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

Hazy, thick head. Pale amber. Floral, fruity aroma. The base is fairly sweet with a somewhat phenolic, unclean ferm. Well, that’s distracting.

Tried on 20 Dec 2022 at 05:10


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Beautiful, bright light amber colour, hazy, with large head, compact. It smells a bit like Brett. It's moderately sweet, fruity (stone fruit), acidity, Brett, red wine very light acetic; this has developed a bit too much, in the wrong direction, but somehow it's a drinkable, refreshing beer.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2022 at 20:57


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

Poured from 650mL bottle. Hazy amber with small light beige head. Lots of acidic brett on the nose. Taste is brett, slightly acectic, with some very feint barrel notes and just a hint of coriander. Mostly, the brett has just taken over though.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2022 at 02:33


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

22oz shared with Ryan @ Alex's. Appearance: hazy pale copper with a huge head. Aroma: Brett, some nail polisher, acetic, fruity notes. Taste: along the same lines, quite acetic and acidic. Overall: this one is definitely infected.

Tried on 11 Dec 2022 at 02:29


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can, pours a cloudy bright golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out pungent citrusy and tangy hops, and crisp crackery malt. Flavour is bitter and tangy, with lots of citrus and tangy hops, nicely bitter pine, and crisp crackery malt. Almost drinks more like an IPA. Very good.

Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2022 at 16:04


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

On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney, earthy hops, and crisp biscuity malt with a bit of acidity/salinity. Flavour is pretty muddled, with earthy hops and biscuity malt. Somewhat acidic and saline-y. It's fine but pretty lame in the hop department.

Tried from Draft on 19 Nov 2022 at 07:09


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

Poured from the tap. Dark brown with minimal off white head. Mild chocolate, hint of orange, feint tartness, thin body. Not terrible, but it’s difficult to find the redeeming factors here.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2022 at 07:28


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can
Blond colour, more hazy than cloudy, but dull. Mild aroma of alcohol, manure, pine. Good structure, it has light residual sweetness, some faint but weird acidity, too much bitterness, and some vegetable note.
It's not bad, but it's weird.

Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2022 at 07:13


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

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 25.08.2022). Hazy golden orange with small white head. Earthy bread malt, slightly doughy, citrusy hops with a hint of pine. Okay, but muddy.

Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2022 at 06:08


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

473mL can, pours a hazy bright orange with a huge white head. Aroma brings out lots of alcohol, citrus hops, some pine cones, and earthy bready malt. Flavour is fairly juicy, with lots of bitter citrus zest, piney hops, some juicy stone fruits, and alcohol. Somewhat gritty and rough, but it certainly picks a hoppy punch, with plenty of citrusy bitterness and alcohol. Good but a bit rough.

Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2022 at 03:10