Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Boulevard turns 21, makes a special beer to celebrate

Boulevard's info on the beer right here.

It's fresh, hoppy without being overpowering with enough malt to back it, complex, using six hop varieties and three malts. There's plenty of subtle flavors to pick out, and with the 750ml form factor, plenty of beer to have a few glasses and try to find them all. Mostly citrusy, but with some piney and peppery flavors mixed in, with a strong malt back, is the basics, the rest, well you really have to taste it. Despite the abundant hops, and the fresh name, there's only 40 IBUs, though you'd never guess that low just from a taste. Whatever process they're using to fresh hop this, it works like crazy, and delivers a beer that tastes amazing. $12-ish per bottle is a bit steep, but worth it, at least once. Not sure I'll drink this especially often, but as it's a limited release SmokeStack and won't cellar well, I might not even get the chance. Definitely worth picking up at least the one time, go find it, it's out now.

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