Rickard's White = Blue Moon

I read an article yesterday about the "Beer Summit" that Obama hosted at the White House. The article listed the beers that were selected by the involved parties and Blue Moon was one of them. For the uninitiated, Blue Moon is a white (wheat) beer only for sale in the States.



I've tried the beer several times but haven't had one in a couple of years. I wasn't very familiar with white beers at the time and remember being disappointed to find out that Blue Moon was only available in the U.S., which is why I was surprised to read in the "Beer Summit" article that it's brewed...... in Canada?!?



Did I read that right? Brewed in Canada?
As manifested in the existence of this blog entry, my interest piqued (Bonus English Lesson: in this context, it is a common mistake to use 'peaked' instead of 'piqued'. Now you know.). I immediately retired to my study for further research and consulted the omniscient database that is Wikipedia where I learned the following:
Blue Moon was created in 1995 by Coors, who merged with Molson to form the Molson Coors Brewing Company in 2005. After the merger they moved the Blue Moon operation north of the border, from where they ship the beverage south. "In Canada it is marketed as Rickard's White."

I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I have been looking forward to having another Blue Moon and now there is nothing to look forward to. On the other hand, I had a Blue Moon/Rickard's White a few hours ago, which is a good thing. The only thing I know for certain at this time is that I prefer Blue Moon's packaging. I'll leave you with that.