Moa Breakfast - Moa Brewing Company

RonaldTheriot

Louisiana

4.53/5  rDev +34.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Moa Breakfast has a very thick, fluffy, white head, nice, thick lacing on the glass, and a bright, yellow-golden appearance, with champagne-style bubble streams. The aroma and flavor are unusual, but one can smell wheat and strong fruitiness, and the taste is of white wheat bread, underlying cherries, pleasant bitterness, and other things I can’t describe. The alcohol does come into play in the back-end of the sip. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and Moa Breakfast finishes crisp, clean, flinty, refreshing, sweet, and delicious. I think this is an outstanding flavored beer!

RJT

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2012 12:25:08 | More by RonaldTheriot

thampel09

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +4.2%

05-20-2013 03:40:09 | More by thampel09

lisagirl

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

2.75/5  rDev -18.2%

05-12-2013 07:59:42 | More by lisagirl

Hopinista

Nevada

3.75/5  rDev +11.6%

05-09-2013 03:05:35 | More by Hopinista

dalepryor

Kentucky

2.75/5  rDev -18.2%

05-07-2013 20:28:36 | More by dalepryor

wonothesane42

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +11.6%

04-11-2013 15:12:49 | More by wonothesane42

bbadger

Texas

4/5  rDev +19%

04-08-2013 00:51:28 | More by bbadger

Danobold

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +4.2%

04-06-2013 22:47:27 | More by Danobold

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.69/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

Poured into flutes. The fruity aroma coming off of this thing after I popped the cork!

Honey blonde. Solid white collar has stuck, even after an inch.

Fruity strawberry, cherry, wheat malts, and an aroma of white wine. Florally and fruitly aromatic.

Lightly fruity. Cherry finish, but it's still dry and malty. Pale malts and notes of strawberry and white cranberry. Perfumey and spritzy.

Lovely and light. Has a great spritziness to it. Very enjoyable.

A nice light fruit beer. Could make for a nice early morning riser.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 04:52:43 | More by thecheapies

Tiernan

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +4.2%

03-24-2013 18:02:19 | More by Tiernan

3sheets2wind

Texas

4.33/5  rDev +28.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

This beer is one of a kind. The nose is cherry kool-aid but the beer is dry and crisp. The cherry is only experienced in the nose. Very light straw color with striking white head. A good looking beer with a champagne-like character. Not overly bitter, slightly sour and refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2013 16:07:11 | More by 3sheets2wind

themind

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -3.3%

03-11-2013 10:02:23 | More by themind

djrn2

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -3.3%

03-09-2013 23:21:37 | More by djrn2

st9647v3

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +19%

02-22-2013 04:42:39 | More by st9647v3

RockAZ

Arizona

3.56/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

What a wonderfully silly beer for breakfast! Are you the kind of person that scoops out a grapefruit for breakfast with a slice of toast? Then you should definitely try this unusual beer. I got cherry smell right off as the cork was popped off with a satisfying champagne like report followed by the ghost of vapor and bubbling inside. Both tart and sweet, lot of fruit flavor becoming more apple as the sips went on. I kept wanting to compare the mouthfeel to a good Lemoncello, so before the glass was empty I did a shot - Nope, there is no lemon in this, but I would compare the taste sensation to an ice cold low sugar glass of lemonade.

Carbonation on the glass walls was active and intense like champagne, but the light foamy head settled down fairly quickly. Tartness/bitterness challenged what I kept wanting to think was a really sweet base hiding in there but although the sugary notes were there I would have to call the final finish as tart. Not everyone is going to like this beer, but it is not some alco-pop thing, it is a finely crafted beverage of an extraordinary nature. I could see splashing some of this in a nice bitter stout for a change up, or making a "shandy" out of it, overall think of an apple/cherry lambic blended with a tart champagne. I really liked this, more than the scoring I put down. Everyone should at least try this to find one edge of what people are calling beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2013 16:43:36 | More by RockAZ

Maegodfrey14

4/5  rDev +19%

02-19-2013 02:08:50 | More by Maegodfrey14

carteravebrew

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev +4.2%

01-30-2013 22:12:28 | More by carteravebrew

SPThirtyThree

Colorado

4.08/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 4.25

A smallish 12.7 oz. bottle with a tall neck, that came as a 4-pack in a clumsy box. Corked and caged. The label is chiq black-on-black, matte and gloss, with "BREAKFAST ale brewed with natural flavor" popping out in bright green print. Bottle-conditioned.

A: Popping the cork produces a light, misty fog in the bottleneck that eagerly cascades into my glass ahead of the champagne-like beer. A white, foamy two-finger head climbs atop the bright, fizzy, clear liquid. It's effervescent and a gorgeous straw yellow, with a tinge of pink. Maybe I'm imagining the tinge.

S: From two feet away, sweet melon wafts to my nose. The breakfast beer is sweet and citrusy, with rose hips, and hints of tart berries. topped with lemongrass hop.

T: Drier and crisp. I expected the breakfast beer to be sticky sweet, but it's surprisingly tart and hoppy. Earthy hops assert themselves more than I'd like, but it's not overbearing. Juicy flavors linger in the flavor: floral notes of sweet pineapple, sour cherries, sugar-cookie malt, tart apple. A subtle, crisp, dry malt lies underneath,

M: Startlingly astringent, but aside from that, crisp, with a subtle chalkiness.

D: Medium. The smooth, pleasant nature of this beer makes it more drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2013 03:05:03 | More by SPThirtyThree

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.4/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Wheat beer on tap at Engine 15. Fruity aroma, getting orange and apples (not cherries - perhaps this is a different batch?). Hoppy like an IPA. Decent drinkability.
If not for the fruit tea and wheat beer match, but just an IPA this would have worked. Maybe would be interesting cask without as much hops, going the other way.

Serving type: on-tap

01-22-2013 04:26:16 | More by northyorksammy

bluesplit63

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +48.8%

01-21-2013 01:57:20 | More by bluesplit63

Brewsed

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +4.2%

01-20-2013 18:23:58 | More by Brewsed

nickfl

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +33.9%

01-09-2013 01:33:37 | More by nickfl

beergoot

Colorado

3.53/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Light gold colored body topped with a thick, rocky white head. Strong lemon/citrus aroma with a weird, earthy funk. Very light, soft, effervescent body; crisp, clean, and dry. Light, tart, lemon-like flavor; soft, pungent hop bitterness; light, doughy malt character; banana.

Definitely different, but in a generally good way. Light and delicate overall, with a strong citrus flavor component. Many and varied taste components, so there is a lot to explore in that department. This would fit in nicely as a warm weather quencher and for lovers of 'light' beers.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 01:41:28 | More by beergoot

sloelco

California

3/5  rDev -10.7%

12-26-2012 02:48:28 | More by sloelco

CollegeStogie

Alabama

3/5  rDev -10.7%

12-23-2012 18:54:51 | More by CollegeStogie