Rhythmic Chaos
Moonlight Brewing Company

This pours from the can with a malty amber ruddy red color. Thin foaming. Aroma has a caramel forward character. Hoppier than I expected, at least fresh(ish).

 

 

Appearance: Pours a clear burnt orange with a one finger ecru head; good retention and plenty of lacing

Smell: Overripe stone fruit, caramel, molasses, cherry cough syrup and pine

Taste: Assertive pine and citrus flavors forward, laying down a bitter challenge to the sweeter malts; caramel, molasses and cherry cough syrup underneath; rustic, bitter and sweet flavors blend into the finish

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonation; warmth in the gullet

Overall: This is a BIG American Barleywine with a hop profile that is more assertive than I generally prefer; still, quite well crafted with a very complex flavor profile

Thank you, Chris.

A clear dark amber with a dense, beige head with good retention and lacing. The nose is bonkers. Clear, focused and on point in a way that's rare for the style, there's rich fruit, caramel, toffee, a little nougat, dark honey, layered rich fruit notes with pear, apple butter, plum skins. A masterclass in wrangling ingredients. Plenty hoppy with the citrus and pine notes complementing the fruit and malt notes from the long boil. The palate opens with a blend of bitterness and sweetness, a blend of toffee, caramel, honey, buckwheat and citrus and mild pine. Fruit notes follow with pear, apple, candied cherries, with the mild alcohol adding a mildly festive spice character. Notes of leather and earth struggle to stick their head out here. Medium light in body and softly carbonated. Long finish with delicate flavors of fruit and bitter hops. A light, nimble barleywine, brewed in a style that's rarely done and almost never done this well.

16 oz. can. Deep amber. Smells of dark fruits, pine resin, and toffee. Taste is dynamic. At first, lots of dark fruit. Toasted malt and dry oakiness take over. Brown sugar and caramel behind it, but dark fruits return in the finish. Long bitter aftertaste. Aggressive flavor. Medium heavy, never too sweet or boozy. This is excellent.

 

Rhythm Rhythm Rhythm - can you feel the beat? Chaos Chaos chaos - can you still see me? Awake, but not alive. Alive, but not awake. I am taken; taken on a journey without a beginning -(nor an end). And that’s the point; just being there, the moment (no thoughts of a start or completion). Yes, Raul is floating - not in chaos, not rhythmically, but like a monkey before landing on the moon. And landing on the moon is what it feels like to drink this beer.

I’m gone.