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Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale

Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale

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A Wheat Ale brewed by
Coors Brewing Company (MolsonCoors)

Golden, Colorado USA

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2842.61/5.02.61/5.0Spring-27.6 Shaker, Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Celebrate the end of winter with Blue Moon Spring Ale. This amber wheat ale is brewed with four varieties of specialty malts and an infusion of exotic Kieffer lime leaves and lime peel to bring out the freshness of spring.

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 junon (136), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20

Feb 7, 2008  
This is a aromatic beer. Unfortunately it freaking stinks. Nice looking beer though and anyone who says different is doing so out of bias. Flavor is out of nowhere and it kind of taste the way it smells. BM have finally managed to pack a ton of flavor and aromas into a beer but all the wrong flavors and aromas. I wouldnt use the word LIME in describing this beer. I will say that it is very interesting but im not really liking it. EDIT: You know what? It gets better as it warms.

 DarkElf (2650), La Jolla, California, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/56/20
Aug 18, 2008  
30-Jun-08 (12-oz bottle, Best by 08-Jun-08: BevMo in La Jolla, CA) At its core, this is just another generic wheat beer with a heavy, very bready flavor. However, with each sip, the lime has enough presence to balance the wheat base in the entry. Unfortunately, within a few seconds, the lime fades off the palate, leaving the unpleasant, wheaty aftertaste of stale bread and heavy yeast. It’s medium in body and carbonation, but without a balanced and cleansing finish, the palate is left feeling unrefreshed. Lime is fairly prominent in the nose, but when swirled, the beer projects cardboard and bready wheat. Hazy golden in color and capped by a large, bubbly, off-white head that eventually settles to a thin ring. As it is, this isn’t a very enjoyable beer, but imagine where it would be without the lime! With poor drinkability being the main issue here, drink this beer cold and have food handy to quickly pick up where the lime leaves off.


bones_41 (12), new ulm, Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Wheat beer smell with a hint of lime. A pretty clean secent. Nice golden color with a light fizz. Taste a a little lacking, plus it had a weird aftertaste. Not something I would proably buy again


 smjohnst (133), , Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
Aug 2, 2008  
This was another pretty good spring beer. The lime leaves did add a nice citrus flavor to it but didn’t take away from the beer taste.


gameface23 (89), Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/55/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottle. Weak nose and appearance. I was really disappointed with this beer because I love Blue Moon. The addition of lime leaves was a mistake, in my opinion. Lime peel probably would have been a much better choice.


 dpjuart (555), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/58/20
Jul 1, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pours slightly hazy amber with foamy, off-white head. Looks enticing. Not much nose, smells of wheat and slight banana, maybe some slight citric notes. Taste is an unfortunate amount of lime-esque notes accenting a wheat malt body with a slightly crisp ending. No hops, no real taste other than the lime. Odd metallic aftertaste. Could be the age. A big "eh" from me.




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