Moon Boy Golden Ale
Murray's Craft Brewing Co.
- From:
- Murray's Craft Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.89 | pDev: 20.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2015
- Added:
- Jan 10, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia
2.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Format: a standard 330mL bottle with a reasonable craft label. I assume the 'Moon Boy' is a werewolf from his teeth.
Appearance: a slightly hazy straw-amber yellow with plenty of big carbonation across the profile. On the first pour an enourmous white head burst up before dropping to a rocky two-fingers and eventually settling to a solid, thick cap. Limited lacing.
Aroma: grass hops, yeast, malt and grain fug, and a touch of tropical fruits. A nice enough flavour profile, but funnily enough it all comes through as a bit of a fug.
Taste: a very different profile here - still some yeast and grain, but more of an artificial lychee flavour there. Awkward would be the word - a carbonation flavour as well, with a frothing of bubbles in the mouth. Weird.
Aftertaste: still some sweetness in the background here, and it lasts for a good time. Better than the initial taste.
Mouth feel: oddly fuller in body and yet without any weight. The carbonation again feels quite flat, but on every pour that is more than a mere trickle it exploded and ran over the edges of the glass (even from the half-way point).
Overall: an okay pilsener, but quite awkward to say the least. A bit of a fug on the nose, and certainly a bit odd in the mouth - it actually froths up and tastes of carbonation bubbles too. I'll skip this one for sure - it is AU$48 for a case of 16 x 330mL direct from the brewer.
Jan 21, 2015Appearance: a slightly hazy straw-amber yellow with plenty of big carbonation across the profile. On the first pour an enourmous white head burst up before dropping to a rocky two-fingers and eventually settling to a solid, thick cap. Limited lacing.
Aroma: grass hops, yeast, malt and grain fug, and a touch of tropical fruits. A nice enough flavour profile, but funnily enough it all comes through as a bit of a fug.
Taste: a very different profile here - still some yeast and grain, but more of an artificial lychee flavour there. Awkward would be the word - a carbonation flavour as well, with a frothing of bubbles in the mouth. Weird.
Aftertaste: still some sweetness in the background here, and it lasts for a good time. Better than the initial taste.
Mouth feel: oddly fuller in body and yet without any weight. The carbonation again feels quite flat, but on every pour that is more than a mere trickle it exploded and ran over the edges of the glass (even from the half-way point).
Overall: an okay pilsener, but quite awkward to say the least. A bit of a fug on the nose, and certainly a bit odd in the mouth - it actually froths up and tastes of carbonation bubbles too. I'll skip this one for sure - it is AU$48 for a case of 16 x 330mL direct from the brewer.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
1.54/5 rDev -46.7%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
1.54/5 rDev -46.7%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
Another Murray’s to tick off my list and it’s a Golden Ale - beer code for a light-flavoured Ale. Last light-flavoured brew of theirs I had, Rudeboy, was alright (though it was nothing to write home about... unless home was a beer blog and you were writing a beer review), fingers crossed this one isn’t a big pile of average, with average sauce on top. What!? 4.5% ABV! My average beer alert has already been tripped.
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Wow, this looks more like a glass of dirty hazy brown river water than a beer - absolutely no head either. This is the saddest beer I have ever seen and I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t look like this, something has gone awry here. 1/10.
S: The aroma is a bit more of an improvement (how could it not be!?) with notes of papaya, lychee, cut grass and sour lemon. Still there is an odd taint pervading the aroma, it’s almost as unsettling as the appearance. 4/10.
T: Above flavours, as noted, with a finish that is more sour than bitter, this in of itself is strange for the style. I’m convinced this is tainted batch, but it’s not light-struck (it doesn’t have the characteristics for this). I believe it’s just been on the shelf too long, and when you purchase from a major chain you’re bound to get the occasional out of date “shelf-sitter”, oh well. 3/10.
M: Totally flat, mid to light bodied, nothing going on here. 2/10.
D: One of the weirdest beer experiences of my life. It actually tastes like my first ever homebrew batch - which was an unmitigated disaster. I will have to give this beer a re-review in the future - not unlike the Delirium Tremens of which I had purchased from the same major liquor chain - I really shouldn’t buy anymore beer from that chain. 3/10.
Food match: I really can’t recommend any pairing based on this review, besides I’m 99% sure this is a tainted batch - check back for a re-review.
Sep 21, 2014Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Wow, this looks more like a glass of dirty hazy brown river water than a beer - absolutely no head either. This is the saddest beer I have ever seen and I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t look like this, something has gone awry here. 1/10.
S: The aroma is a bit more of an improvement (how could it not be!?) with notes of papaya, lychee, cut grass and sour lemon. Still there is an odd taint pervading the aroma, it’s almost as unsettling as the appearance. 4/10.
T: Above flavours, as noted, with a finish that is more sour than bitter, this in of itself is strange for the style. I’m convinced this is tainted batch, but it’s not light-struck (it doesn’t have the characteristics for this). I believe it’s just been on the shelf too long, and when you purchase from a major chain you’re bound to get the occasional out of date “shelf-sitter”, oh well. 3/10.
M: Totally flat, mid to light bodied, nothing going on here. 2/10.
D: One of the weirdest beer experiences of my life. It actually tastes like my first ever homebrew batch - which was an unmitigated disaster. I will have to give this beer a re-review in the future - not unlike the Delirium Tremens of which I had purchased from the same major liquor chain - I really shouldn’t buy anymore beer from that chain. 3/10.
Food match: I really can’t recommend any pairing based on this review, besides I’m 99% sure this is a tainted batch - check back for a re-review.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
3.12/5 rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
From Beer Cartel. No BB
A - pale straw, fizzy head, film, not lace.
S - grains, hint floral hops, lemonade.
T - more lemonade, lime, fresh grassy hops.
M - way over-carbonated and made everyone burp.
O - ok for an entry level beer, and nose is quite lifted, but overall falls a bit flat and leaves me wanting a bit more. You could session it, but you could session a lot of beers :-0
Aug 08, 2014A - pale straw, fizzy head, film, not lace.
S - grains, hint floral hops, lemonade.
T - more lemonade, lime, fresh grassy hops.
M - way over-carbonated and made everyone burp.
O - ok for an entry level beer, and nose is quite lifted, but overall falls a bit flat and leaves me wanting a bit more. You could session it, but you could session a lot of beers :-0
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