Moonless Night

Moonless Night is an oatmeal stout from Toronto’s Eastbound Brewing Co. Wildly sessionable at just 4.4% alcohol, the beer comes in 355mL cans. It’s a black ale infused with amber highlights, and it pours with a nice covering of light tan head.

For a low-alcohol stout, Moonless Night has a remarkably solid aroma. It has smooth scent that features chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt notes. The flavour is a little less pronounced, though it does have some nice notes of latte, and builds to a fairly bitter crescendo. Mostly, though, the highlight of moonless night is its smooth mouthfeel.

Flavourful and sessionable aren’t beer adjectives that often intersect. Moonless Night is an example, though the beer is rich enough that you might not want to have more than one in a session despite the low percentage. The bitterness at the finish adds a nice element of balance, though the beer is still a bit too sweet.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.