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RATINGS: 419   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.52   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 204   ABV: 6.8%
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Flashback Anniversary Ale is an India Brown Ale with 6.8% ABV. This is the first beer we’ve made here that uses one single hop variety (Cascade) in the recipe in five separate additions. The fresh Cascade hop aroma and flavor is perfectly balanced with the dark roasted grains, making Flashback a very unique beer. We’re calling it an India Brown Ale to help illustrate its flavor to the consumer. It’s hoppy like an IPA but dark and roasty like a Brown Ale. Put them together and voila! Flashback at its finest!

We at Boulder Beer Company are SO excited to announce the release of our 30th Anniversary commemorative beer...Flashback Anniversary Ale! Flashback will be available in 4/6/12oz cases, 15.5 gallon kegs and 5.16 gallon kegs. It will be available to ship beginning Monday, May 4th and will be available through September.

Paying homage to our roots and celebrating our milestone 30th Anniversary, we give you Flashback Anniversary Ale, an India Brown Ale single-hopped with five additions of Cascade hops. Citrusy with a prominent hop aroma, Flashback finishes clean, crisp and dry, with dark roasted flavors from the biscuit and chocolate malts perfectly complimenting the bountiful Cascades.

Flash back to 1979 and you’ll find two professors at the University of Colorado in Boulder longing for the full-flavored tastes of the British ales they had grown to love while traveling overseas. Testing the entrepreneurial waters with a little project called a microbrewery, they began brewing and selling a few of their own. There begins the tale of Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s First Microbrewery. From the original Bitter, Porter and Stout recipes that founded our brewery to our exciting new releases, Boulder Beer continues to uphold our tradition of innovation in brewing.

Flashback Anniversary Ale is the 9th Release in our Looking Glass Series of specialty beers. Discover all of our award-winning beers at BoulderBeer.com.


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3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Beerdedone (2338) - Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 10, 2012
Bottle. Pours amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, nuts, pine and dark malts. Flavor was dark malts, caramel, pine, earth, and some nuttiness with a slightly bitter and dry finish.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
BrewBoxer (1226) - New York, New York, USA - NOV 4, 2012
Draft on nitro. Looks like a dark brown stout. No carbonation. Kind of watery despite the appearance. Gotta retry it again off nitro ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
gnoff (6317) - Mölndal, SWEDEN - OCT 17, 2012
Draught at the brewery in Boulder, on October 15, 2012
As "Flashback india brown ale"
Clear copper color, white head. Fruity, hoppy, floral, sweet, berry, a hint roasted taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Sweet, fruity, hoppy scent, some alcohol.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
hayduke (2926) - Eureka, California, USA - SEP 27, 2012
Shared with Strykzone via Facebook Chat. Poured a copper color with a big beige head and very attractive lacing. Nose of ripe fruit and floral hops. Roasted malts in the aroma. Medium in body with a very smooth mouthfeel. The flavor is strong, with lots of malts that shows some fruit and chocolate, and some bitterness. The finish is flavorful and tasty as well. Very nice beer.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
GarrettB (787) - La Jolla, California, USA - SEP 25, 2012
December 30th, 2011 - Foundation histories are always so wonderful that I end up being skeptical. It’s like discovering for the first time that Disneyland isn’t some magical little empire with mutually recognized autonomy in California, but a well run business supported by hordes of engineers and employed summer youth. Reality makes you cringe, you look away, and then turn back to see that old image again. Much the same applies to brewery histories, including that behind Boulder Brewing Co.’s Flashback. I love the idyllic image of two prescient young brewers brainstorming this hybridized beer: an India Brown Ale. True or not, the story leads to a fine beer. Dark brown in color and a bit dusky, it shows off its brown ale features with pride. Conversely, the aroma exhibits the Cascade hops - pine and honey, sharp yet sweet. It’s toothsome and inviting, like an Imperial IPA. The flavor is clean and straightforward like a brown, but armed with that rapier sharp hops profile. Mild flavor, moderate body, straightforward and honest, this is a beer that is what it says it is: a brown ale with lots of Cascade, and I have to say, I like it. I love context, and I love the story behind the Flashback, but I think I like the beer even more.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
ads135 (1571) - Lawrence, Kansas, USA - SEP 19, 2012
Hoppy and malty in equilibrium. Bitter with some dark fruits. Biscuit and caramel and brown sugar. Very nice.

2.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 10/20
BuckyBazoo (31) - Holiday, Florida, USA - SEP 14, 2012
A little on the bitter side, start and finish. Decent mouth feel, but that flavor profile is rough. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jjgmd (730) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - SEP 5, 2012
Pours a dark deep reddish brown with a small head. Nose is hoppy with some malt. Taste is chocolate, malt with hops and bitterness. Carbonation soft with a short bitter ending. Nothing special. Quaff Score 6 / 10

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
zgaier (690) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - SEP 5, 2012
Pours amber with a tan head and toasty aroma of malts and fruits. Taste is toasty as well, of malt, hops, fruits, and caramel with a bitter finish. Solid beer.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
boxofrane (1170) - pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA - SEP 1, 2012
Bottle. Pours clear brown with a small tan head. Aroma is very malty with caramel and a little booze. Taste is hop forward with a sweet finish.


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