Blue Moon
Pictish Brewing in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
7.13
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A strong IPA style beer with a lingering bitter aftertaste and a massive spicy hop aroma. Originally brewed to celebrate the blue moon (2nd full moon in a calendar month) in November 2001.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Two hand-pulled pints at the Wrekin Inn on Saturday 8th June 2024. Clean and clear pale amber body, white crown. Tropical/citrussy nose and taste, oranges and grapefruit in equal measures initially, good body depth and tasty, hence having a second pint!
Tried
on 08 Jun 2024
at 14:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home, from CW online, 01/12/20. Clear golden amber with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is malt forward, caramel, grains, bread dough. Taste comprises caramel, bread, hint of orange, malted bite, biscuit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a moderate level of bitterness. Could well be a new recipe looking at the origin of the beer ... perhaps not ... looks like a 'my first IPA' love in back then ... more a malt forward affair now akin to an English strong. Ok offering ... nothing I'd return to.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2020
at 18:41
7/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2020
at 17:53
7/10
Clear golden with white head. Sweet malts, earl grey & wet hops, floral pollen/nectar notes, trad. English dead cask ale. Sweet, leathery bitter, somewhat sickly notes. Firm body. Low carbonation. I like that it’s different from what I usually drink.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 21:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at home. Clear deep golden with fluffy almost white head. Caramel malts, bread crust, has this lovely deep malty nose. Later more apple, flowers, soft berries, bitter herbs. Medium sweet and quite bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Has a lovely nose but also some stuff I don't like a lot. Quite interesting though, and a nice change from all the NEIPAs of now.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 20:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington; clear golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has grapefruit and sweet malts, taste has sweet caramel, sticky malts, grapefruit and some tangerine.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 15:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is spicy hop, orange citrus. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a smooth, light, tropical citrus, spicy hop palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2015
at 13:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Hazy orange-yellow with a small creamy head. Has some citris although it’s fairly solid in its fruity taste with a fair bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jun 2014
at 08:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield - Yellow hazy body, lasting white head. Nose is reminiscent of some IPAs, lots of hoppy citrus in the aroma. Taste is a bittersweet concoction, a little sugary at times, with a good long finish of citrus again. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2014
at 03:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Waggon and Horses, Halesowen. Pours light gold with a medium head. Aroma was sweet malt with some slight notes of tropical fruit hops. Taste had sweet malt to start with a sweet hop finish and some tropical fruit in the aftertaste. Full in the mouth. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2011
at 02:10