February 22, 2014 bonus

I went out for lunch today and had a Blue Moon, which is one of my go to beers depending on the selection at the bar. I picked up all their mixed 12 packs in the last year so i could sample all of them. The Blue Moon Brewing Co line of beers is actually brewed by Coors, so, like Shock Top who is made by Anhueser Busch, they seem to discounted by many of the craft beer snobs. As i stated before, I dont care who makes it, a good beer is a good beer. Some of these are decent and some are not real good, but that is the same with most breweries. I think this is most of their offerings, maybe missing 1-2 as some of their seasonals are hard to find here. Tonight seems like a good night to throw these up here, as there is only a couple weeks to go. I lost my notes i took on these as i drank them, so i am just going by memory.

BLUE MOON BELGIAN WHITE - excellant, a go to beer for me

BLUE MOON BELGIAN STYLE PALE ALE - average at best

BLUE MOON HARVEST PUMPKIN ALE - nice take on a pumpkin style, not overdone, better than alot out there

BLUE MOON AGAVE NECTAR ALE - wheat with agave, nice summer beer, but nothing special

BLUE MOON GINGERBREAD SPICED ALE - nice mix of holiday spices. Cinnamon, gingerbread, and caramel; nice winter beer

BLUE MOON VALENCIA GROVE AMBER - sweet, with an odd artificial orange flavor, could be better

BLUE MOON BLACKBERRY TART ALE  - happy i found this one, was really looking forward to it, but it didnt pan out. Blackberry and raspberry flavors were too muted for me, decent but could be alot better

BLUE MOON CARAMEL APPLE SPICED ALE - nice flavor, but just a little too sweet for me, nice dessert beer

BLUE MOON IMPRESSIONIST COLLECTION ROUNDER BELGIAN STYLE PALE - nice representation of the style, nothing exciting though

BLUE MOON IMPRESSIONIST COLLECTION SHORT STRAW FARMHOUSE RED ALE - seeing this one around alot lately. A little fruitier than a standard red ale, but i think thats its appeal. I see alot of women drinking this one. Really nice summer beer with a decent kick to it.

Overall i think Blue Moon does a good job on most of their beers.