Moritz - Cervezas Moritz, S.A.

Dapperticus

Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +43.8%

03-08-2013 06:28:09 | More by Dapperticus

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -12.1%

03-08-2013 06:33:58 | More by tbeckett

DoubleJ

California

2.65/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25

I thought that Estrella Damm was the beer of Barcelona, but it looks that it has company. Here's Moritz, brewing since 1856, which I believe is a much older brewery than Damm. Coming out of a 330 ml bottle, on to the beer:

Looking at it and you see a translucent straw yellow color with visible bubbles running through the beer. The head forms thick and soapy, slowly dropping a thin lace, leaving spots of lace around the glass. The nose is sweet. Cream sweet. There's some grass there too to keep the sweetness from going crazy.

I'm glad to reoprt that this is not an adjuncty mess like Damm. Unfortunately, it has another problem; being too sweet and fruity. A blind taste and I might have said ale, as this does not taste like a golden lager. Cream sweetness hits first, then a vague fruitiness has its say. Wood shaving add antother flavor. The body is light and almost watery, and the carbonation doesn't reaction much on the palate, just uninspiring.

A little different from plain old lager. It's interesting, but its sweet aspect is not balanced well. I've had doppelbocks that are better balanced.

Serving type: bottle

03-05-2013 06:45:29 | More by DoubleJ

Riggsy

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -12.1%

11-16-2012 22:19:17 | More by Riggsy

Bellonc

Spain

3/5  rDev -4.2%

11-01-2012 22:38:39 | More by Bellonc

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

3/5  rDev -4.2%

09-26-2012 00:01:30 | More by schopenhauerale

t0rin0

California

3.25/5  rDev +3.8%

09-10-2012 03:11:10 | More by t0rin0

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.55/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

330ml bottle. I had a wheelchair-bound woman from Spain tell me a few months ago that this stuff was the proverbial shit. Who am I to question such nationalistic fervour?

This beer pours a clear pale golden colour, with one finger of broadly foamy off-white head, which leaves a low, slowly ebbing wash of painted lace around the glass as it hastily settles.

It smells of mild, sweet bready malt, kind of pastry-like, a bit of sugared apple and pear, and soft, earthy, musty hops. The taste is bready, somewhat biscuity malt, with a nice even sweetness, a subtle orchard fruitiness, and underwhelming grassy, leafy hops.

The carbonation is quite subtle, and non-intrusive, the body a decently hefty medium weight, with a general, pleasant smoothness. It finishes on the sweet side, the bakery-abutting malt still happy to provide the main flourish as things peter out.

An agreeable enough pale lager, with more cream or blonde ale characteristics than is the norm, but hey, who's complaining - you get a relative buttload (that's metric, for you Yanks) more bang for your buck, even with the dear import prices around here.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2012 03:24:00 | More by biboergosum

ant1

France

3.5/5  rDev +11.8%

08-17-2012 20:10:30 | More by ant1

ronniebruner

Arizona

3.48/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer pours light and bubbly. Has a light aroma of hops and barley, but is hinted by a note of sweets. not much foam, lace or head to note about, and tastes decently sweet for a lager. A very worthy beer indeed. Above average for a lager and not bad.

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2012 06:53:23 | More by ronniebruner

jazzyjeff13

United Kingdom (England)

2.68/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A 330ml bottle with a BB of Jan 2013. Purchased a little while ago from a webshop. I had this a few years ago on a trip to Barcelona - I remember it being pretty good.

Poured into a straight pint glass. A clear pale-yellow colour with decent carbonation. Forms a small head of white foam that settles swiftly as a thin surface layer. Aroma of light malt with hints of stewed hops, tart apples and faint, buttery diacetyl (almost like popcorn). Slightly fruity but not quite right.

Tastes of light malt with a dry finish. Notes of green apples and subtle stewed hops. A dry bitterness upon swallowing, with a faintly harsh quality. Mouthfeel is light, dry and tingly. Somewhat astringent. Aftertaste of mild stewed hops.

Not as good as I recall - in Barcelona it seemed to have a pleasing floral quality. Oh well. Not a brilliant lager; too many off-notes in the aroma/flavour. The tart apples notes are presumably acetaldehyde. The stewed hops are also rather harsh and dry, with no hop aromatics to be discerned. All in all, not that great - no need to seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

07-15-2012 21:06:15 | More by jazzyjeff13

rolltide8425

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -4.2%

07-12-2012 21:23:20 | More by rolltide8425

fizzyted

British Columbia (Canada)

3/5  rDev -4.2%

06-26-2012 20:52:31 | More by fizzyted

CookstLiquor

British Columbia (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev +24%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 350ml bottle. Nice pale golden colour in the glass with a decent fluffy white head. Smell is definitely a little different than the typical euro lager. Plenty of grain aromas, but lots of fruit and a bit of spice, too. Taste is slightly sweet and some of the fruitiness and a bit of hop spice carries over on the palate. It's a fairly full-bodied lager, but still very refreshing and drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

