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Blue Moon Golden Knot
Blue Moon Brewing Company
- From:
- Blue Moon Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.25 | pDev: 27.08%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 04, 2017
- Added:
- Aug 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
2.6/5 rDev -20%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.6/5 rDev -20%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Blue Moon Golden Knot has almost no head, but a little bit of white foam shows itself for a few seconds. The appearance is of hazy gold, with some tiny bubble streams and no lacing. Aroma is of sweetness, white bread, and white grape skin. Taste is of sweetness, grape skin, alcohol, and wheat. Mouthfeel is medium and prickly. Blue Moon Golden Knot finishes dry like champagne and boozy.
RJT
Dec 25, 2014RJT
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.89/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured from bottle into a wine glass
Appearance – The beer pours a golden amber color with a one finger head of white foam. The head fades quite quickly leaving a bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the beer is big of a fruity smell with lots of white grape, apple, and a bit of a banana aroma. Along with these smells are some light lemon aromas and a bit of a more grassy and herbal smell. There is a little bit of yeast as well as some light spice smells of clove and coriander, giving a nice sweet and fruity spiced aroma overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a fruity and doughy taste with the fruit being mainly of a white grape, flavor but also containing some apple and pear. As the taste moves on more and more yeasty flavors come to the tongue bringing with them some spice flavors of clove and coriander. While these flavors develop the fruity flavors are joined by some other sweeter flavors of a caramel and sweet malt flavor. Some herbal and light grassy flavors also develop on the tongue later in the taste with some candied flavors and a bit of a honey joining into the taste. In the end, with all the flavor transitions that occur, one is left with a sweet and fruity somewhat malty but wine-like taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the thicker and creamier side with a carbonation level that is on the average side. A little thinner of a body was more expected and may have been more appropriate for the somewhat wine like characteristics of the brew while a slightly higher carbonation would have produced a nice champagne like feel that would likely meld very well with the beer characteristics of the brew.
Overall – A fairly tasty and much thicker than anticipated brew with a very nice aroma. Overall this was a rather well done beer-wine like hybrid.
Jul 11, 2014Appearance – The beer pours a golden amber color with a one finger head of white foam. The head fades quite quickly leaving a bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the beer is big of a fruity smell with lots of white grape, apple, and a bit of a banana aroma. Along with these smells are some light lemon aromas and a bit of a more grassy and herbal smell. There is a little bit of yeast as well as some light spice smells of clove and coriander, giving a nice sweet and fruity spiced aroma overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a fruity and doughy taste with the fruit being mainly of a white grape, flavor but also containing some apple and pear. As the taste moves on more and more yeasty flavors come to the tongue bringing with them some spice flavors of clove and coriander. While these flavors develop the fruity flavors are joined by some other sweeter flavors of a caramel and sweet malt flavor. Some herbal and light grassy flavors also develop on the tongue later in the taste with some candied flavors and a bit of a honey joining into the taste. In the end, with all the flavor transitions that occur, one is left with a sweet and fruity somewhat malty but wine-like taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the thicker and creamier side with a carbonation level that is on the average side. A little thinner of a body was more expected and may have been more appropriate for the somewhat wine like characteristics of the brew while a slightly higher carbonation would have produced a nice champagne like feel that would likely meld very well with the beer characteristics of the brew.
Overall – A fairly tasty and much thicker than anticipated brew with a very nice aroma. Overall this was a rather well done beer-wine like hybrid.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.68/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A 9I% abv Wit bottled the 13th day of 2014. Ummm...the abv boggles my mind.
The first pour from the 750 ml bottle shows me a crystal clear light golden brew that produces a 2 finger head of foam. The bottle says serve chilled but I usually don't go that route.
The smell has a hoppy flowery thing going on. No, not really hoppy; more of a dank flowery nose to it. There could be some clove notes there but it's hard to distinguish. Then again, I get a resembling nose of an American Adjunct Lager here. I "don't" get any grape like presence in the nose at all.
Taste wise, it seems like a completely different beer. The wine-ish grape that this brew is brewed with is the first thing I notice. It brings a relatively sweet aspect to the taste. I get hints of yeast and some spice but the fruit seems to dominate the taste. It's sweet but very slightly tart.
The mouthfeel is fine; medium body and carbonation.
In the end, I find it an okay brew though 750ml of it may be a bit too much for me.
May 07, 2014The first pour from the 750 ml bottle shows me a crystal clear light golden brew that produces a 2 finger head of foam. The bottle says serve chilled but I usually don't go that route.
The smell has a hoppy flowery thing going on. No, not really hoppy; more of a dank flowery nose to it. There could be some clove notes there but it's hard to distinguish. Then again, I get a resembling nose of an American Adjunct Lager here. I "don't" get any grape like presence in the nose at all.
Taste wise, it seems like a completely different beer. The wine-ish grape that this brew is brewed with is the first thing I notice. It brings a relatively sweet aspect to the taste. I get hints of yeast and some spice but the fruit seems to dominate the taste. It's sweet but very slightly tart.
The mouthfeel is fine; medium body and carbonation.
In the end, I find it an okay brew though 750ml of it may be a bit too much for me.
Reviewed by Zorro from California
3.44/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pale gold colored beer with a large but no lasting snow white colored head.
Smells fruity and spicy. Grapes and light fruit with powdery yeast aroma. Little bit of apple scent. Alcohol is completely hidden.
Starts out mildly sweet with a white wine like finish. Fruity with a very mild tartness in the finish. Definite grape taste, not my favorite fruit but it isn't overpowering and is slightly like the taste of a sweeTart candy only less sour.
Mouthfeel is light.
Overall this is quite mild like a beer version of Liebfraumilch wine. Not something I would pick over Hennepin but it is pretty easy to drink.
Jan 29, 2014Smells fruity and spicy. Grapes and light fruit with powdery yeast aroma. Little bit of apple scent. Alcohol is completely hidden.
Starts out mildly sweet with a white wine like finish. Fruity with a very mild tartness in the finish. Definite grape taste, not my favorite fruit but it isn't overpowering and is slightly like the taste of a sweeTart candy only less sour.
Mouthfeel is light.
Overall this is quite mild like a beer version of Liebfraumilch wine. Not something I would pick over Hennepin but it is pretty easy to drink.
Blue Moon Golden Knot from Blue Moon Brewing Company
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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