Boulevard Dry Stout

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Near black with a huge head. The head disappears quickly, though, leaving spare lacing. Aroma is roasty malts. Taste is moderately sweet. Finishes clean. Not bad, but not memorable.

12 oz bottle via jgd0608. Pours a dark brown almost black with a large tan head. Not getting much from the nose on this, just some toasted grains which is weird since it is a stout and not a porter. Taste is typical stout, roasted patent malts, some caramel and a bit of vanilla.Dry crisp finish. Tin body. High carbonation. Nothing really stands out. It is an average stout and true to style.

Opaque body, with a quickly diminishing tan head. Malt, chocolate, and coffee aromas. Diluted smoke flavor initially, with coffe and a hint of roasted nut appearing in the end. Instant coffee and smoke in the finish. The Commercial Description says this beer is now available in bottles (the form in which I got mine), so it makes me wonder what it would be like from a tap. Hmm, maybe I’ll have to keep an eye open for that. In the meantime, I’d have to say this is my least favorite Boulevard beer, yet it still rates higher than many others beers I’ve had.

On tap. Pours nearly black with only hints of brown. Head is a nice pillowy tan. Aroma is woody, roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee and a bit of chocolate. Relatively light mouthfeel for a stout. Very nice finish. Easy to drink. I’ve also had this bottled and mreusch is right, it’s not as good. Overly carbonated, I’d subtract at least half a point for the bottled version.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Secret Santa. Pours an opaque deep brown, almost black, with a thin light tan head that only lasted a few sips. Light aroma for a stout. Roasted malt and raisins noted in the aroma. The flavor was very subdued for a stout. The flavors that were present seemed to evaporate after a few seconds leaving a dry, nealry tasteless finish.

Bottle from Friar Tucks in Champaign, IL. Pours opaque brown-black with a nice brown head, nice sheet lacing. Aroma of burnt malts and coffee grounds. Medium mouthfeel and fine fizzy carbonation. Robust flavor of coffee, unsweetened bitter chocolate, and black patent malt. Finish is dry and slightly peppery. Not a huge fan of dry stouts, but this one was decent.

Bottle. Dark brown color with a brown head. Light malt and caramel flavors that are smooth but lack the roasted malts and robust flavors. Rating from notes.

I love dry stouts and I love the Boulevard Brewing Company, put that together and I should get an extremely goof brew...Well, that is not exactly what happened but Boulevard did come through with another solid beer in my book. It lacked some flavor and the aroma wasn’t what I expected though.