06-25-2012 21:35:08 | More by CookstLiquor

CesarG

3.75/5  rDev +19.8%

06-21-2012 14:25:42 | More by CesarG

Julian4077

Australia

2.5/5  rDev -20.1%

05-11-2012 10:22:43 | More by Julian4077

adamcthomp

Spain

3.5/5  rDev +11.8%

04-17-2012 10:30:30 | More by adamcthomp

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -12.1%

04-01-2012 21:29:42 | More by TMoney2591

dogfishandi

New York

3/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

11oz bottle at fridge temp poured into an SA perfect pint glass. 28-5-2011 stamped on the back, assuming this is the bottled on date.

pours a fairly clear straw yellow to light golden color, lots of fluffy, flakey looking sediment. about one fingers worth of a tight white head. decent retention, keeping a creamy layer almost the whole way, and bits of lacing. the wierd flakes were a bit of a turn off, otherwise a decent looking beer.

buttery, sweet, grains. maybe even the slightest bit skunky.

sweet, buttered grains, mineral water, very soft, light floral/ herbal hop. just a hint of skunk.

finishes crisp, high carbonation, somewhat creamy. light slightly watered down body.

a pretty average pale lager. better than most american macros and i gotta have respect for it because its got my name on the label.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2012 22:24:37 | More by dogfishandi

rekel

Netherlands

2.75/5  rDev -12.1%

03-22-2012 18:18:50 | More by rekel

kagent777

Utah

3.28/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle purchased while in Las Vegas in November poured into my beer goblet. The bottled date appears to be 7/22/11.

Appearance: The usual pale yellow, but this one is not clear. It has some floaties that do not look very appetizing in a pale beer. What head there was hung around briefly and was white.

Smell: A sour apple sort of smell, this is actually pretty good. Maybe a touch of faint earthy hops. The malts are the pale cereal and corn types of smells.

Taste: This one actually has some taste, as compared to our American Pale Lagers. The sour apple carries carries over from the nose. The malts have an unsmooth sweetness to them. Not my favorite style by any means, but not altogether bad, more than I was expecting.

Mouthfeel: The body is appropriate for the style, as is the carbonation.

Overall: Not my favorite style, but not an altogether bad beer. This style does not leave a lot of room for flavor or experimentation, but this beer does have a little flavor going for it. Give it a try to have had a beer from Spain.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2012 03:17:16 | More by kagent777

evlu1441

Alberta (Canada)

3.08/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

It pours an extremely pale golden colour with a thin head. It's looking pretty standard for a lager.

The aroma is fairly bland and grainy, but with some distinctive vanilla in the background.

The flavour has a lot more going on! There is an unusual popcorn-ish aftertaste that is surprisingly nice. It finished with come buttery grassy hops, which work nicely.

Overall, this is a decent alternative to other spanish lagers, and has a reasonably unique flavour!

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2012 18:01:17 | More by evlu1441

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.88/5  rDev +24%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Moritz from Barcelona, Espana.
Still in code; dated on both the front and back labels.

Interesting beer. Unlike most "Euro" lagers this one has a lot of character to it. It looks the part of a cookie-cutter lager given its clear, deep golden body and bright white head, but the flavor is distinct.

It's a slight touch buttery, which along with the sweet malt and moderate bitterness, gives it a suggestion of creaminess. It's also very floral, and the combination of the two really makes it stand out. It tastes, in fact, more like a golden an ale than a lager.

However with all of that said, the minor bit of diacetyl, and perhaps even some dimethyl sulfide (I'm not sure), could be looked at as a defect. I, on the other hand, feel that it's at a low enough level that it doesn't throw off the balance and, in fact, lends it some complexity.

Interesting. Unique. Enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2011 15:21:37 | More by NeroFiddled

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.03/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Very pale brassy-barley color, extremely neat clarity, with a steady rise of medium-dense micro-bubbles. The head is frothy, chalk white, fair rate of retention that lapses to a skim coating. Decent visual of lacing, small band fully encompassing.

S: The nose was sweet honey, cloying, with fresh buttered bread and a faint fruitiness (semi-dry apple slices).

T: Sweet and grainy flavor, buttered grains, fresh bread, small flower hops with a pinch of fruitiness. Buttered croissant. Overall perception was sweet, lightly grainy, and fruity with a small touch of grassy flowery hops on the punch out. Hops are refrained, but somewhat noticeable.

M: Light bodied, slick texture, and a soft carbonation despite the strong visual. Soft and laid back attitude on the tongue.

O: Did little to offend, fair rate of drinkability, and fairly clean. A quiet, a laid back type of drink, with a decent enough smoothness. Fairs ok per style.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2011 00:18:17 | More by beerthulhu

Tone

Missouri

3.53/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear, straw color. There is also suspended sediment. Two inch head of a white color. Great retention and decent lacing. Smells of sweet malt, pale malt, hint of caramel malt, hint of hops, and a hint of rice. Fits the style of a Euro Pale Lager. Mouth feel is smooth and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of pale malt, sweet malt, rice, hint of hops, and a hint of citrus. Overall, good aroma, appearance, feel, and blend.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2011 02:31:21 | More by Tone