From SFoodie – Brian Yaeger,

The beer derives its name from the only two things that are truly unavoidable, and given that demand for it is becoming contagious, we imagine it’s unavoidable that Moonlight’s Death & Taxes will end up on tap someday. As it is, bar owners are literally put on a waiting list for it.

Santa Rosa’s Moonlight is virtually a one-man operation. Brian Hunt wears many hats, or rather, work shirts. Perhaps because he’s too busy brewing, selling, distributing, and so on, to park it on a bar stool and lose himself in a heavy pint, his offerings are in stark contrast to “extreme” beers, the Russian imperial stouts and double India pale ales, that often overtop the 10 percent alcohol mark. Hunt relishes brewing lighter-in-alcohol yet still robust-in-flavor beers that stay under 6 percent. In short, Moonlight’s beers are “sessionable”: You can quaff several in one sitting without getting bombed.

Like Anchor Steam, the Bay Area’s original session beer, Death & Taxes is medium-bodied. But unlike Anchor, which is brewed with pale malts, it’s a Schwarzbier ― black lager ― utilizing dark-roasted malts that impart flavors of coffee, dry cocoa, and charcoal. It’s proof that low-alcohol (in this case under 5 percent) doesn’t negate bold flavor. When it comes to lagers, schwarz is the new yellow.