegar, and a touch of oak. Somewhat wild character, but there's a bit too much acetic character. Smells better than it tastes. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2023
at 22:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
375ml bottle as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective. Yellowish pink and cloudy with a ring of white head. Tart mothball notes with loads of fresh cherries. More tartness in the taste, really fresh with berry, champagne vinegar. Medium to long finish with spritzy carbonation. Really simple but all the more effective for it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2023
at 22:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
375ml bottle as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home. Pours white gold, clear, some visible carbonation and a small ring of white head. Big Sauv Blanc aromas: gooseberry and white grape with some musty funk. Exceedingly tart taste, more white grape here, leading to a big sour finish. Spritzy carbonation. Exceptional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2023
at 09:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Republic. Clear amber with a tiny off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, vitamin pills, barnyard, light cherry and wood. Flavor is medium sweet and rather acidic. Dry and rather acidic finish. 080522
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2022
at 13:17
7/10
Highly carbonated. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2021
at 14:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. It's been in my beer fridge for a while, so it probably has five years of age on it. Poured almost black in colour with a short-lived, frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, oak and boozy alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smoky, roasty, light chocolate, light dry coffee, liqourice, dry oaky, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2021
at 16:19
7/10
Hapu, viinamarjane, happeline, veinine, kuiv, nats nisune. Lõpp on veits vesine. Veits liiga happelise poole kaldu minu jaoks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2021
at 16:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Corked and caged bottle pour (BB 24 7 14!!!, wow, I knew they sold some old bottles but that's ridiculous!) from Fort Point Market. It's a hazy golden yellow with a fine mist of floaties, nice sparkle, thin cap of white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong cherry (a bit like Life Savers or cough syrup) and wheat with a smidge of funky tart. Taste is strong cherry cough syrup with funky tart aspect. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and crisp finish as taste. Overall, the aroma was OK but taste over the top cough syrup. Though quite old, did not seem to vary much from three most recent reviews. Not my bag.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2021
at 04:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Stas' place. 2016 bottle. Slightly hazy golden. Funky, manure, white wine, oak, fruitiness, sour, a bit lemony. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2021
at 21:22