Blue Moon Belgian White Ale

I give Coors credit for realizing that they need to try something new. Some fruit, coriander, and banana odors. Tastes wheaty, citrusy, fruity, and smooth at the finish. Not bad.

Head is initially small, fizzy, white, fully diminishing. Body is hazy dark yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (grain), with notes of orange and coriander, light note of solvent. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter, slightly unclean, slightly husky. Light to medium body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation. Second review and I still don't know how anyone is rating this above average. The hints of soiled mattress and broom handle mar the finish, and the problem with the aroma, as with Cave Creek Chili, is that they use spices to cover up a poor base beer. This is the same principle restaurants use to cover up shitty tap water...by adding a lemon wedge. It's like putting a fedora and Armani on a corpse...it may be slightly more aesthetically pleasing, but it's still dead inside.

The perfect-looking wit, cloudy and straw-colored with a nice snowy head. Aroma would be perfect if stronger -- again, typical lemon/cardamom zestiness. Flavor a bit weak -- lacks something, I’m not sure what; finish a bit weak. A good try.

Smells like bread? Maybe. Spice and fruit? No to my nose. Hazy peach color with a decent white head. Starts with a carbonation hit, and as that goes away the medium body thins. There’s something like stone fruit, something hinting of yeast, something hinting of spice. Mostly all hints. Maybe lemon in the finish. Maybe. Damn drinkable, but this is to a Belgian wit, as Bud is to beer. Pretty drinkable though, and I wouldn’t turn down a free bottle.

surprisingly decent. plenty of coriander in the aroma, light lemon meringue taste, a bit thin for the style but better than most american wits i tasted and much better than i expected anything on the coors brewery tour would be

Hard to believe this is really a macro. The people I know who don't know beer yet want to sound sophisticated always get this. There was a nice fruity flavor and a little bit of spiciness.

Biscuity malts, wheat and citrus character are all apparent in the aroma, but no real spiciness. Opaque, tan yellow body with a low off white head that recedes to ring. Citrus and wheat flavours are strong along with mild banana esters. Spiciness is subdued and mostly apparent on the tongue in the aftertaste. Very gassy medium body with strong, crisp, pointy carbonation. Seems like a decent American Wheat beer but a bit too dumbed down for a witbier. Sampled on tap at the Sandlot at Coors Field.

A mass marked version of the style, not near the complexity of Hoegaarden, Celis, or Upland. Cloudy pale yellow with a little head, no lace, thin-bodied. Some citrus and spice hints on the nose. Sweeter than most witbiers, smooth. A coy bread-like taste lingers on the palate.