blue moon ice cream

my favorite ice cream ever is blue moon. i used to get it at the purple cow in meijer's. little did i know that when i moved to the west coast i would not be able to get blue moon anywhere! apparently it's a midwest thing. so i have been working to try to make my own. i ordered a bottle of blue moon flavoring from a company in michigan, and i have been experimenting with different recipes for a base ice cream flavor (usually vanilla ice cream recipes, without the vanilla beans). this weekend i made a custard based one, and it's pretty good, but i think last week's philadelphia style (no eggs) was even better. i'm still not satisfied that it's "authentic"--it's been so long since i've had real blue moon that i can hardly remember what it tastes like! but it does taste GOOD and i'm enjoying it for what it is--close enough!