Misspent Youth
Moonlight Brewing Company

So good on cask at Toronado

 

It’s good because it doesn’t give a damn. And no, it’s not like those dorks who if you asked them if they watched a certain tv show the night before, instead of simply saying “no” they have to tell you that they don’t watch tv. This one is the new stoner kid who just moved to your city from Portland, Oregon. Of course he’d rather be back home, but he doesn’t complain.

Let’s chill, my children.

 

Transparent golden body. Faint aromas of lemon and orange, fresh cut grass, coriander. Taste is in initially hoppy and then finishes with a strong dose of pale ale malt. I don't detect as much fruit in the flavoring as I hoped for. This almost taste like a hopped up lager or even a a golden ale. Mouthfeel is light to medium. Finishes clean and dry. Very drinkable but probably my least favorite release from Moonlight Brewing Co.

a fine pale ale, but it is exceedingly bitter, and without the normal grain balance we have come to expect in the style, the hop intensity seems a little exposed, and like more bitterness than flavor comes from it, although i do like the beer quite well overall, its just a different kind of proportionality to it, maybe not as drinkable as it could be, but i appreciate its simplicity and straightforward approach to the style. no mistaking this one in a crowd! golden and mostly clear from the tap with a short but persistent white head and a nice nose of pine and straw, dry cereal grain, and that high alpha boldness usually reserved for much bigger beers. i like that i can taste an english sort of yeast character to it, not full blown. but a cool balancing element against the hops in the absence of a bigger grain bill. i also like how dry it is, the hops kind of stand alone at the end, and that works well. good carbonation, very light body, and an obvious freshness to it all. i wish i had access to more beers from these guys, they always seem to be doing something special, even in simpler beers like this. impressive in quality, i like its bite, a memorable glass of beer even if its not the first of theirs i would go rushing back to...

 

Cask at Ben and Nicks, Oakland, CA Feb 2016

 

This was another tasty Moonlight brew. Citrusy, tropical hop-forward brew with a clean, clear finish.

On cask this pours a gold yellow with a pleasing lemony hop character. It tastes crisp and lemony with a rounded finish to a pleasing bitter punch and a nice malt character. I like ‘em both!

This is a typically very good and interesting beer from Moonlight which I had, like most Moonlight beers, on tap at Flavor in downtown SR.

Bright gold, it has a big white head lasting for a logn time and leaving lots of lace.

Aroma is light but very nice, bright, aromatic grain, pepper, citrus (Bergamot mostly with grass and some lemon).

Taste has the aroma's elements, with balanced grassy-spicy-peppery-citrusy bitterness balanced with light, bready sweetness and yeastiness, hint of mineral and sulphur. It's bright, zesty, and juicy. It leans slightly to the bitter side with a pleasant, engaging, zesty bitterness and is overall a wonderful, engaging and well-rounded pale ale very reminiscent of some great English bitters.

 

 

Served on tap at Pi Bar.

A: No head not lace. Lightly hazy hay-gold.

S: Huge, raw, pale malt. Biscuit yeast.

T: large and refreshing with a shockingly bracing hop profile -- grapefruit peel, grassy herbalness, fleeting bitterness.

M: Robust and pleasant.

O: An enjoyable, but not exceptional, APA. Would drink again.