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Blue Moon Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Witbier · American Lager
Known for Witbier · American Lager

Founded by Keith Villa at the Coors Field SandLot Brewery in Denver in 1995. Blue Moon Belgian White became America's best-selling craft-style beer — a gateway witbier for millions of drinkers. Now owned by Molson Coors but marketed independently under the Blue Moon brand with a craft positioning.

3Beers
3Styles
4.9%Avg ABV
1995Founded

Beers by Blue Moon Brewing Company

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
citrusyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshingevery beer
3 of 3 beers
cleanevery beer
3 of 3 beers
wheat
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 3 style families
Wheat Beer 1Lager 1Fruit Beer 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 43 other breweries making Witbier and American Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Witbier and American LagerBlue Moon Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
citrusy
in all 3 of their beers · typical Witbier and American Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more citrusy than typical.
creamy
in 2 of 3 · typical Witbier and American Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more creamy than typical.

Across 3 beers in 3 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 56%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 3
beers above the median
#1338
best ranked beer
Blue Moon Light Sky

Their beers place in the Top 56% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Blue Moon Brewing Company

Founded by Keith Villa at the Coors Field SandLot Brewery in Denver in 1995. Blue Moon Belgian White became America's best-selling craft-style beer — a gateway witbier for millions of drinkers. Now owned by Molson Coors but marketed independently under the Blue Moon brand with a craft positioning.

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