 Strykzone (1459), Wood River, Illinois, USA
Nov 9, 2009 As nice an IPA as I have ever seen. Medium brown in color and cloudy with a big fluffy two finger tan head. Sticky and thick lacing. A nice aroma seems to show no Cascade hops. Instead, it is sweet fruit and caramel. Flavor is, again, sweet fruit and caramel. Not a hint of bite in the hops but very pleasant and smooth. I wondered why the beautiful bottle and higher price. Now I know. This was a top tier IPA.
doubelknv3 (559), Illinois, USA
Nov 5, 2009 Cloudy copper with off-white head. Frothy with nice lacing. Grass, grapefruit, pine, caramel malt...fresh aroma. Grapefruit, grass, mild malt caramel, mild alcohol flavours. Full body, syrupy, and lasting bitterness.
jcr (1137), Jasper, Indiana, USA
Nov 2, 2009 750 ml. Giant, frothy, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy, deep amber body. The aroma is malty with notes of toasted grain, cookie, caramel. Hints of resin and grapefruit. the flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, moderately acidic and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet, moderately bitter, dry. The bitterness and alcohol lingers. Medium to full body with a sticky texture and lively carbonation. Balance tilted toward malts. Reminds me a little of Alpha King though not as complex nor with the separation of hops and malts in the aroma and flavor.
JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
Oct 30, 2009 Bottle. Cloudy amber pour with a huge beige head. Earthy hop aroma with a bit of bready malt. Sweet malt flavor followed by piney hops and a bittersweet finish.
Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
Oct 25, 2009 Bottle from the Whole Foods on Lamar. Soft, stale fruit aroma. Great fruit hops flavor. Dry. Pretty unique.
shawnm213 (884), South Bend, Indiana, USA
Oct 25, 2009 bottle from citywide. pours copper with a big frothy beige head. Great head retention.l aroma of caramel, booze, mellon, citrusy hops. flavor is toffee, booze, and bread. medium body. a bit malt heavy. batch 09191 consumed 10/24/09. not sure when this was brewed, but it didn’t have as much hop character as i would have liked. pretty good though.
changeup45 (782), Orlando, Florida, USA
Oct 19, 2009 Picked up some Boulevard beers while visiting the Tulsa, OK area. This pours a deep amber color with a thick head which yields lots of scattered spots of lacing. The aroma is malty with resin and pine. Plenty of malts in the flavor with some cookie dough and piney hops with a splash of citrus. Soft and slick backing making this relatively easy drinking. A tad on the malty side but the hops and malts mix well and as the case with the Single Wide there are enough bitter hops to satisfy the hop crave. Good beer.
hayduke (1620), Eureka, California, USA
Oct 12, 2009 From a 750 ml corked and caged bottle, this bottle opened with a satisfying "pop" like a bottle of champagne. A cloud of steam rose from the bottle like Aladdin’s Lamp and I expected a genie to appear. No genie, so into the glass it went where it was a dark orange with a very creamy fat light tan head the lasted a very long time and left lacing rings like Elmer’s Glue as it slowly settled. The nose was very rich, with ripe tropical fruit, with an aroma of citrus, pine, and flowers. Rich, smooth and malty mouthfeel that slides smoothly over the tongue. The favor is a good blend of malts and hops with a unusually pleasant bitterness that continues on into the finish. A simply superb beer.
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