Moa Five Hop

Moa Five Hop

Moa Five Hop is a New Zealand take on a traditional English ale. A range of Nelson Hops including Cascade, Pacifica, Motueka, Hallertau and Sauvin give Moa Five Hop a savoury, hoppy nose and creamy, honeyed characters on the palate. A well-balanced companion to any meal.




Tasting Notes

Moa Five Hop Winter Ale utilises pilsner, Vienna, Munich and crystal malts to produce a distinctive mouth feel and flavour. New Zealand grown B Saaz and Hallertau aroma hops are used to produce an ale with an extremely high bitterness. An English ale yeast completes this ‘Brewer’s Beer’. Moa Five Hop is a strong ale fermented at warm temperatures to maximise aromatic and floral aromas. The English ale yeast provides a low apparent attenuation and sweeter finish. Bottle conditioned, Moa Five Hop will age well. Moa Five Hop is best served at approximately 9-11˚C in a tulip glass.



Awards

Gold – Australian Intl. Beer Awards

Silver – Australian Intl. Beer Awards

Bronze – Brewing Industry Intl. Awards
3.4
176 reviews
Blenheim, New Zealand

Community reviews

4.0 A: floral, A: golden, white foam, T: medium bitterness, citrus, good spiceness P: medium body, long finish, bitter, O: Very balanced beer. The spice is the best thing about it.
3.3 bottle 500ml, good reddish thick appearance, nice level of fizz , taste is little bit lacking but it is well balanced , kind of like a full bodied ale with hint of citrus notes , finish is quite clean but with a little bit of roasty notes.
3.5 375ml bottle into tulip glass. Subdued sweet malt nose, pepper and hops in the background. Caramel sauce appearance with thin film of suds. Effervescent in the mouth, immediate hop hit. Finish is dry citric acid intensity and long. Really good beer but too bitter for a bitter (if you know what I mean).
3.1 Pours a murky reddy orange with a large off white head. Aroma of bread and rubbing alcohol. Nice texture to the beer, malt flavour with not a lot else before a minimal bitter finish. It’s ok but I’m not writing home about it. Edit: As the bottle progressed it got better and the malty taste got better. Taste rating upped from 5 to 7 and overall upped from 10 to 12
3.0 Beerfest Asia, Singapore on 25/06/15. 50cl corked bottle, shared. Hazy amber colour with a small white head which quickly dissipates. Sweet aroma of malt,, wheat and banana. Lightly hopped, flavour of malt, fruit. Slightly bittersweet aftertaste, with wine notes, a tad ordinary. Not really an English IPA in my book.
3.7 bottle @ Party Town / Florence KY --- Cloudy dark amber color, beige head cover, curtain of lace. Aroma of malt. Taste is edgy malt that adds clear, but hardly overpowering, hops on the swallow, both malt and hops gently moving to a medium finish. Not strong at all, but balanced, interesting, and enjoyable. Recommended.
3.3 Had this one on tap a while ago: loved it. Trying in bottle now and I feel it hasn’t reached the same heights. Spicy fruity nose with some malt backing. Deep orange hazy body, good lacing and head retention. Taste is malty, a little bit metallic and with a good hint of bitterness. Definitely truer to an english ale style than an APA or IPA; but with the uniqueness of NZ hops. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Medium length bitter aftertaste
3.3 Quite nice, but I won’t buy it again. Good hoppy aroma, but it sometimes seemed to hide behind the malt. Given the hop pedigree, I expected more, but I guess as this is an English Ale, not an IPA, I shouldn’t expect this. Worth experimenting with, but I much preferred the Moa White IPA and Moa South Pacific Pale Ale
3.0 Good strong taste bitter level at good level. Good smell. Good with fried food.
3.1 Poured from a 12.7 OZ bottle into a int glass. Aroma- Hops then some malt and a little floral presence. Appearance- Pours a murky amber color with a small off-white head. Taste- Has an OK hops and yeast flavor Palate- A medium bodied beer with moderate carbonation. Has a buttery texture to it. Overall- An average beer, I probably won’t drink this again.
3.9 The combination of different malts and the fact that it's fermentation is finished in the bottle make this a distinctive english ale born in New Zealand..
3.9 Deep amber appearance; crisp aroma, yet reminiscent of a horse stable. The hop is clean and warming, which you expect of a winter ale. Palate is complex, perhaps a touch bitter on its own, next time I would couple it with a a richly spiced meal to cleanse and balance the truly earthy nature of the brew. Definitely would drink again, but needs a food pairing. Another feather in the MOA brewing hat. **please roll before opening.
2.0 Cerveja estava claramente oxidada. Avermelhada / Âmbar, ausência total de espuma. Aroma resinoso e só, não capitei ésteres, o que se repetiu no sabor. Zero de carbonatação, amargor médio, corpo médio-alto. Aftertaste doce.
3.6 Earthy, rusty hops, with plenty of malt backbone to really prove its English roots. Finishes with a nice lingering bitterness.
3.6 Bottle from Kenny Rd Market. Copper orange pour with a big fluffy light tan head and sudsy stick. Aroma of caramel, orange, spice, floral. Tastes are zesty citrus, floral, toffee, pepper, herbal, berry. Oily palate. Astringent and lightly dry in the finish. Strange brew overall - but interesting.
