Blue Moon Belgian-Style Pale Ale:
Hello beer friends and readers of good reviews (well at least entertaining reviews) and welcome back.  Today let us venture back to that land of the Blue Moon and look at the other year round beer of their line-up, the Belgian Style Pale Ale. This beer has a lot going against it before I even cracked the cap.  The fact that it’s a Blue Moon beer which means that maybe, once, but not now, this beer was a flagship craft beer; now this is mass produced beer that has lost it’s craft edge and has been displaced by other new comers in the beer market.  That being said, how does Blue do with a beer style that really varies from beer to beer?  Well the beer starts off well with a nice amber color and dirty white foam on the head that leaves a good amount of lacing in the glass as well as a nice hoppy nose that carries some floral notes underneath it all.  The beer’s initial taste is very hoppy with an accompanying burnt sugar taste that falls off mid tongue leaving only a more subdue hop note that lead to a skunk finish that also coats the back of your mouth and tongue.  Not a bad beer which is impressive given it’s pedigree but then again, blind squirrels find a nut every once and a while too.  Worth a spin, especially if you’re into pale ales since this one carries more subtle flavor notes than most pale ales so it’s worth your time to try.  Enjoy, friends.