I don't know if you are one of the "no fruit in beer" people, but a Blue Moon is better with an orange wedge in it. It adds to the wheat beer flavor. At a lot of bars, they automatically put an orange wedge in there when serving it.

Now see, up here in the Pacific NW, we put lemon wedges in the wheat beers. Not oranges.

When was in...EWR this summer (had a 7 hr. layover...definitely got my drink on), I found it WEIRD that there were orange wedges in my beer.

I never tried it with a lemon, but I will sometime. Blue Moon is an excellent beer with or without the fruit. Whether it is a lemon or an orange may be a regional thing, and may come down to which is easier to attain, ala the lime in the Mexican beers. BTW, Corona is not an excellent beer. In its native Country, it is mass produced top seller, like Budweiser. In this country, it is sold based on an image. Try some of the offerings from Corona's parent company, Modelo.

wsucougarchick05 and SouthsideJAX: Whether the bartender puts lemon or orange into a glass should have more to do with the style of beer than the region of the world. And you're talking about two different kinds of beer.

Coors' Blue Moon is a Belgian-style witbier and, while wheat is among the grains used to brew a witbier, at least half of the malt should be barley. Witbiers are typically spiced with such things as coriander and curacao orange peel. That's why the orange goes into the glass, although Blue Moon's creators admit it was first done in a Denver bar for show, not to change the flavor of the beer.

The wheat beers made in the Pacific NW are more often than not German-style hefeweizens such as Widmer Hefeweizen from Portland, Ore. Many people in the U.S. put a wedge of lemon into their hefeweizen, but that's not common in Germany.

Whether it's an orange in a witbier or a lemon in a weiss, the acidity of either orange or lemon juice has a deleterious impact on a beer's head retention so a lot of purists (spelled b-e-e-r--g-e-e-k-s) don't use them. Personally I prefer the taste of a wit or a weiss without the fruit. Of course, it's a subjective decision and you should do whichever you enjoy most.

We really should have a Beer Do!

I can think of at least a few cities where a weekend could be spent sampling the local brew.

It's been done several times in the past, most notably for a couple of the Oregon Brewers Festivals.

Bitter - Fuller's London Pride
Lager - Paulaner Hefeweizen
Cider - Thatcher's Gold

When at home (UK) then I drink Leffe Blonde

When on vacation (usually US) it used to be Blue Moon all the time but I've recently discovered Fin Du Monde which IMO tastes like Leffe Blonde.

A particular favourite though is the micro-brewed Hefeweiss at Barleys brew pub on Sunset Rd in Vegas. It tastes of Bananas and caramel to me and just slides down on a warm summers day.

I'll break it to you gently but since Paulaner, like every other hefeweizen I can think of off the top of my head, uses a top-fermenting yeast, it's classified as an ale and not a lager.

Besides Coopers Pale Ale, I've taken a liking to Becks (love the sweetish aftertaste) and on occasion, Stella Artois.

Ofcourse, Kingfisher remains a favourite when I am dining out at an Indian Restaurant.

Might be good with a meal, but I had one last night and much prefer Brooklyn Lager or Harp Lager if I'm going in that direction.

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Kronenbourg 1664
Asahi - when having sushi
Molson Canadian - Only at a Hockey Game

Actually, along with having Alex Ovechkin to watch, there's a fairly good selection of craft beers available to drink at the Verizon Center during Washington Capitals games.

Beers which I hope I'll get to enjoy all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Red Wings. (Barry Melrose predicts that, and who are we to argue with The Mullet?)

I think Boulder is a great place for beer sampling. It seems like everyone there loves microbrews and there are breweries and brewpubs everywhere. I want to hit up Oscar Blues and New Belgium one of these days.

First off, I live in Utah. Now, most people will say nothing good comes out of Utah because of liquor laws. But, it just makes the brewers work harder to make excellent beer. If you ignore the lower alcohol content and concentrate on the flavor, you'll find some pretty darn good beers here.

My current faves:
Red Rock Belgian Wit (2008 silver at GABF)
Squatters Chasing Tail Ale - my "go to"
Negra Modelo
Modelo Especial - on a hot summer day
Bohemia
Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel - got turned on to this at my hotel in Konigsee 3 years ago. The waitress brought a glass of it to me every night for 2 weeks!!!