Boulevard Double Wide IPA

Tasted 1/09/2009. 750ml, cork and wire. The second day of an extended break in Sunshine Coast, Australia. I brought some gold with me because I knew I’d be struggling to find a hop, let alone a hoppy beer, on this trip. Hazy amber. Gorgeous aroma of peach, geranium, caramel and a bready slightly yeasty note. Big bitterness and strong hop flavour is very well balanced by a solid malt depth. Estery. earthy. Peppery. Complex. Delicious IPA going on Barleywine.

Thanks kiefdog for the share. Pours dark amber with an off-white head. Nose is citrus (grapefruit), caramel, and slight pine hops. Flavor is very similar with a balanced bite and a nice malt backbone. Interesting IPA.

750 bottle- Cloudy amber color, Inch thick head. For this being a strong IPA, it’s pretty mellow. I don’t even taste the alcohol at 8.5 %. Hops are more present as it warms. A very enjoyable double IPA.

Pours copper. Nose is citrus hops, grapefruit, and sweet caramel. Flavor is much the same with some thinner characteristics. Drinkable none the less.

Beautiful copper dark orange pour, nice murky, rich look with sizable attractive head. Hop aroma grabs your attention. Strong hops flavor hits pretty hard at first then smooths out as it warms. My favorite smokestack.

Beautiful reddish copper hue with a big, rocky cap of foam. The hop aroma is fairly subdued for an IIPA, as is the hop flavor. The bitterness sufficient and is held in check by the solid amount of malt, unfortunately, it just doesn’t leave a memorable impression.

750ml bottle. Pours a murky, deep copper body with a pitted, creamy, off-white/light tan head. Big, sticky, resinous, miscellaneous hop aroma...somewhat muddled, but reminiscent of citrus and tropical fruit. Caramel malt underneath the hop aroma. Flavor is full of bit time goopy caramel malt. Hops comes through as grapefruit and orange. Some breadiness from the yeast. Full bodied. Cleaner and less resinous/sticky than anticipated. Average carbonation. Fairly crisp, bitter finish with hop and yeast lingering around for a while. Overall quite good, but muddy and seeking an identity. Need to try a fresher bottle to see if the flavors come through crisper.

Corked and caged bottle via kuphish. Cloudy dark copper pour with a lacy beige head. Nose is huge caramel but it’s the smooth, not rough way. Bit of booze showing through green leafy hops and dry, light sourness-tinged caramel and toffee, light dark earthiness. Warms the chest. Some weird things and going on with the yeast here, and hops are a mite faded. Love the green citric acid. Medium slick body and a kind of perfumed aromatics from the dry-hopping. A little different, but still nice!