Boulevard Smokestack Series - Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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This offering from Boulevard Brewing Company is everything a Imperial Stout should be, It Has that instant flavor of dark roasted malts, with hints of rye. The addition of belgian yeast was a nice compliment to the overall complexity of this brew. I was expecting more hops in this brew, but is sincerely the best tasting imperial stout I have had to this day. you can bet I will be longing for more once this limited release bottling has been retired. Thanks Boulevard!

Perhaps mixing the whiskey aged version with the fresh is what makes this beer so unique, or maybe its the complex mixture of the grains. In any case, it is rich, smooth, and chocolately.

I found this brew to be absolutely devine! Rich, a little chocolatey, big vanilla and burnt sugar. Roasted coffee and leather help bring up the back end. Very complex, may not be for everyone. A little on the dessert side.

Poured 750ml bottle in a tulip glass. Bottle # 6561 2011 release Pitch black color. Carbonation releases thin tan head that quickly settles with nice lacing. Aroma is rich with dark chocolate, coffee and a hint of alcohol - no surprise with 11% ABV, Very complex flavor with that dark chocolate bitter sweetness, smokey/charred/roasted finish and that slight presence of alchohol. Full body and wonderful smooth creamy feel in the mouth. Some carbonization and long roasty sweet finish that begs for more. Fantastic stout and one of Boulevard’s finest brews.

I don’t give a 5 in the looks department very often, but this one has some insane head, even with a mild pour, and crazy fluffy retention and lacing. The liquid itself does not appear to have any highlights. Smell is of earthy chocolate, a bit of wood maybe? No hint of the bourbon aged blend in here. Tobacco, mild alcohol. Good. Taste, aah there’s the bourbon. Surprisingly strong for the small amount blended in. This beer is fantastic, where do i start. Mouth is pretty thick and low to medium in carbonation, which is where I want a stout. The chocolate, oak, booze, heat, tobacco, earth, love, it’s all there. This reminds me of a better version of the Abyss.

UPDATED: MAR 3, 2009 awesome uber-black body with a creamy dark brown head.aroma of lactose,chocolate,smoke,and roasted malt.flavor is much of the same with some oak in the finish.nice and velvety smooth.easy drinking as well at 11 percent.very nice indeed.

Black body with a huge head, probably the largest head I’ve ever encountered for the style. Nice aroma of cocoa, licorice, plum, oatmeal, vanilla, and coffee. This is lovely. Rich and decadent. Many times recently, this style has grown thin and old on me. However, when I have a good one like this, it’ what brings me back to loving imperial stouts. Excellent!

750 ml bottle (5803/11960) shared by Odeed. Really dark black with a big, glass lacing cinnamon tan that hung in there then whole while. Nose of chocolate, coffee, and roastiness. Flavor of dark bitter chocolate with some background expresso and light oakiness. Body was extremely creamy and the oak was light and nice since it said that only 10% was BA then mixed with fresh beer.

Pours oily and olive-black. Aromas of coffee, chocolate, and burnt toast. The flavor is very dry and bitter, with dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, and dark berries. Great mouthfeel.

Bottle, thanks to Phaleslu. I just drank the Dark Truth so I decided I should drink this today while I’m watching the Preds face the Red Wings. Pours pitch black with a smaller, creamy brown head. Aroma of tons of malt, dark fruit skins, coffee, light wood and citrus, some alcohol. Taste is excellent, lots of roasty malts, vanilla, bitter chocolate, raisin, some whiskey flavor. Damn good beer, silky smooth, soft carbonation. Incredibly, perhaps dangerously, easy to drink for an 11% beer. Huge thanks for this one Peter. This beer reminds me a lot of Ivan the Terrible.