Boulevard 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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A nice crisp taste with hoppy aromas. White head and semi clear yellow body. Definitely worth trying if you come across it.

12oz bottle. They were all sold out at Flying Saucer, I see why...it’s awesome! Stable, 1/2-finger head. Hoppy AND wheaty; I’ll buy THIS hybrid! Naysayers begone - this is way better than it sounds, amazing even. Kind of like salted caramel - it sounds funny, but tastes delicious. It’s exactly what it advertises, and he excels at it. Great full body, medium hoppyness and sweet wheatness!

The best drinking beer I?ve had. Great taste, better then there normal wheat beer. My new favorite beer from boulevard.

Because I live in KC and hoped (hopped) I’d have a home-grown version of 3F Gumballhead, I’m remiss to say that this brew tastes like blvd wheat with hops added just to call it a hoppy wheat. True believers take heart, and it’s good but spoils go to the victors, not to play it safe brews.

Bottle and served in my smaller Ayinger hefe glass: Pours a tad hazy with a lovely frothy head and spotty lace. The aroma comes right out a says HOPS HERE! Resiny, grapefruit, mango, hint of leafy dank as it warms along with pale malt and wheat. The taste is moderately acidic and quite fruity over a soft layer of wheat and biscuit malt. Slight pepper and clove on the finish along with a touch of metallic notes. Overall this is more akin to an IPA than a Wheat Ale as we normally know it. Either way I found it quite enjoyable and quite refreshing. I need more!

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2013 Keg at KCBM 2011 competition. Hoppy for sure, this is all hops with a week backbone. It came off too astringent for my taste. The hops turned into a cleaning product instead. I like the idea, but I would like to get something from the base wheat beer. 7/3/6/3/14.

Oh, this needs a re-rate. The bottled product is much better. Damn great hop mix with a subtle background of light wheat beer.

"Wheat Ale" although the label does say "wheat beer", but, whatever, it says, it’s very flavorful, whichever. Wheat Beer is one of my son’s favorite beer-types (but first my beer THEN Wheat Beer) so I got a 6 pak. His reaction after his first quaff was "nice after taste". I’ve become a distant fan of Blvd.’s numerous recipie taskings and although I ain’t from MO, it’s been doing "Show Me" beer that keeps showing up in my brew cooler.

Foamy head, hazy gold color with lots of lacing. Orange, grass, pine, cedar and cheese with moderate carbonation and creamy mouthfeel. Quite good actually-not too sweet or bitter. Great hot weather beer.

Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle obtained through trade with queenholly. Pours bright hazy golden with small/medium white head which dies down. Fluffy white lacing, medium body, well carbonated, and estery aroma. Taste is citrus, rich, and estery. Hands down the best wheat ale I have had. Thank you queenholly and thank you Boulevard.

Hazy yellow with a medium-sized, bright white head. Moderate spruce up front in the nose turns pleasantly fruity (peaches) and a touch yeasty with very mild banana phenols. The flavor is a rather nutty wheat with zesty orange and grapefruit hoppiness. The nutty, cracker-reminiscent wheat partnered with the moderate bitterness is quite delicious and something I haven’t experienced to quite this degree before. Body is slightly sticky with light yet sharp carbonation. This greatly exceed my expectations.