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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?  
 Cornfield (4892), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 8, 2007  
This pours a clear amber body with a creamy eggshell head. The aroma is caramel and vanilla. So’s thew flavor, along with some very light brown spices. Uninspired and unexciting.

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 Ernest (4481), Boulder, Colorado, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Nov 13, 2006  
Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma is lightly malty (caramel), with a strong note of vanilla. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Hope you like vanilla...and LOTS of it...’cause you’re not gonna be smelling much else.


 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.


 badgerben (3587), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 3, 2006  
Dark copper color with a thin head. Interesting aroma that’s kind of sweet and almost seems like molasses. Goes downhill from here... I don’t know about "winter spices". Kind of a sour dry malt taste that’s just plain.


 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Mar 13, 2008  
Bottle. Poured a small fizzy ivory head that mostly diminished, fair amount of lacing, transparent, fizzy, fast rising carbonation observed, and an orange hue. Nose was roasty malts, sweet, and lightly hoppy. Flavor was sweet, malty, sticky, gummy, and dry. Mouthfeel, was smooth, gummy, sticky, thin, and dry. Light in body. Nah, nothing special going on with this beer for sure. Not as tasty as their regular Blue Moon.


 JK (2946), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/59/20
Nov 18, 2006  
This isn’t terrible but not nearly as tasty as the wit. Lots of nutmeg; more than I have ever tasted in a beer. Sweet, kind of sugary flavor with a very dry aftertaste. It is worth trying.


 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


 Dogbrick (2816), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 21, 2006  
This beer is a dark amber color with a medium bone white head that dissipates pretty quickly. Thin, spotty lacing. Lots of vanilla aroma, along with a touch of malt and spice. Light-bodied and alternatingly spicy and vanilla-sweet. Aside from that there is a light malt flavor. The segmentation of the flavors is a little jarring but overall the flavors are okay. The finish is mildly spiced and the vanilla gives it an aftertaste like a cream soda. So-so all around.



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