Blue Moon Belgian White Ale

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46		50
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Brewed by Coors Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Golden, Colorado USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 2225 WEIGHTED AVG: 2.99 EST. CALORIES: 162 ABV: 5.4%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
"Belgian White Ale" (North America) / "North American Craft Beer" (UK)
Brewed with oats for creaminess and spiced with the perfect combination of orange peel and coriander.
An unfiltered wheat ale spiced in the Belgian tradition for an uncommonly smooth taste.
Gold medalist (white beer) at 1995 World Beer Championships, silver medalist (white beer) at 1996 and 1997 World Beer Championships. 171 calories per 12-ounce serving and 5.4% abv.
Editor’s Note: Much of this beer’s production now comes from the Molson brewery in Toronto. A small portion of Denver draught production comes from the SandLot brewery. Still other product may continue to hail from Golden. 7/19/08.

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3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

mcmisko (125) - - FEB 1, 2012

Pours a cloudy orange yellow. Big white head that dissipates quickly. Smells like fresh citrus, and sweet malts. Taste like fresh spices, lots of sweet citrus fruits, and crisp sweet malts. Clean crisp after taste. This is a sweet beer, but is not sugary, just fruity and malty. I think this is very refreshing.

2.8

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

dogbomb (114) - ENGLAND - JAN 31, 2012

355ml Bottle in UK, branded "North American Craft Beer". Pours a murky hazy light-pale orange, with no head. Beer is very subtle. There’s a coriander "hay" like taste, which dominates the roof of the mouth. It starts off pleasant enough, with subtle hay/wheat tastes and orange-peel - but gets a bit boring after a while. There’s something missing but can’t quite put my finger on it.

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

Allen (2402) - SWITZERLAND - JAN 29, 2012

Bottled 355ml. The nose is dominated by coconut. Murky pale orange appearance. Sweet. Caramel showing up. Some residual sugars in the finish which is reminiscent of coriander and coconut. Decent.

3.5

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

aphelion1979 (120) - West Sussex, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2012

pours murky yellow with a white small head. aroma of coriander and citrus. taste is sweet, spicy, citrus, with low carbonation. perfectly enjoyable.

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20

Fatalstrike (129) - Cerritos, California, USA - JAN 27, 2012

Pours a hazy orange with a short lived white foam that retreats to the edges. The aroma contains subtle coriander and citrus notes, but the main component is wheat funk. Flavor wise the wheat dominates but there is also almost a candy like citrus flavor as well. This has a much heavier body than most Belgian white ales and fairly low carbonation. It is drinkable, but there are many better white ales out there.

2.9

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

oRos (96) - sacramento, California, USA - JAN 27, 2012

Bottle from the liquor store. Taste is orange. Smells like orange mixed with coors. Oh wait..thats what this is. Not bad for mass produced.

2.7

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20

tiong (1002) - Espoo, FINLAND - JAN 25, 2012

355ml bottle @ Limon Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Pretty basic and bulky wheat ale with hints of spices and malts. Slightly different from the original Belgian ones, but still kinda enjoyable with spicy food.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

FudgeSociety (243) - Florida, USA - JAN 24, 2012

One of the better mass produced beers; it was surprisingly not bad. Sweet citrusy flavor with the belgian wheat and yeast characteristics typical of a witbeir.

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