Toast (Slightly Burnt)
Moonlight Brewing Company
- From:
- Moonlight Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Lager
Ranked #3 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #9,811 - Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 8.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2005
- Wants:
- 29
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
4.29/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - The beer was copper in color with a bubbly white head of about one inch.
Smell - The malts and bitterness really shine.
Taste - The beer had bold amber malts with bitter hops. Without having to scrape the burnt part, I could imagine burnt toast. The bitterness lingered nicely in the finish. This is not an amber for the weak hearted.
Mouthfeel - Carbonation was appropriate for the style sweeping away any impression of sweetness. It allowed the bitter malts to linger.
Overall - Heywood Banks would like this toast.
Mar 11, 2023Smell - The malts and bitterness really shine.
Taste - The beer had bold amber malts with bitter hops. Without having to scrape the burnt part, I could imagine burnt toast. The bitterness lingered nicely in the finish. This is not an amber for the weak hearted.
Mouthfeel - Carbonation was appropriate for the style sweeping away any impression of sweetness. It allowed the bitter malts to linger.
Overall - Heywood Banks would like this toast.
Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
4.12/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass
A: Pours bright copper orange amber with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and laces nicely.
S: Bready, toasty, floral, light herbal earthy notes, a touch of dark fruit and char, and a hint of burnt sugar.
T: Appropriately toasty and bready, floral, resinous earthy herbal notes, a little dark fruit, plum and cherry, a hint of roasty char, and a touch of burnt sugar.
M: A touch on the lighter side of medium body, moderately lively carbonation.
O: Not a style I've ever gotten excited about, and honestly I opened my fridge, looked at the can, and grabbed something else a few times. I should have known better by now. Does anyone do lagers better than Moonlight? Nice balance and depth of flavor; stands out from every other amber lager I've ever had. Makes a fantastic change of season beer.
Feb 22, 2022A: Pours bright copper orange amber with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and laces nicely.
S: Bready, toasty, floral, light herbal earthy notes, a touch of dark fruit and char, and a hint of burnt sugar.
T: Appropriately toasty and bready, floral, resinous earthy herbal notes, a little dark fruit, plum and cherry, a hint of roasty char, and a touch of burnt sugar.
M: A touch on the lighter side of medium body, moderately lively carbonation.
O: Not a style I've ever gotten excited about, and honestly I opened my fridge, looked at the can, and grabbed something else a few times. I should have known better by now. Does anyone do lagers better than Moonlight? Nice balance and depth of flavor; stands out from every other amber lager I've ever had. Makes a fantastic change of season beer.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.09/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draft at HopMonk-Sonoma. Color of burnished copper, small creamy head. Malty aroma, dark bread, caramel. Taste is more caramel, bread, toasty. Really nice flavors without being boozy. Delicious.
Nov 29, 2019
Rated by CraftBeerRunner from California
4.08/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bobby gs, Berkeley, feb 2016
Feb 11, 2016
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