Moonglow - Half Moon Bay Brewing Company

femALEist

California

4.08/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had this on cask at the 2010 Firkin Festival.
Barleywine with East Kent Goldings.

This poured a semi-cloudy orange red.

It smelled light with caramel, toffee, burnt malt, eartthy, black tea and sweet honey flavors.

It tasted of toffee mixed with tropical fruits and a ton of Black tea. It tasted like an unsweetened Tropical Black tea, the kind you would get at Grandma's or at a Tea House. BUT that doesn't make it a bad thing.

Good mouthfeel, good drinkabilty.
It was interesting. I have never had a barleywine like it. I would have liked to have tried this one on its own and not the ending of a cask beer festival.

Serving type: cask

04-28-2010 21:08:41 | More by femALEist

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

10-10-2012 02:38:38 | More by t0rin0

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Kind of chalky on this one. But there is a nice thick sweet tone here, though an after lying bitterness really does seem to kick in on the backside that switches things up. A nice drinker. Definitely a sipper and could use a bit rounding on some of the rougher edges on it, but it works fairly well.

Serving type: on-tap

04-14-2012 08:25:20 | More by RblWthACoz

stampfler07

Georgia

4/5  rDev +6.1%

02-05-2012 00:02:30 | More by stampfler07

jenray

Texas

3/5  rDev -20.4%

11-25-2011 14:26:39 | More by jenray