Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Something of a caramel malt aroma. Clear amber color with a white head that didn’t last long. Left lace tatters, though. Medium bodied with fine, creamy, carbonation. The flavor is caramel sweet, with some yeasty spice (very little), and very arguably some vanilla. The finish is not all that dry, there’s very little bitter, there’s a veg note of some kind. Might be closer to Newcastle Brown than many ales. It’s ok, but it is not going to amaze your palate. Good for Coors, but it probably indicates where craft brew will go if the macro brewers buy it up. Blandland.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On entirely it’s own merits, as opposed to judging it on what it claims to be, the beer is decent (I mean, it’s from Coors, so anyone expecting some sort of "authentic trappist product" has to be kidding). Much like the regular Blue Moon, on the whole it’s much better than the vast majority of macros out there.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle: Light amber pour with a medium sized off-white head, nice lacing. Nose is faint with maltiness and spice. Flavor is also mild with a bit of florals and some more hints of spice. Maybe I spent too much time waiting for the full bodied abbey ale to kick in?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle poures a clear medium chestnut with a quick sandy head and lots of thick persistant lacing. Lightly toasted pale malt aroma. Watery light and sweet woody flavor. Small hop bite but overall unimpressive.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Well it looks pretty nice, a deep reddish amber color with a foaming head leaving a modest lace although I might have expected to see some yeast. The aroma however, is a tad funky (but not in the good way). Musty orange peels, vaguely vegetal and an indistinct spicing. Strongly caramelized sweetness upfront, but gives way to a semi-dry vegetal finish. Slick palate. Not much true Belgian character despite being labeled an abbey ale.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5
12 oz bottle; Nose is very light pumpkin and spicewith some grainy lager notes; copper with a medium beige head; flavor is a bit of tartness, light pumpkin, and very light spices. I was hoping they made a mistake and brewed a decent pumkin ale!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
bottle - Pours clear amber with a medium sized head. The aroma is pumpkin and malt. The flavor has some caramel malt, the pumpkin of course, and a little spice. It’s light bodied and sweet. I would have liked it to have some more flavor. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Clear amber body with a small white head. Sweet grainy aroma. Sweet grainy flavor with a light pumpkin background and a touch of honey.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Barely detectable aroma of mushrooms. Amber color, medium off white head, very clear. Tasteless and watery. An impression of smoke, but that may be my imagination. The only good thing I can say is that since I don’t like Pumpkin ales, this had no pumpkin flavor.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Slightly darker than a pale yellow american beer with an orange hue. Foamy head even when gently poured. Medium low carbonation that turns watery in the mouth. Aroma is laid back with hints of odd veggie spice. Mild industrial bitterness begins to build on the back of the throat toward the finish. That bitterness morphs into a medium mild alky malt trait.