Quote Originally Posted by ForresterModern View Post
but I am quite familiar with Blue Moon, I believe it is known as a Belgian White Ale. That zing you are tasting is actually orange peel gratings/zests that are used in the post brewing prebottling phase of the beermaking process that gives it an interesting citrus finish that a lot of people like. Not me, however. But I do like the ideas of the other over/under pairings you and others in the thread have mentioned, particularly the Guinness-Smithwicks and the Guinness-cider pairings. Thanks for starting this thread.
Blue Moon is actually a pretty commercialized attempt at a Belgian White.
They use citrus instead of grains of paradise.

I'd call it, at best, "in the style of a Belgian White", since it bears little resemblance to a true Belgian brewed white ale.

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