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Northwoods Half Moon Gold Ale 2.03 16

Northwoods Half Moon Gold Ale

Percentile
6
overall

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
161.75/5.02.03/5.0-1.7English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
A light to medium bodied ale with a faint hop aroma and pleasantly fruity.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/103/56/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Date: 09/29/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy gold, wispy white head, light sweet cereal and corn aroma, tart lemony flavor with sweet cereal grains, lasting tart finish, almost a shandy,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 2/5.0
Drinkability: 3/10
Score: 4


 JPDIPSO (4935), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/54/20
Jul 12, 2005  
Light golden color. Minimal aroma and head. Unfortunately this is one of those light brews that one can taste the glass cleaner more than the beer.


 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/56/20
Dec 27, 2004  
Sample at the brewpub. Very clear pisslike yellow, wisps of foam, diacetyl fights with some decent grassiness in the nose while the light, bland body underwhelms with late cereal malt, decent crispness atop watery body and tolerable carbonation level. Sadly, one of the better beers here...


 Skyview (4090), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/59/20
Jun 21, 2007  
Picked up single bottle from brewpub. Pours a very light, watery blonde gold brew, as light as a diet ginger ale. No head except a touch of film topping and a thin bubbly ring. Aroma is some honey, and a touch of flowery hops. Taste is highly carbonated, light tobacco, and a sweet flowery hop finish. The palate is very watery and light. Too clean of a finish with no after taste.


 badgerben (3605), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Gold color with no head... or aroma... Just a pinch of grains for flavor. So we’re basically talking about water here.


 ChainGangGuy (2613), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Oct 4, 2007  
Appearance: Pours a remarkably clear, light golden body with a thin, wispy white head. Smell: A handful of corn kernels, a pinch of sulphur, and light cereal notes make up this aroma. Taste: It’s corny, but less corny than the aroma would have you believe. Lightly sweet cereal flavor. Not much hopwise to speak of. There’s a light sourness to the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Mild carbonation. Drinkability: I feel like I deserve a prize of some sort each time I finish a Northwoods beer.


 robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/55/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Extremely Light Gold Coloring. Malt, Hops Aroma...Carbonated.. Very Watery...Just the Slightest Hint of Flavor...Otherwise..Water.


 Pigfoot (2226), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
0.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/102/51/101/52/20
Sep 4, 2005  
Lightly hazed, pearish, pale appearance, slim fizziness above, wastes away instantly. Slick, sick, fades aroma...something’s off in the bottling line here, as this is the fourth beer yet from this company that a plastic-y smell, no real hops, no actual malt, just really wrong. Taste: actually quite horrible. A mess. Flat, cardboardy, unattractive...well, an accident...or, so I hope. The whole thing feels infected. This should never have left the plant.



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