Moonstruck
Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- From:
- Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 6.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 24, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 22, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.77/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.77/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
473ml can served cold into a pint glass. LCBO purchase for about $3.50CDN.
Appearance - Dark cola brown with some clarity and a finger of tan head. Moderate staying power.
Smell - A little dark chocolate and some light roastiness. Dark bread as well.
Taste - Matches the nose with roasty flavors and a hint of chocolate overlaid a bready backbone. Not intense, but surprisingly good depth of flavor here.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, good carbonation and soft easy to drink qualities. Very easy finish.
Overall - Honestly, relative to the competition this is certainly one of LOB's best beers ever. It doesn't wow, but is a very solid dark lager that drinks easy and is enjoyable. Can happily see myself picking up a couple more.
Jan 24, 2024Appearance - Dark cola brown with some clarity and a finger of tan head. Moderate staying power.
Smell - A little dark chocolate and some light roastiness. Dark bread as well.
Taste - Matches the nose with roasty flavors and a hint of chocolate overlaid a bready backbone. Not intense, but surprisingly good depth of flavor here.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, good carbonation and soft easy to drink qualities. Very easy finish.
Overall - Honestly, relative to the competition this is certainly one of LOB's best beers ever. It doesn't wow, but is a very solid dark lager that drinks easy and is enjoyable. Can happily see myself picking up a couple more.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.36/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nov 29 2023
Nov 29, 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.58/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Aug 22 2023 and served slightly chilled.
Pours an inky cola brown colour with garnet red highlights; seated atop is over two fingers of fluffy, foamy, light beige-coloured head that falls back at a steady pace. A little over five minutes later, a frothy collar and patchy cap of suds remain, with a couple rings of messy lace clinging to the glass - lookin' good so far. The aroma is fairly typical of a dark lager: roasted malts, graininess, caramelized sugars and molasses, with suggestions of dark chocolate and a touch of herbal hops.
It tastes of roasted malts and caramel at the forefront, with hints of grainy sourness and metallicity; notes of molasses & dark fruit develop by mid-sip. Finishes roasty, with dark chocolate and coffee fading to caramel and burnt grains, concluding with a dry-ish aftertaste. Light in body, with low carbonation that meekly rolls along the surface of the palate, adding some resistance to its generally soft, smooth mouthfeel. Great drinkability: the low abv helps, but so does the balanced, inoffensive flavour profile.
Final Grade: 3.58, a B grade. Lake of Bays' latest dark lager is nothing to write home about, but it's also fair to point out that this is one of those styles I have never developed much of an affinity for. That being said, I've tried enough of them to know that Moonstruck is a decent effort - pretty flavourful for only 4.2%, and worthy of a half-hearted endorsement, at the very least. I'd drink it again, and might even buy another can or two while it's still around.
Sep 25, 2023Pours an inky cola brown colour with garnet red highlights; seated atop is over two fingers of fluffy, foamy, light beige-coloured head that falls back at a steady pace. A little over five minutes later, a frothy collar and patchy cap of suds remain, with a couple rings of messy lace clinging to the glass - lookin' good so far. The aroma is fairly typical of a dark lager: roasted malts, graininess, caramelized sugars and molasses, with suggestions of dark chocolate and a touch of herbal hops.
It tastes of roasted malts and caramel at the forefront, with hints of grainy sourness and metallicity; notes of molasses & dark fruit develop by mid-sip. Finishes roasty, with dark chocolate and coffee fading to caramel and burnt grains, concluding with a dry-ish aftertaste. Light in body, with low carbonation that meekly rolls along the surface of the palate, adding some resistance to its generally soft, smooth mouthfeel. Great drinkability: the low abv helps, but so does the balanced, inoffensive flavour profile.
Final Grade: 3.58, a B grade. Lake of Bays' latest dark lager is nothing to write home about, but it's also fair to point out that this is one of those styles I have never developed much of an affinity for. That being said, I've tried enough of them to know that Moonstruck is a decent effort - pretty flavourful for only 4.2%, and worthy of a half-hearted endorsement, at the very least. I'd drink it again, and might even buy another can or two while it's still around.
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