Talk:Blue Moon (beer)

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I added the bit about Keller Williams. Didgepenguin

[edit] Fruit in beer

If you put fruit in your beer, you are an idiot.

Please see WP:NPA and WP:SIG. I'm a beer aficionado and when drinking a hefeweizen I'll take the lemon wedge and given a Blue Moon, I'll take the orange. It's all a personal preference. What is your source for this claim that citric acid ruins beer head? I homebrew and freqently have added citric acid to my beer to increase sourness and it has never ruined head retention. Similar results with home-made root beer.Beakerboy 00:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I have never heard of fruit in beer, but I cannot see how it would ruin anything in the beer...beer is beer...

--Gautam3 04:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violations?

What are the copyright violations mentioned?

The copy of the article seems to come directly from the link listed in the artlce, http://www.coors.com/docs/Blue%20Moon%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf -- Guroadrunner 03:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Examples:

"Blue Moon Belgian White, Belgian-style wheat ale, is a refreshing, medium-bodied, unfiltered Belgian-style wheat ale spiced with fresh coriander and orange peel for a uniquely complex taste and an uncommonly smooth finish." (direct copy from the company ad blurb linked above, also NPOV issue)

"The name "Belgian White" is a reference to the cloudy white, opaque appearance of the beer. "Belgian White" also refers to the style of beer, which has been brewed in Belgium for about 300 years. This type of wiener is brewed with malt, wheat and oats. It is unfiltered, which allows protein and yeast to remain suspended in the beer and creates the cloudy appearance. This also adds to the smoothness and full body of the beer." (plagiarization from the company line)

I believe those are the main issues.

--Guroadrunner 04:16, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

One thing that should be noted is that Blue moon is not typical for the style. Blue moon uses malted wheat in its recipe instead of the traditional unmalted wheat used in wit beers. And its over use of spices and its cloying sweetness really makes it a characiture of the style. Hoegaarden would be a much better example of a typical wit beer - after all Pierre Celis who developed the Hoegaarden recipe revived this style from the dead - and all Belgian recipes since then have been pretty much based on Hoegaarden.

What is "Blue Marshmallow flavor"? I've never seen or heard of a blue marshmallow. Beakerboy 21:40, 9 November 2006 (UTC)