Moylans Special Bitter

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: English Pale Ale
Novato, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Nice looking smooth beer, but tastes a bit flat - it could do with a bit more flavour.

On tap at the Davis Brewfest. Pours clear yellow with a large white head and a light floral aroma. There is a nice light malt flavor with a slightly bitter finish.

On tap at the Brillobox. Nitro with nice foamy head, settled to golden fairly quickly, nice mello malts but had a distinctive acidity on the tongue. A little distracting.

Nitro tap at Moylans. Light orange pour with a smaller white nitro head. Light and creamy palate. Pale malts and just a hint of hop in this. Fun brew.

22oz bomber poured into a pint glass. Pours a slightly hazy light copper with a one finger white head. Smells of piny hops along with a decent amount of citrus. A little bit of toasted malt too. Toasted, bready malt up front followed almost immediately by a sharp citrus tartness that I found very odd. Almost lemon/lime like. It brings a sweetness that verges on being cloying. Light bitterness with a sticky finish. Mouthfeel is quite watery. Overall this is not an enjoyable beer. The citric tartness makes no sense at all and makes this beer hard to drink. Not something I would want to drink again.

Bottle from Asahiya. Medium copper-brown with low head. Nose is grass, earthy caramel malt. Carbonation is a bit too high for a style one would usually enjoy as real ale. Body a bit light. Balanced flavor of light caramel and grass. Drinkable and easy.

Bomber pours clear deep gold with weak off white head. The aroma has some sweet hard candy citrus notes along with some mild spicy hops. Overall the aroma is on the mild side. The taste is similar with muted or blunted citrus hop notes that seem like sweet hard candy. Those notes are followed by mild spicy hops and some earthy hops. Underneath everything are snippets of acidic citrus and sugary malts that are at odds with each other. Decent brew.

Bomber from Hayduke. We had it together via facebook chat. It could be a tea from the pour but with an off white head. A nice fruity nose is also a bit bready. The flavor is almost exactly the same. Just a dab of hops are tasted. It is smooth in the mouth. Nothing to dislike here.

On tap at the brewpub. Golden color with a creamy white head. The aroma is nicely hoppy with herbal tea leaves, citrus and tropical fruit. The flavor is watery with hints of butter, toffee and tropical fruit. Some vegetables and hints of chemical in the finish. Disappointing after a promising aroma.

Clear gold/copper, thin beige head. Aroma of toffee, fruit, floral hop, wet leaf, some odd plastic-like aroma. Taste is sweet with a mild bitterness. Medium body, medium soft carbonation.