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Blue Moon Cocoa Brown Ale
Blue Moon Brewing Company
- From:
- Blue Moon Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 11.18%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 18, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 01, 2016
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 11
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.35/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Old November 29, 2016 beer review here. One interesting thing I've noticed: Both Blue Moon and Shock Top have variations that I prefer to their OG versions. Here is the Blue Moon one.
Here is the requisite look analysis for a brown ale: brown ale pours brown, head, lighter brown. Whose That? Brooooown. Such a good song. Anyhoo, it smells like chocolate. How about that. The citrus peel was lost on my smell wise.
Taste, eh, its a relatively watery brown ale as a chocolate delivery system. But I still like it more than all the other Blue Moons. I don't think its as good as the chocolate Shock Top one, but they're pretty similar. I guess the bitter note here is the orange peel, might as well have been grapefruit, didn't have an orange taste, just more of a rind bitterness, but it was minor compared to the chocolate sweet sensation. Well carbonated. I'd recommend you check it out at least once for the tick, but its not gonna be anyone's go to beer methinks.
Jun 25, 2020Here is the requisite look analysis for a brown ale: brown ale pours brown, head, lighter brown. Whose That? Brooooown. Such a good song. Anyhoo, it smells like chocolate. How about that. The citrus peel was lost on my smell wise.
Taste, eh, its a relatively watery brown ale as a chocolate delivery system. But I still like it more than all the other Blue Moons. I don't think its as good as the chocolate Shock Top one, but they're pretty similar. I guess the bitter note here is the orange peel, might as well have been grapefruit, didn't have an orange taste, just more of a rind bitterness, but it was minor compared to the chocolate sweet sensation. Well carbonated. I'd recommend you check it out at least once for the tick, but its not gonna be anyone's go to beer methinks.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.82/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
In the Law of Unintended Consequences, The Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody is enabling me to conduct a buncha brewery horizontals (same brewery, different beers) & today are Blue Moon offerings!
From the bottle: "Brewed with Cocoa and a hint of Orange Peel"
I unscrewed the screwed-up screw top bottle, cursing the fact that it was depriving me of the Pop! of the cap. It took every bit of my thrice-over anger management classes to keep from up ending the bottle & letting fly. Instead, I took a deep breath & gently poured it into the awaiting glass. Once decanted, an in-glass swirl raised just over a finger of foamy, rocky, deep-tan/light-brown head with decent retention. Color was Brown to Dark Brown (SRM = > 22, < 27) with NE-quality clarity. Nose held a good dose of chocolaty cocoa, quite sweet, actually. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy but surprisingly big for the style. The taste was very chocolaty, which was reasonable for both the style and its name, but the orange peel was not immediately discernible. I got an orange citrusiness on the finish, but I found myself wishing that it had been more pronounced. Instead, the result was a sweet finish which finished me. I just do not dig sweet stuff & this was making me sweat. YMMV.
Jul 03, 2017From the bottle: "Brewed with Cocoa and a hint of Orange Peel"
I unscrewed the screwed-up screw top bottle, cursing the fact that it was depriving me of the Pop! of the cap. It took every bit of my thrice-over anger management classes to keep from up ending the bottle & letting fly. Instead, I took a deep breath & gently poured it into the awaiting glass. Once decanted, an in-glass swirl raised just over a finger of foamy, rocky, deep-tan/light-brown head with decent retention. Color was Brown to Dark Brown (SRM = > 22, < 27) with NE-quality clarity. Nose held a good dose of chocolaty cocoa, quite sweet, actually. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy but surprisingly big for the style. The taste was very chocolaty, which was reasonable for both the style and its name, but the orange peel was not immediately discernible. I got an orange citrusiness on the finish, but I found myself wishing that it had been more pronounced. Instead, the result was a sweet finish which finished me. I just do not dig sweet stuff & this was making me sweat. YMMV.
Reviewed by Ferretferret from Wisconsin
3.95/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Once again, this is a rather bizarre beer where I can't quite construe some of the ratings on this. Take your beer. Add a ton of dark chocolate. That's this beer. I suppose it isn't the most complex beer around, but, it's exactly what one would pay for when purchasing a chocolate beer. A beer that delivers like this one merits a high score.
Apr 23, 2017Reviewed by ArchimedesSox from Georgia
3.84/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: Light brown, 1/2 inch khaki head,
S: Hops, chocolate, caramel
T: Chocolate, caramel, coffee
M: Medium to light
O: I love the original Belgian White but most of their others are not so good versions of the original. This one is actually kind of decent. I like that they are venturing into the stout and brown ale categories.
Mar 24, 2017S: Hops, chocolate, caramel
T: Chocolate, caramel, coffee
M: Medium to light
O: I love the original Belgian White but most of their others are not so good versions of the original. This one is actually kind of decent. I like that they are venturing into the stout and brown ale categories.
Reviewed by matcris from Arizona
3.43/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A clear, very light brown, almost red up to the light. A half finger of eggshell head that fades to a thin layer, quickly, and leaves a mild lacing down the glass. The aroma is very mild brown bread crust, and mild cocoa/chocolate. The flavor is balanced between sweet and bitter, a little bready, a little (very little) cocoa/chocolate. The feel is dry, medium thin body, and above average carbonation. I don't think this is any threat to Bell's Best.
Feb 21, 2017Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.53/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 4/24/2017. Pours crystal clear deep ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, chocolate, and cocoa; with lighter notes of nuttiness, orange peel, pepper, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, chocolate, and cocoa; with lighter notes of nuttiness, orange peel, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, chocolate, cocoa, nuttiness, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly chalky balanced mouthfeel that is good. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.8%. Overall this is a good American brown ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. A little too bitter/drying after the finish; but unique and enjoyable overall.
Feb 05, 2017
Blue Moon Cocoa Brown Ale from Blue Moon Brewing Company
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
41 ratings
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