i was a huge fun of rising moon and enjoyed tall glass of it (with an orange slice) over springbreak. rising moon is by far, hands down, one of my favorite seasonal beers. it was described as being a "... smooth, balanced ale ... with three varieties of speciality malts and an infusion of fresh Kaffir lime leaves and lime peel to bring out the freshness of spring"
unfortunately, upon returning home there was no rising moon to be found. instead, the shelves of liquor and grocery stores alike had "spring blonde wheat ale" and i thought okay. it's just a name change. but no. blue moon completely re-crafted their spring ale. so what's different? the new recipe (as of 2011), no longer contains Kaffir and instead focuses on orange + lemon peel flavors. it's now described as a "lighted bodied ale crafted with orange and lemon peels and white wheat" ... how disappointing!
while the spring blonde wheat ale is still tasty, it's not nearly as delicious a rising moon. i can only hope blue moon changes their recipe back next year! (and doesn't change any of their other recipes)
No comments:
Post a Comment