Moosejaw Apple Ale

Brewed by Moosejaw Pizza & Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin USA

Straw color with just a few bubbles meandering about the top of the brew. Somewhat fizzy in feel. Light aromas of cider and pale grains. Light sweet apple start with a touch of tartness. A bit of bread dough. Mild apple pie flavors with crust, apple and hint of mace. A light summer fruit beer.

Sampled on draught at the brewpub/restaurant in Wisconsin Dells. Pours a clear golden light amber brew with an average white head that dissolves to a creamy ring. Aroma of bready malts, some flowery hops and a hint of pear/apple fruit. Taste has a good balance of bready malt and tart apples. Palate is medium bodied with low carbonation. Finish is slightly gritty, some alcohol with a tart fruit aftertaste. Not as tart and dry as last year’s batch.

Hand-bottled thanks to jarlbartar. Poured a brighter light golden with lots of particles floating around in there and a loose ring of white head. Aroma picked up pale malts, tart apple skins, and freshly-sliced apples.. not what I usually look for in a beer, but nothing offensive. Flavor had a light, pale grainy malt base with accents of sliced apples and apple cider.. left a vinegary/tart apple finish. Light-bodied and grainy on the palate with tartness in a few spots. This was not very enjoyable.

A growler thanks to Skyview. Clear yellow color with a medium head. Lemony aroma. Taste of tart and sour apples. Very light body. Some bready yeast that, to me, doesn’t play well with the apples.

The aroma has lemon. Very light apple, barely there at all. A little sour in the finish. Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Not much of a fruit beer.

Grainy character with faint apple character. Grainy body with a faint apple undercurrent.

This was a crazy beer. I never had an apple beer before, so I didn’t know what to expect. Pours a light yellow colour with a heavily aromatic apple bouquet. a light mouthfeel, somewhat grainy but apples all the way through. Not citrusy like a cider, but just super wicked green sour apple fruity.

On Tap at the Great Lakes Brewfest. Hazy amber with a thin white head. Aroma of apple peel, apple, cinnamon, Taste is more of the same with a dryness to it that’s akin to eating an apple.