Calcutta By Clipper
Moonlight Brewing Company

Floral AF

Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours faintly hazy golden yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little spotty lacing.

S: Grassy, a bit herbal, pine, citrus zest, subtle tropical and stone fruit, a hint floral, and crackery malt.

T: Resinous, pine and citrus, grapefruit rind, tangerine, and lemon, grassy, earthy herbal notes, subtle tropical and stone fruit, apricot, peach, passion fruit, and mango, grainy crackery malt, with a bone dry finish.

M: Light body, moderate carbonation.

O: I probably woulda flipped the names of this and Delhi by Dinghy, given its diminutive size.
If you're into super dry West Coast style beers and want something super light, this might be for you. If not, look elsewhere. I will say it grew on me as my glass emptied and there's actually some pretty decent depth of flavor hiding in there despite it being so light, but it still comes off a bit watery on the back end.

Pours a chill haze pale yellow with small white head.

Aroma is bready malts with good lighter hop notes, light citrus, leafy greens, floral hints.

Taste is nice crisp bready malts, with good hop flavors, greens, citrus, floral with a finish that lingers into herbal.

Mouthfeel is light and crisp, great hot weather brew.

Overall very favorable and light could see drinking this instead of a session IPA is it was available to me.

Crystal clear amber brew with plenty of foam in the Leute Bokbier glass. Frothy and sharp on the tongue with a very light body. Aroma of grain, straw, and a hint of leafy hops. Taste is mild and resiny with a bitter aftertaste. Hints of grain and the slightest malty sweetness. This is very boldly hopped for the lower alcohol content, and definitely on the bitter side. A thirst-quenching gulp, though. From the 16 oz can purchased at the beer store in San Diego. Canned 06/07/23 so it's just ten days old.

 

Awesome, light and perfectly hopped pale ale. This is (currently) my favorite ale they make. I appreciate the flavor and hop profile they were able to achieve with such a low ABV. Reminds me a bit of Levitation.

wish they'd LABEL the beer as a 'session' so i wouldnt have purchased it... but, oh F well.... right? cool label... dumpy looking head... nice aroma, great flavor!

 

 

 

Not a lot going on here.

Translucent golden color with a soapy head that dissipates rapidly and leaves a little bit of clinging bubbles and minimal lacing.

Smell is very faint with citrus and pine.

Taste is muted with some light citrus and a slight bitter finish.

Feel is watery with medium carbonation.

Overall for a 3.9 ABV pale ale it isn't bad but not something I would revisit unless I was parched and had no other options.

The liquid contained in this can is a tepid tangerine, faded color like an old photo, some what hazy. Capped by a stern, soapy mountain of foam.
Aromas like a memory of a summer night on a foreign beach. faint, pleasant, amorphous. subject to your fanciful whims.
That taste though, that taste is where it steps up into it's own. Soft bready malts rolling deep with some bitter hops rocking citrus rind and braising green bites. One two step, two one step. This thang has moves
The only thing english about this critter is the soft, round feel of it as it crosses your tongue. The hopstep tango keeps any syrupy sweetness at bay but the beer is still unmistakably gentle.

This one speaks to me as if Barbara Stanwyck were my night nurse. Will I have another bite of an orange? Barbara, if you are serving it to me, yes please! This beer is actually nice and light and floral like Grace Kelly’s wedding to that Monaco dude. We are talking quality.

Close your eyes, take a sniff, take a sip, and let this fine beer take you over.

Peace.

Can from Lúpulo.
Canned roughly 10 days ago.
Look: clear copper. White fluffy head.
Smell: simcoe!
Taste: piney/citrus. Pretty subdued. More flavorful than strong and bitter. Earthy? Some minimal bready biscuit malt balance.
Feel: thin bodied with bittering bite.
Overall: solid session ipa/pale ale Definitely doing it’s best for low abv.

I had this on tap at Moonlight’s brewery.

It’s a session IPA, so think clear and bright golden body, with a hop forward aroma and a thin, thin body. It’s a blessing and a curse of the session IPAs.