3.2 12.7 oz bottle from BOTW, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. App.: Hazy deep amber with a large creamy light tan head and fine floaty bits. Aroma: Bright citrus hops, a bit woodsy and floral, has an acidic edge, limited bread crust/biscuit malt character, lightly fruity. Palate: Medium body, relaxed carbonation. Flav.: A bit maltier than the nose, with a bit of caramel/toffee as well as breadiness, citrus hops with an herbal twang, still lightly acidic (mild infection??), light fruity esters; dry with fairly good bitterness and a balanced finish. Not bad. Not as good as I was hoping for.
4.1 Pours hazy dirty brown & aromatic there is a balanced & complex herbal hoppy citrus taste that goes down well with an enjoyable tangy lingering aftertaste
4.0 bottle 500ml, good reddish thick appearance, good level of fizz and good frothy head, taste is little bit lacking but it is well balanced , kind of like a full bodied ale with hint of citrus notes and bit malty but not in your face style, finish is quite clean but with a little bit of roasty notes.
3.9 375ml bottle @ the 9th Shrewsbury Bottle Share Oct 14, courtesy of myself. Bought at Utobeer. Pours a hazy reddish amber with nice citrus aroma. Taste is citrussy with lemon, lime, grapefruit & gooseberries, smoothly presented and enjoyable. The most vibrant ESB I think I’ve ever had.
3.6 Cork and caged .375 litre bottle: cheers Mat for bringing this to the Oct 14 Shrewsbury bottle swap. Misty pour to the amber/orange body, the topping a beige affair that tried to hang around. Mixed bag of aromas and tastes, a kind of sweet and sour blend with grapefruit and malty molasses coming to the fore. I liked it, different and interesting.
2.6 From bottle. Dan Murphys. I must say, the biggest impact that this beer has had on me is making me review my life and really decide what is important to me after a near death experience. I took this from the fridge, let it sit to get to around 14 degrees, and then twisted the metal cap to anticipate wedging the cork out - instead, after 2 twists to just free it up it blew - knocking a hole in the kitchen ceiling and just missing my head on the way up... The next minute I remember a ringing in my eardrums and my chest feeling the shockwave working out if perhaps I had left the gas on, I realised it was just the beer. Anyway, the 3/5 of the bottle that was left after it had unleashed its contents like Mt Etna, I actually did try to enjoy. Beer review: Large carbonation (goes without saying) - forming large bubbles which do hold up but with brown colouring in the head - weird. The carbonation creates a metallic taste. The smell is very caramel and vanilla. Overall - the result is not unlike my first attempts at more complex homebrew - it has a funk to it that I couldnt quite get past. I am writing this one off as a bad bottle, and probably not enough in it to make me rush out to find another one (or risk my life).
3.4 Aroma: malt, spicy hop App: amber with a hint of tea brown and a bit hazy Flavour: light sweet malt and strong hop character Palate: finishes long and hoppy bitter
3.4 375ml bottle. Clear, medium amber, white head. Oaky, spicy aroma, caramel, wood, vanilla, yeast, dried fruit. Off-dry, medium body and bitterness, balanced CO2. Oaky, spicy taste, vanilla, apricot, caramel, refreshingly sour. OK, but slightly thin. (2014-09-24)
3.9 Poured from a bottle into a pint glass amber orange with a huge beige head. Aroma is citrus & crackers. Flavor is all over here with hops, funk, bread. And all these flavors actually work & balance well. Very complex & very enjoyable.
3.5 Cloudy burnt orange colour with small persistent off-white head. Reasonably subdued aroma but hints of grapefruit are present. The taste is multigrain bread at first until some funk from the yeast and a light honey sweetness kick in. Finishes dry and bitter. Peppery on the tongue but smooth down the hatch. Not too bad at all.
3.4 375 ml bottle shared with the Quebec City crew. Pours a very cloudy orange with a creamy, resilient white head. Aroma is yeast, herbal hops, fruity, grapefruits. Flavor is yeasty, bread, herbal, fruity. Finish is citrus, grass, some mineral and...skunk! Lingering tartness. Medium body, average to strong carbonation.
2.1 Pours a darkish orange with a large bubbled off white head. Pretty aromatically challenged. Apparently there is nelson in here, but you could have fooled me. Smells like wet cardboard, a vague citric/metallic tang. Flavor is some citrus, a little more cardboard, prickly carbonation, herbal bitter finish. I hope this is just a bad bottle. It was from Dan Murphy’s after all, but this is disappointing.
3.3 Tap. Pours a mid brown colour with a thick white head, aroma is all malt and hops, taste is light and bitter with a dry bitter finish.
4.1 Beautifully balanced beer. Slightly dark, heavy and hoppy. Very heady, slightly misty and excellent aroma.
3.0 375 ml bottle. O'Hara's, Tampere, Finland. Clear amber golden colour with a tiny off-white head. Fruity hops, lots of fruity sweetness and mild bitterness in the aroma. The flavour is resiny and fruity hops, a plethora of sweetness and mild bitterness. Drinkable but a bit too sweet for me. Blah...