Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat:
Howdy partners and welcome to another day of summer- which here in Texas last till the winter solstice.  Today we venture back to beer made most famous by The Marcels’ cover way back in 1961: Blue Moon.  While Blue Moon as a brewery is a great into beer to those looking to expand into the world of Belgium style beers, it’s really not that special.  Yeah the orange slice is nice and the color and nose are swell (I guess) but really, it’s not as unique as other Belgians that are on the market, but luckily, Blue Moon has realized that it can make a niche in seasonal releases and they have done that very well as with today’s beer, Summer Honey Wheat.  The beer pours well with a nice semi-transparent gold color and a thin, but respectable, head along with a subtle nose of wheat, honey and floral notes.  The beer itself is a nice example of two stages of taste development: 1) the front-end and mid-tongue are sweet but still beer like with strong malt notes and the taste of honey stage 2) brings out a bread like taste that is common in unfiltered wheat beers and a mellow but slightly skunky back-end taste thanks to the hops.  The beer is a bit heavy for a summer beer with a meal but good as a stand alone beer since it is very filling.  Worthy of a few singles unless you have a group that can help you polish off the sixer.