Blue Moon Brewing Company's flagship beer - Blue Moon - was launched in 1995, and is a Belgian-style witbier brewed by the Molson Coors Brewing Company at their Coors Field Sandlot Brewery (the onsite brewery owned by the Molson Coors Brewing Company). It is marketed in Canada as a similar beer called Rickard's White which is brewed in Montreal, Quebec. Blue Moon was originally called Bellyslide Belgian White, and was created by Keith Villa, a brewer at the Sandlot brewery. The beer is orange-amber in color with a cloudy appearance because it is unfiltered. It is brewed with malted barley, white wheat, and oats, and is also spiced with coriander and orange peel in addition to the hops found in most beers. Blue Moon has a more pronounced orange flavor than many other beers of the style, and