Blue Moon beer
by James Collins
(DE, USA)
Blue Moon beer: cheaper, but not quite Hoegaarden's match
Blue Moon beer
(Marketed as Rickard's White in Canada)
Blue Moon, because it is mixed with wheat, gives off a brownish hue, not actually a white glow.
Blue Moon tastes good. The fine wheat aftertaste leaves a nice feeling on the tongue. I prefer Hoegaarden in my head-to-head tasting, as it's purer. Be sure to try either with an orange wedge, as is white bier (with an "i") custom.
Everywhere I've been that has carried both, Blue Moon is cheaper. However, a lot of places I go to fail to carry both, which is where Blue Moon wins again, as I find it in 60 per cent more places than the rarer Hoegaarden.
