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Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4672.66/5.02.66/5.0Summer5.6%32.4Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Ale brewed with honey & orange peel.
Welcome the season with Honey Moon Summer Ale, the winner of the gold medal in the Specialty Honey Lager or Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival 2006. This ale is brewed with clover honey, orange peel, pale malt and malted white wheat. Compliment any summer gathering with this crisp, refreshing ale.
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 illinismitty (1795), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/513/20
Aug 26, 2007    Updated: Aug 27, 2007
Bottle from Frugal McDugal in Nashville, TN. Unlike many people here, I am not going to let anti-macro bias interfere with my rating. Pours a hazy golden amber with a fizzy white head and large carbonation bubbles. Light to medium bodied with a overly fizzy texture. Aroma of clove, honey, and citrus. Initial flavor of pale wheat malts with a moderate amount of sweetness. The clove like spiciness takes center stage mid palate, most likely because of the dryness from the honey. The orange peel is merely an accent. Clean finish with a small amount of spicy bitterness. The real weakness with the beer is the fizzy mouthfeel. Otherwise this is a decent beer, especially from a macro. I have no doubt that many of these raters would rate this a tad higher in a blind tasting, or if this had a tiny micro brew label slapped on the bottle. Certainly better than a 2.6 average.


jodyperkins (70), Mississippi, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/510/20
Aug 25, 2007  
Poured a light clear golden amber. Not much aroma or head. Definite honey taste - luckily it didn’t taste like your typical wheat. Pleasant - easily drinkable.


 dkoonce (884), People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/56/20
Aug 25, 2007  
I’ve got a bad feeling about this, given my dislike for honey beers and wheat beers. Pours lights gold, with a thick, white head. Strange smell, almost like old fruit. Sweet and flat tasting. Kind of thin. Weird conglomeration of flavors. Too much going on for such a light beer. Better than expected. But, too many additions.


WhiteAlePower (91), Long Island, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 25, 2007  
I am thinking more and more that Blue Moon is sacrificing something with their brews. The original is great, but all these offshoots are nothing but sub-par! Yes, you can detect the honey aroma, which is nice, but it is almost too subtle when drinking it. I had a 6 pack of 12 oz bottles. The beer was relatively drinkable, but left me yearning for more flavour.


 rugbydude05 (287), Kew Gardens, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/512/20
Aug 24, 2007    Updated: Aug 23, 2009
330ml. bottle. This beer has a golden appearance and pours well. Like the name suggests it has a pleasant honey-like aroma. The palate is average and so is the flavor. I found it to be lacking in body, but overall not a bad option.


 TaktikMTL (2771), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/59/20
Aug 22, 2007  
Bouteille de 12 oz achetée chez Beverage Warehouse (Winooski, VT). Arôme: Légère odeur de blé. Apparence: La couleur est blonde dorée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût d’orange et de céréale. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Très légère présence d’orange en arrière goût. (Rating #1182)


IdahoBeer (11), Boise, Idaho, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/510/105/519/20
Aug 19, 2007  
Great beer from start to finish. Very smooth and great drinkability. Good work.


 dp (512), uniontown, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/514/20
Aug 12, 2007  
wasn’t too thrilled with the first, but am warming up to it, more honey than anything else, even a honey after-taste, which is not a bad thing if you like this style, refreshing, though i think this may do better in the fall rather than summer



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