Moonset
There Does Not Exist

 

Reviewed as: Munich Dunkel Lager
Glass: Pure Project .5L pilsner glass
Price: $3.99
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: May 13, 2022
Consumed: May 14, 2022
Misc.: Canned on May 10, 2022

I’ve been digging the There Does Not Exist beers I’ve been having from Windmill Farms. Bine & Vine’s website called it “Closest in relation to a Munich style Dunkel lager, Moonset is a lager bier built with various crystal and high dried malts to create a smooth malty backbone with a hint of roast, while still maintaining a crisp finish. These malts, combined with the lager yeast, lay down aromas of honey, burnt sugar, and fig. A beer best served with a full pour in our tankard glass, and paired perfectly with colder evenings, friends, and great conversation.”

Poured a dark reddish-brown color with 7-to-8 fingers of rocky khaki-white head. Could see lots of fast-moving bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass. Excellent uneven foamy lacing. Perfect foamy retention. (Sight - 4.75)

Smelled toast, toasty malt, hints of roasted coffee, dark fruit, fig, date, plum, Earl Gray tea, semi-char wood, hints of dark chocolate and some spice. Not as good out of the can. (Smell - 4.00)

Tasted about as good as the nose. In order got toast, toasty malts, hints of roasted coffee, semi-char wood, toasted oak, dark fruit, fig, date, plum, Earl Gray tea, some dark chocolate and peppery spice. (Taste - 4.00)

Light body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Abrupt, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)

This was outstanding overall. Glad I picked up a can. (Overall - 4.00)

4.05 | 91 | A-

 

Pours a beautiful clear red coppery color with clumps of foam in the Bellegems Bruin glass. Nose of bark and roasted malt. Slight malty sweetness with a dark scorched hint. Also a hint of dark grain. Modest bitter aftertaste. Certainly a more interesting kind of dark lager. I wonder what else I've tasted in this elusive style. From the 16 oz can purchased at O'Shea's in the I-5 industrial wasteland.

On tap at Tony Darts Away! in Burbank, CA.

Not much to say… but ‘Oh, yeah!” Because TDNE brings it again. On a hot spring day, Raul sure has hell felt lunar - because this Dark Lager slays. Like Buzz Aldrin chipping in for a Birdie, let’s go. Let’s all kinds of go.