Blue Moon Belgian White Ale

On tap at the local unnoteworthy bar. Pours orange with a small white head. Served with an orange slice, which made it hard to pick out the aroma, but I assume it was nothing special. Not many specific tastes to pick out--some spices, a hint of wheat. Easy to drink I suppose. Not really a good example of a witbier, but better than the pale lagers it’s served alongside of.

I like to just eat that orange the bartenders always so proudly grace my glass with. I don’t like the fruit in the beer. On tap this seems to be thicker and more cloudy with a touch more flavor. Lots of wheat, some citrus, sweet and not awful. Simple

I really did not care for this. I heard some good things at first. Has some spice to it but appeared to have flavors that shouldn’t go together. Too citrusy for my taste. had a nice crisp feel though.

bengal tiger orange pour with smallish white head. Very sweet wheat flavor with slight coriander backdrop. (this beer’s flavor changes very noticeably season to season). Very heavy for belgian white, but gets a few extra points for the fact that in most bars in america this is the best beer they have on tap.... so atleast some decent beer is being exposed to the masses. Doing for the orange what corona did for the lime!

With or without orange, no thanks. This was one of my earliest beers and I didn’t have a taste for it at the time.

Not the worst brew I’ve ever had. Pours a cloudy yellow/orange with a white head. Taste is sweet, malty, citrusy and a little spicey. Doesn’t taste like a true Belgian beer. OK

Draft at Blue Claws stadium. Ah where to begin my adventure of the Blue Moon Belgian White Ale, how about the begining. Well it was a warm Friday night in July and I was at a minor league ball game and thought to myself, "hey Dave how bout a beer". I replied to myself, "sure sounds good now lets go see what they have". So I saunter over to the rat trap bar in center field which unabashedly proclaims their allegance to Coors by having enough neon and plastic signage covering every third inch of the building so that the batter at home plate has something to aim for. Well I look at my choices, Coors LIght, Coors Extra Gold, another tap handle of Coors Light and wait what’s this a Belgian White Ale the tap handle proclaims, why yes indeed that will do. So I pluck down my hard earned $5.25 in US currency while Sid, well he looked like a Sid anyway, fills up my lovely 14 oz plastic shaker. I moisten my lips as I am filled with anticipation of the joyous aromas and bountiful flavors which are sure to be found inside my plastic grail of golden nectar. After the hazy orange liquid begins to overflow the glass, which is obviously the way to pour beer since every barkeep at this fine institution pours this way, Sid eventually decides that the glass can hold no more and shuts the tap off. But wait he’s not done yet, oh no not yet. Next comes the magic of the Blue Moon Belgian White Ale because inside every glass is a lovely slice of dried up warm orange. Yes I rejoice as the slice of dead rotting fruit is plopped on top of the quarter inch of foamy head that was allowed to remain. Finally the finsihed product is handed to me and my hand trembles as I pick up my long awaited treat. My heart skips a beat and my lip quivers with anticipation as I raise the mighty plastic cup to my undeserving mouth. I close my eyes inhale deeply and finally take a sip. Meh, sucks.

Re-rating this one up. Had it again and enjoyed it very much. Served with an orange slice (why?). Aroma was delicious fruit and wheat. Flavor was same as aroma. Both held well up through the end of the glass.