Boulevard Smokestack Series - Double Wide I.P.A.

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Pours a cloudy copper color with a finger and a half length, white head. Not sure what the commercial description is getting at, all the aroma offered me was resin and butterscotch. Real malty on the tongue, but not sweet. Had a nice, but not overpowering bitterness to it. Was a bit bigger than the average Imperial IPAs out there. This is the least impressive beer I have had from the Smokestack Series.

One of the more under-whelming beers I’ve had in a while. I had higher hopes; this just might be old but there is no date code on the bottle. Cardboard aroma, cloudy, out of balance and thin.

Ar: Candied orange, lemon, some pine resin. Ap: Deep amber-orange, hazy - big rocky off-white head with great retention and a thick and rocky cap of foam. T: Medium-sweet and a big blast of orange up front - high bitterness - spicy - pine and lemon - candied orange and caramel toward the end - long bitter finish with lots of pine and grapefruit. P: Medium-full body with high carbonation - finish is dry. O: Big and bright 2XIPA - lots of great hop flavor, and a solid, but not overwhelming, malt backbone. Very nice.

Bottle from SB cons 2013-03-24 Göteborg AR: blood grape fruit marmelade, pine, AP: hazy dark amber colored body, high fizzy frothy creme beige head F: floral perfume, blood grape marmelade, pine needles, lemon juice, heavy bitterness, fizzy sharp wee bubbles, finishes grape fruit and lemon juice

Bottle. Malt forward aroma. Amber body with floatillas. Thin, lasting off white head. Excellent lace. Strong alcohol but in a good way. Good balance that vears more toward malt than most other double IPAs. Excellent.

Amber color with a thick white head. Aroma is grassy hops. Flavor is fairly aggressive pine hops with a resin finish. Nice bittersweet aftertaste.

355ml Bottle - Amber with a foamy head. Pine, apricot and peach in the aroma. Hoppy, fruity and slightly metallic taste with notes of dried apricot, caramel, grapefruit and pine detected.

Mahogany color, cloudy, moussy head. Aromatics are in general a bit subdued, disappointingly. Lemon and grapefruit pith flavors dominate, as well as apricot. Not as resiny or piney as many other DIPA’s. Nice acidity that enhances a berry-like fruitiness. Some caramel, but it is (rightfully) backgrounded. Medium body without the oiliness that many hoppy beers have. Fairly clean dry finish, with just a touch of bitterness lingering. Alcohol does not stand out, which makes it insidiously easy to drink. Overall a fine IPA, one of the best I’ve tried. What makes it stand out is the tartness that helps round out the flavors.

Bottle. Caramel, biscuit malt, sweet ripe apricot aroma. Murky burnt orange with a large yellowed ivory head. Sweet apricot, caramel malt, bitter herbal piney hops flavor. Full sticky body, moderate carbonation.

Kaatuu lasiin oranssinruskeana ja kirkkaana vaahdon ollessa todella vahva ja pitsiä jättävä. Haju on makean karamellinen, troppisen hedelmäinen ja yllättäen omenainen sekä konjakkinen. Konjakkisuus tuo myös alkoholin tunnetta hajuun. Maku on makean karamellinen, mutta nyt humalointi on enemmän havuinen, vaikka esim. päärynää, sitrusta ja omenaa löytyy. Alkoholi työntyy jälleen esiin. Suutuntuma on yllättävänkin mieto DIPAksi, humalointi kuitenkin tuntuu. Mieto kokonaisuus, joka jää hieman vaisuksi. Alkoholi tuntuu turhan paljon läpi ja tuntuu kuin tätä olisi ainakin käytetty konjakkitynnyrissä.