I love my daughter. At the tender age of 5, she loves going on brewery tours, specifically the Coors tour, mostly for the free root beer in the lounge at the end. Daddy likes this, because it gives us quality daddy/daughter bonding time and I get free beer samples.
This time around, Blue Moon's new spring seasonal, Valencia Grove Amber, was on tap. I'd noticed this in the stores but was hesitant to buy a whole sixer due to my displeasure with the Winter seasonal. I figured this was a great chance to try it for few, and I'd only have about a third of a bottle to drink in case it was terrible.
Terrible, no. Deserving any kind of remote relationship to the famous Valencia orange, nope. Again, Blue Moon's brewing fails to deliver on their ad copy promises. I detected not the slightest hint of orange in either the nose or the flavor. While the flavor was clean and crisp, probably owing to the freshness of the keg, if you name something "Valencia Grove," there should be SOME orange character, right?
With all due respect to Keith Villa and the guys and gals at Blue Moon, sorry, but you swung and missed... Again.
