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Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale

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4712.66/5.02.66/5.0Summer5.6%32.1Shaker, 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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HyreOne (9), York, South Carolina, USA
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1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/57/20
Aug 30, 2008  
bottle. light in color, pours a head that settles a bit. Smells of honey and adjunct (it is a wheat beer). Light body. Tastes of honey. Has a hop backbone. Reminds me of my first braggot experiment. Slightly warming. Not as much alcohol taste as I expected. Slightly sticky aftertaste.


 douglas88 (1676), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/58/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Bottles bought at a local grocery store. The odd thing was three of the six beers were only half filled, we realized that some asshole must have drank some of each bottle and put back on the cap. Needless to say we were too lazy to return them, but I had better beer anyway. Pours a clear yellow with a medium white head. The aroma and taste was full of sweet honey, wheat, and a light spicy addition. Not too bad, except for the three which were compromised.


 hayduke (1677), Eureka, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/512/20
Aug 20, 2008  
From a bottle. Poured cloudy yellow. Nose of wheat and citrus. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor of yeast and orange. Served very cold this is somewhat refreshing.


 DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/56/20
Aug 18, 2008  
03-Jul-08 (12-oz bottle, Best by 02-Nov-08: Purchased 27-Jun-08 for $1.79 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) Yet another entry in the Blue Moon family of mediocrity. The combination of honey and orange peel never really does anything for me except to make me scrunch my face in disapproval. The sweet, floral, and herbal honey flavor hits immediately in the entry and gradually fades off the palate. In conjunction, the orange peel builds toward the finish, leaving an unpleasant, bitter taste in my mouth. The yeasty and wheaty base is extremely doughy and sits heavy on the palate, which counters the goal of a refreshing summer ale. The medium body has more weight than the average American wheat beer, but this, too, hurts the drinkability of this summer beer. Carbonation is high, resulting in a few loud eructations. Sweetbreads and yeast in the nose. Hazy, golden-yellow in color with plenty of carbonation streams rising through the beer. The creamy, white head pours to half an inch, but shows solid retention by holding a thin layer for several minutes. Large, dense patches of lace blanket the glass. Not an enjoyable beer, but I can’t say that I find any of the Blue Moon beers enjoyable, but it’s especially true of their wheat beers.


 VTHopHead (934), Barre, Vermont, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Bottle - Poured a slightly cloudy light yellow in color with a foamy white head. Aroma is slightly sweet, but not strong. Flavor was also slightly sweet, but not with the flavor of honey. Slightly citrus in the finish. Not a lot here... easy drinking, but not really worth repeating.


 WakeandBake (436), Greenville, Michigan, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Not as much flavor as I had expected, I love Blue Moon but will not buy this again, I found nothing aginst this beer,just very little flavor for the $


 tarheels86 (812), Washington DC, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/56/20
Aug 15, 2008  
One of the worst beers I’ve ever tried that was not out of a can at a party.Completely flat and void of any good characteristics. Aroma was that of old Bud Light or Natural Light left over from the night before in a Silo cup. Honey taste was absent. Orange and lemon is added I’m guessing to mask the poor qualities of the fundamental brew. I actually had to pour the glass out after taking a few sips. Save yourselves the frustration and stick with regular, fantastic Blue Moon.


Sandman2222 (42), Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Seems like Coors took blue moon, added a little drop of honey to the batch, and bottled it. Not a bad brew, though, there wasn’t enough taste to hold me with the beer.



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