Moonshine
Abbeydale Brewery
- From:
- Abbeydale Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 11.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 09, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 28, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Our flagship pale, and our most famous beer. Moonshine has been in production since way back in 1996, when our brewery led the path to America to experiment with hops never before seen in the UK. More than 20 years down the line and Moonshine is still a firm favourite across the board. Hopped with Willamette, Delta, Citra, Chinook & Centennial - this is a beautifully well balanced pale perfect for any occasion. Multi award winner and Bronze medal winning Golden Ale at the Champion Beer of Britain Awards 2018.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.71/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Canned in a big old tallboy crafty craft can and purchased from Portland Wine on the Nook in Sale
Pours a fairly clear lemon jello coloured body with splashes of white head
Aroma is glucose and lime
Flavour is grapefruit and lychee
Feb 09, 2025Pours a fairly clear lemon jello coloured body with splashes of white head
Aroma is glucose and lime
Flavour is grapefruit and lychee
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.17/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Copenhagen 14/8 2023. 44 cl can from Meny, Borups Allé, Frb. F. Dark blue can with a full moon in white hovering over a ruin.
Pours unclear luminescent yellow with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet malty odor mingling with a bit of citrus fruit. Sweet pale malts, bread and grains. Lemon and lime.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is moderately intense with a medium strong sweetness followed and balanced by a medium strong sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is a bit tart. Lingers shortly. Finish is semi-dry.
Light and pleasant Golden Ale.
Jan 01, 2025Pours unclear luminescent yellow with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet malty odor mingling with a bit of citrus fruit. Sweet pale malts, bread and grains. Lemon and lime.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is moderately intense with a medium strong sweetness followed and balanced by a medium strong sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is a bit tart. Lingers shortly. Finish is semi-dry.
Light and pleasant Golden Ale.
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.23/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On cask at Bishops Arms in Malmö.
Pours a light yellow with soft head.
Smell is floral and crackery with notes of honey, melon, knäckebröd, citrus and grass.
Taste is floral and a bit fruity with soft bitterness. Notes of knäckebröd, citrus, grass and melon.
Mouthfeel is medium, well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice pale ale, making lacking a little bit of smoothness.
Aug 27, 2022Pours a light yellow with soft head.
Smell is floral and crackery with notes of honey, melon, knäckebröd, citrus and grass.
Taste is floral and a bit fruity with soft bitterness. Notes of knäckebröd, citrus, grass and melon.
Mouthfeel is medium, well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice pale ale, making lacking a little bit of smoothness.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.55/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
440 ml can, from Bier Huis, Ossett. ABV is 4.3%. Hazy pale golden colour, large white head. Nice aroma of citric hops. The flavour is fairly dry, with notes of citric hops again. Medium bitter finish.
Mar 06, 2021
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.23/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
L- Pale straw, clear, pours with 2Cm white head.
S- Quite bright, light and on the fruity spectrum.
T- Moderately dry, briefly earthy, then into a hoppy-dry vaguely citrus finish.
F- Bright, zesty hoppy-dry, very well carbonated which also adds a dry 'carbonic' edge. More for summer than mid-winter I think.
O- Well it's a contemporary pale ale, and with a modest ABV% and citrus notes. It doesn't do a whole lot for me but I expect people into this style might find it sessionable.
440ml can Bought from TremblingMadness/York for home delivery BB: 24/08/2021
Jan 05, 2021S- Quite bright, light and on the fruity spectrum.
T- Moderately dry, briefly earthy, then into a hoppy-dry vaguely citrus finish.
F- Bright, zesty hoppy-dry, very well carbonated which also adds a dry 'carbonic' edge. More for summer than mid-winter I think.
O- Well it's a contemporary pale ale, and with a modest ABV% and citrus notes. It doesn't do a whole lot for me but I expect people into this style might find it sessionable.
440ml can Bought from TremblingMadness/York for home delivery BB: 24/08/2021
Reviewed by timmay41 from District of Columbia
3.77/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.77/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On cask at The Devonshire Cat, Sheffield, UK on 7.28.09
A: A very pale gold color with thick, frothy white 1/2 finger head. Almost completely transparent. Decent retention and lacing.
S: Crisp, hoppy bite. There's more than traditional English fuggle hops going on here. Zesty, seems to be more pine in smell than floral or citrus. Really vibrant.
T: Very difficult to describe what goes on at the beginning of each sip in terms of taste... almost vegetable-flavored. Like ferns...? This veggie-like taste dissipates a third of the way through the pint, and the flavor profile becomes more citrus fruits and a strong malt base, biscuity, that guides the taste experience.
M: Somewhat chewy, with a refreshing crisp and dry aftertaste.
D: Moonshine has very different connotations in the States, but I do like this British version. It has a complexity that's engrossing and keeps you interested, making you want to try another.
Jul 29, 2009A: A very pale gold color with thick, frothy white 1/2 finger head. Almost completely transparent. Decent retention and lacing.
S: Crisp, hoppy bite. There's more than traditional English fuggle hops going on here. Zesty, seems to be more pine in smell than floral or citrus. Really vibrant.
T: Very difficult to describe what goes on at the beginning of each sip in terms of taste... almost vegetable-flavored. Like ferns...? This veggie-like taste dissipates a third of the way through the pint, and the flavor profile becomes more citrus fruits and a strong malt base, biscuity, that guides the taste experience.
M: Somewhat chewy, with a refreshing crisp and dry aftertaste.
D: Moonshine has very different connotations in the States, but I do like this British version. It has a complexity that's engrossing and keeps you interested, making you want to try another.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.58/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Tasted by half-pint at the GBBF 06. Served by a handpump.
A: dark straw in colour, fluffy off-white beer head and great clarity.
S: fragrant citrus hops cover a deeply malty base. Huge input from very aromatic hops...
T: quite restrained on the palate as opposed to the nose... an interesting grainy flavour, almost like oats, assumes a major place in the background... chewy malt grist, ensued by a thin-ish lemony sour edge of fruity hops... mildly bitter, crisp, citrus-zesty finish.
M&D: refreshing and smoothly carbonated, quite light in body. Overall this is a balanced and refreshing English pale ale. Jolly nice~~
Aug 05, 2006A: dark straw in colour, fluffy off-white beer head and great clarity.
S: fragrant citrus hops cover a deeply malty base. Huge input from very aromatic hops...
T: quite restrained on the palate as opposed to the nose... an interesting grainy flavour, almost like oats, assumes a major place in the background... chewy malt grist, ensued by a thin-ish lemony sour edge of fruity hops... mildly bitter, crisp, citrus-zesty finish.
M&D: refreshing and smoothly carbonated, quite light in body. Overall this is a balanced and refreshing English pale ale. Jolly nice~~
Reviewed by downes51 from England
4.42/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +19.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I had a small session on this excellent beer yesterday lunchtime. On pouring it has a milky appearance at first, becoming a pale straw-cloured light ale as it settles, with a nice head. A fine hop aroma and a taste experience that leaves you wanting more. Highly reccommended.
Jan 28, 2004
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