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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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a hazy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is restrained, with a dry, earthy character upfront and dry bread. Flavour is soft and dry, with an earthy bready character and gentle bitterness from the hops. Dry, bready finish. Not very interesting—pretty lame hop expression.

Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2021 at 00:46


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

650 ml bottle. Pours a hazy yellow amber with moderate head. Aromas of coriander, earthy bananas and wheaty malts. Flavors follow same with a bit of white pepper. Lacking a a bit of depth as a Belgian classic but pretty much right on IMHO. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2021 at 01:05


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

Poured from 650mL bottle. Clear gold with white head. Berry and light tropical notes (mostly feint coconut), mild grapefruit hop. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2021 at 07:52


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

500ml @ Ryan's. Appearance: hazy pale golden with almost no head. Aroma: a mix of different tropical fruits. Taste: almost no carbo, low acidity, quite juicy. Overall: meh.

Tried on 18 Mar 2021 at 03:09


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

Poured from 500mL bottle. Cloudy gold with minimal white head. Lots of tropical fruit notes, hint of passionfruit. Slightly flat carbonation. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2021 at 03:06


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

Cloudy gold with a small white head. Flowery tropical notes. Tropical notes, a bit muddy, touch of sour notes. Passion peeks out more than any other fruit but a bit indistinct.

Tried from Bottle from The Gull Liquor Store on 18 Mar 2021 at 03:03


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

500mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of kiwi and other tropical fruits—I don't get the passionfruit. There's some tart wine barrel notes too and floral hops. Flavour is tart and fruity, but rather jumbled and of puzzling character. I don't really get any specific fruits, nor a wine character. This is puzzling. Not bad but it doesn't seem to really nail what it's going for. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2021 at 03:02


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

Poured from the tap. Copper red with small off-white head. Tart cherry and wine barrel with a bit of cheerios underlying everything, mild alcohol.

Tried from Draft on 16 Mar 2021 at 03:25


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

Poured from the tap. Clear, reddish gold with minimal off white head. Pretty sure this is just raspberry juice with a hint of generic malt...

Tried from Draft on 18 Jan 2021 at 05:07


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

500mL bottle, pours a dark rusted red with a large, but rapidly diminishing, white head. Nose brings out some Cheerios on the nose (THP off-flavour), tart berries, and diminished port—but the Cheerios are too prominent. Flavour is a mix of THP/Cheerios, moderately tart cherries, and subtle wine barrels. The alcohol is felt but isn't too impeding. The THP is clearly not optimal, but it's also not offensive. Pleasant stuff but needs some cleaning up.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2021 at 05:44