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Blue Moon Winter Ale

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Blue Moon Winter Ale - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
21
overall
Formerly brewed at Coors Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Golden, Colorado USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
562.65/5.02.66/5.0Winter5.6%23.2Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
A winter seasonal ale that blends three varieties of slow roasted malts and multiple hops to deliver exquisite aroma and taste. It's that time of year again - the weather cools and our seasonal ale is here. Blue Moon Winter Ale captures all the season's subtle colors and complexity. Start your own traditions and toast the season with this winter-spiced amber ale.

Editor's Note: after a recipe change in 2007, now known as Full Moon.

 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 shrubber85 (2836), Wallhalben, Germany
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/56/20
May 31, 2007  
Bottle. Vanilla/maple syrup aroma. Amber with a moderate head. Maple syrup and malt flavor - like eating a waffle. A bit cloying and on the weak side. Not a fan


 Ughsmash (3983), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Apr 20, 2007  
Bottled. Poured deeper orange with a short cap of beige head. Aroma was all about the caramel, chestnuts, and wintry spices.. and it didn’t work at all... there was an artificially sweet aire to it. Flavor had an artificially-sweetened caramel and cookie dough base with nutmeggy spices that linger for far too long tacky finish. Light-ish bodied. Did not like it.


 chicagobears (336), Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 3, 2007  
Pours a dark roasted amber. So much caramel, cookie dough, and nutmeg. Its a real sweet desert beer. It hits the Winter season dead on.


 Headbanger (1574), Aurora, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Mar 16, 2007  
12oz bottle- A nice dark amber with an off white head. It has an aroma of caramel and more caramel. The taste follows the aroma with caramel, nuts, and malt. Great tasting brew.


 ilovedarkbeer (1326), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/58/20
Mar 1, 2007  
I like the subtle spices in this beer. Doesnt look like anything special but a decent alternative to bland macros. Nice color too. Overall a nice beer.


 DrnkMcDermott (1832), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/510/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Draft. Nothing distiguishable at all.here. Does look nice, though. Almost amber color. Decent foamy head. But not much to smell of taste. maybe a mere touch of spice here. A typical Coors in its total lack of hops. Many weak parts, but it seems to come together a little better in the whole.


 Metalhead (570), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 12, 2007  
Sweet ,caramel ,malts and a hint of spices. Oh yea,almost forgot the vanilla extract.Thats the whole sheebang. Both aroma and taste. "ok’ But wouldn’t buy again. There are other macro specials better than this.


 alaskanwarren (286), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/59/20
Feb 8, 2007  
In a word: disappointing. Loads of caramel maltiness and not much else going on. I could tell some spices and that was cool, but it just didn’t strike me as being very beer-y. I wanted something a bit more complex and less sweet. If I was brewing this I’d consider trying to balance the richness with more alcohol and some of those spicy hops that they say are in there.



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