Rising Moon, Blue Moon Brewing Company's spring seasonal, is out and already in my fridge. I've gone through about half of it and have to say, it's better than the other Blue Moon seasonals. However, I feel as though I'm appreciating them less and less.
Rising Moon presents without a particularly strong aroma, but is incredibly sweet, to the point that after two I have to call it quits and switch to something else, like water, or pretzels. They threw just about every lime and lime byproduct into the brew, giving it a tangy sweetness. The taste holds on the tongue a little bit, then gives way to the bitter balance of the wheat ale.
It's not a very complex beer. Much like the other Blue Moon beers, it has a fairly high level of carbonation that will mute out some of the taste, especially once your taste buds get used to the initial sweetness from the lime flavor.
Having now tasted all of the Blue Moon Seasonals, and the Blue Moon White Wheat Ale mainstay, I find them to hover slightly above average. I find their level of carbonation to be unnecessary and assume the brewers use it to help preserve the beer rather than using chemicals to do so (much appreciated!). Still, these are all delicious brews that lose flavor with the all that bubbly. I highly recommend these beers for any sort of social gathering. People will be pleasantly surprised to find them in your fridge and will drink them down. Personally, I find them fun once in a while, but can't see myself getting any of them on a regular basis. Sorry Blue Moon, but the truth according to Greg hurts sometimes.
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