For review number 50 (pleasantly surprised we've made it this far) I thought I'd pick something old hat and review it with reference to one of the first beers I reviewed on this blog. Blue Moon Belgian White has been a mainstay of drinkers on the other side of the Atlantic for years and has begun to appear in British Supermarkets with increasing regularity. Fans point to its spiced coriander flavors, in theory brought to life by a slice of orange. As a warning before we proceed, I've never been convinced. To my mind, there are better beers out there that more effectively provide the experience Blue Moon is trying to create, notably,
Otley Blonde. In the past, I felt I simply didn't like beers containing orange, cloves, and coriander, but I now know that this is not the case, I just don't rate Blue Moon. It is extremely cloudy with heavy levels of sediment. This is not in and of itself a problem except that served in a 333ml format, it does provide some pouring issues, unless you leave a fair amount of the beer in the bottle. The spicing is also somehow off. With great beers, flavors come in waves, giving the drinker an experience with each sip. Blue Moon is obviously spiced, but with what is rather more difficult, as all of the flavors hit the drinker at once. All this aside, it isn't a bad beer. Certainly Coors Brewing Co produce several beers that would receive worse reviews on this blog, but I find myself unable to give it anything higher than a mediocre 5/10.
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