Boulevard Dry Stout

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

Serve in English pint

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12oz bottle. pours dark brown with a coffee/coco aroma. Has a mild malt flavor with hints of fruit and coffee.

Dark and smokey but a bit thin. Overall pretty decent though.

Here is a beer that I think deserves a bit more respect than it has received thus far. In a beer world crowded by imperial stouts, I think it is too easy to dismiss a drinkable, basic stout as dull or lacking complexity. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t satisfy, and in the "hedonistic" analysis often suggested for beer rating, this beer does that enough to justify at least a 3.4/3.5 average, not its current 3.18 average (April 2005). It pours solidly opaque black with an off-white head; the yeast pour from the secondary fermentation is a nice touch if you like that kind of thing. The aroma is chocolate with a hint of sourness; roasted flavors are also anticipated; classic stout. The palate, even from the bottle, strikes me as a brewpub kind of body--too much carbonation, though the tingle doesn’t seem to come only from the fizz but also from the dryness that leaps out at your palate, which is probably more accustomed to a sweet stout full of residual sugars. The smoke quality is the surprising dimension to the flavor, though it isn’t too aggressive and it gives the beer a long finish that makes you ponder. It isn’t complex--it is just a basic roast/chocolate beer, but the dry smoke makes it more interesting. Soften the palate, put it on cask, and send it to England, and you’d have English raters pleased with the subtle qualities of this session stout (like a Mauldons Black Adder), but to American palates and with this carbonation, it isn’t given enough of a chance.

Black Coloring with Light Tan Head. Quickly Vanishing Bubble by Bubble. Malty Aroma...Dry and Dusty... Roasts.. Espresso Roasts on the Tongue..Malt and Some Amount of Carbonation..Possibly Some Dark Chocolate. Medium Mouthfeel...Dry Aftertaste. Nice Brew to Have Around.

Bottle Pours a very dark jet black with a small tan head. Nice even lacing. Aromas are a vary yummy sweet chocolatey smokey flavor but no bitterness. Flavors are less sweet more dry and smokey. Little hops but plenty of burnt malt and smokey goodness. A bit astringent and thin. Nice and drinkable. Thanks to HarfteeDark for sharing.

black with slight ring of a head. aroma is roast with some caramel. taste is chocolate and sweet coffee. light not quite watery mouthfeel, refreshing finish with a revitalizing coffee bitter. a nice stout.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2006 Dark amber-tinged black pour. Dense, deep and lingering espresso tan head. I’m not sure how they manage such a nice cap of foam without nitro. Perked coffee and a bunch of fresh yeasty esters. A smell that reminds me of a batch of beer working on a nice ale yeast like Wy1028. A smell I love, but that usually has changed quite a bit by the time it makes it to the bottle. More coffee in the flavor, soft and gently roasty, a little lingering chocolate in the dry finish. Most dry stouts strike me as a little boring, but this might change my mind.

Black of color with a cloudy foamy beige head. An aroma of chocolate, smoke, lots of coffee, hops and oldstyle liqurice. A flavor of coffee, liqurice and bitter notes.

Draft on nitro at elliott bay pizza. Pours black with a dense, surging, creamy tan head. Big roasty coffee nose with baker’s chocolate under that. Creamy body, flattish, not too chalky for nitro. Nice dark chocolate mid palate with a chocolatey finish.

Black with tah head. Mild roast with a hint of metallic to the nose. The body is medium-low. The flavor is of mild roast and a bit of bitter hops.