hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Wheat Beer from Moo Brew 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap. Mild aroma of lemon, bread, cloves, vanilla. Light bodied, slightly bready, some sourish tang, mild spicy finish. Pleasant, refreshing beer that is just a bit too subtle and a bit watery. Like their pale ale, I would have liked this a lot more if it had been the same but more so.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Stout from Moo Brew 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap, StK Local Taphouse. Black, dark tan head has sticky lacing. Aroma is of moderate amounts of dark roast, licorice, bitter chocolate, vanilla, coffee and a little woodsmoke. The aroma is nice enough, but rather restrained. Its taste is less restrained, with roasted bitterness, cocoa and lots of vanilla. Very lovely silky texture. There’s no real fruit character (which is why, even though it was listed as imperial stout and there were distinct wood notes, I’m guessing this was not the barrel-aged version). Not sweet at all. A very long, moderately bitter finish is hoppy as well as roasted and has some salt. Tap, Hart’s Pub. 8.5%ABV. Black with a small but dense tan head. Aroma of chocolate, burnt toffee, bourbon, oak, citrus, pine. Sweetness in the taste countered by quite a lot of hop bitterness. Alcohol well hidden. Intense but not brash. Fine beer.
Davros (5279) reviewed Wheat Beer from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pours hazy pale amber with a large slowly fading head.Nose shows loads of doughy wheat with plenty of cloves in the background. Very refreshing.Flavours are dominated by more doughy wheat, but there’s also an off-putting grainy note. Some grassy out-of-place hops are present, almost seeming skunky.Body is watery with high carbonation.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Pale Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy gold, an inch of bright off-white head. Some lacing. Honeyed citrus aroma. Somewhat fizzy mouthfeel. A soft, gentle and moody APA. Deserves rather than demands attention. Subtle and balanced. Could stay that way with slightly more assertive bitterness.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Dark Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Chriso’s Kook Tasting 09. Dark brown, lasting beige. Decent mild. Some hop. It’s ok.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dark Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle. Pours burnt toffee with a well-retained soft beige head. Lacing all the way down the glass. Burnt sugars, piney hops, brewed coffee and berries. Taste is coffee, cocoa and nuts. Has a full yeasty mouthfeel. I’m not getting either the thinness or sweetness that some others here have reported - mine’s dry and quite rich. It was at the porter end of brown ale. It would seem that this one has been a bit all over the shop, but this bottle is very good. [3.7]Bottle. Dark brown with a huge beige head. Aroma of singed dark sugars, grass, coffee and pine. Excessively carbonated. Taste is dry with coffee and cocoa, light roasted malt, a little pine. Some overt bitterness at the end. Good once I got most of the bubbles out.
Davros (5279) reviewed Pale Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Caramel amber pour with a small fading head.Loads of fresh pungent hops first up on the nose, with citrus underneath as well as some tangy lemon. Sweet clean malt follows with some faint caramel.Lots of caramel flavours, followed by a green citrusy hop finish.Medium-rich body, nice light carbonation.Very refreshing.
theisti (5540) reviewed Wheat Beer from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330 ml bottle courtesy of alagnak. This was lableed as Moo Brew Hefeweizen, I assume this is the beer. Pour is couldy yellow golden with a frothy 1 1/2 inch white head. Aroma of mild banana fruit and bubble gum sweetness. Both express in a pretty generic hefe manner. The wheat is present, though also subdued. Taste is a bunch of sweet banana up front, almost an unnatural banana sweet, then it turns a touch citric, then it gives in to the mineral earthy wheat. The tail end of this beer was actually pretty nice, if it wasn’t overpowered by the sweet banana up front. The yeast turns a bit dirty in the finish, with a weird dirty clove thing going on. Palate is medium to full, though still quite easy drinking. Thanks for hauling this one back and sending it my way Chris.
theisti (5540) reviewed Pale Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330 ml bottle from alagnak. Pour is heavy haze golden darker yellow with a nice two inch white head that falls with nice patchy lacing. Aroma of mineral earthy slight resin ane pineapple citrus hop. Taste is dirty mineral earthiness with nutty malt and the resin and citrus hop. Nice balance between the malt and hop. Palate is medium to light, mid carbonation. Finish is flinty, sharp mineral (bordering on metallic) and dry. Palate highlights the very unfiltered nature of this one. I really loved the bottle shape on this. Thanks for thinking of me during your travels Chris.
Davros (5279) reviewed Dark Ale from Moo Brew 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark copper pour, small chalky head. I’ve never seen such a contrast between the head and the actual beer.Aroma is hop-centred: grapefruit and green/grassy notes. I’m guessing there was a fair whack of dry hopping. Some toasty/nutty/caramel notes are present in the background.Flavour is more malt oriented: toasty, almost roasted, with some more nutty hints. Some green hops present. The mix of hoppy/roasted bitterness lingers. A bit thin.Both body and carbonation are slightly lacking.I was quite impressed with this, even if it is a bit thin.