Moon Under Water Brewery

Brewpub in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Moon Under Water Brewery - Out of business

Closed in 2025

Contact
350 Bay Street, Victoria, V8T 1P7, Canada
Description
Rebranded under new ownership as Brass Monkey Brewing Co.

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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Deep brown, lasting tan head. Pleasant nose of light roast/brown sugar. Dry roast malt palate, brown sugar notes. Thin as expected. Great lace

Tried on 07 May 2024 at 01:21


7

Very nice hefe. Banana clove clear.

Tried on 22 Apr 2024 at 04:20


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(notes from Nov 18, 2023 because RB wouldn't log in) Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Marshmallow, slightly thin, a bit one note golden stout. Average.

Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2023 at 23:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(notes from Nov 18, 2023 because RB wouldn't log in) Poured from the tap. Very lightly hazed yellow with small white head. Feint kiwi, timid and boring.

Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2023 at 23:19


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(notes from Nov 18, 2023 because RB wouldn't log in) Poured from the tap. Clear blonde with small white head. Clean, slightly doughy malt, needs more hops. Just okay.

Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2023 at 23:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(notes from Nov 18, 2023 because RB wouldn't log in) Poured from the tap. Hazed blonde gold with small white head. Something slightly muddled about this, but still okay. Extremely feint passionfruit character with some pine and lactose.
Earlier Rating: 7/15/2021 Total Score: 2.7
Poured from the tap. Cloudy yellow with small white head. Vanilla, lacto, very light passionfruit and a touch of generic hops. Messy.

Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2023 at 23:17


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Brown, tan head. Alcoholic peppermint nose. Thin bodied, peppermint with vague malt. Not much here

Tried on 29 Nov 2023 at 02:00


4.8
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Looks like ass. Oxygen in the brew so it'�s dull, darkish, just awful colour for an IPA. Surprised they actually released this. Smell is random fruitiness. Some bitterness, vague everything, like you know the ferm was fucked so why put it on the market? I want my fucking money back.

Tried on 29 Oct 2023 at 01:24


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dullish pale amber, medium head but it's weak. Very bitter, a bit fruity. Ends up halfway balanced, even though it probably shouldn't. Not gonna lie, this would have been much better six months fresher.

Tried on 16 Jul 2023 at 04:33


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a deep dark mahogany with lots of red tints and a pink-tinged head. Aroma brings out a big dose of lacto, some funky bugs, lactose, and of course dark cherries. Flavour is full on cherry-forward, with loads of lactose, plenty of oak, and subdued bugginess. Why put lactose in this?!?! There's some nice cherry, some oak, even some nice bugs… why ruin it by sweetening it with lactose? Very puzzling decision to do it this way. There's a good beer under here, but, released in its current form, it is not optimal. And lambic-style? Embarrassing that this could be called anything approaching that territory. Get rid of the lactose and this might be good.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2023 at 04:35