3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours amber into the glass with a white head. Aroma is malty with a slight tinge of roast. Flavor is a really nice balance between caramel and biscuity malts and hop bitterness to balance it out. For a style that I’m not really fond of I really enjoyed this brew.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy amber with a nice biege head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is somewhat sweet, malt and caramel nicely balanced with hops. Some bitterness in the finish. Nice session beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle from HyVee Marion
Ar: Toasted nuts, a bit of toffee, and some
Ap: Pours a hazy reddish brown with a 1" light cinnamon head that dissipates pretty quickly, but leaves decent lace.
T: Nutty malt sweetness up front. Rounded out with nice hop bitterness. Sweet but not overly so.
P: Rich, somewhat thick body with pretty strong carbonation. Chewy but still not overly filing.
O: Top notch. Glad I grabbed a a boulevard sampler for the superbowl.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Among the best Irish Reds I’ve had. Good caramel flavor and almost perfect session beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Pours a nice copper red color with a light head. Nose of roasted barley, caramel and some rich light nutty sweet malts. The flavor is balanced, noticeable chocolate with a darker roast profile. Nice sweet hop notes in the flavor and a chewy body. Very nice and delicious for an irish red.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle from Wine and Cheese Place. This is the lone bottled Boulevard beer that has eluded me thus far (Imperial Stout being the only other one I have and haven’t rated), so it’s nice to see a fresh 2011 batch come out. Pours a clear, rich ruby-amber color with a finger-thick off-white head that leaves some uneven lacing. Aroma of toast, roasted barley malts, nuts, earthy hops, some fruits- a nice, simple and traditional aroma for this style. Flavor of roasted barley malts, toast, earthy hops, overripe pit fruits, berries, wet leaves, and dry grains. Light-medium bodied, with medium carbonation and a toasty, earthy mouthfeel. Pretty nice beer, a good sipper without much fuss.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A red pour with a rocky, tan head. It has a sweet malt aroma with notes of toffee and nuts. The medium body has a slick texture. The taste is somewhat roasted with some bitterness toward the finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Loose bottle, $1.50 @ HyVee Storm Lake. "Best By 06/21/10." Oops. Well, I had a Bully! Porter that lagered just wonderfully in a fridge for two years, so here’s hoping: Pours a robust head in my glass, above a darkish red ale with tiny bits of grain or yeast sediment floating around. Smell is fine, a nice caramel roast malt that may or may not have subsided in strength, but did not go off. I’m sticking my thumb up for its taste, too. A robust kind of caramel malt again, just a little bit sticky Alcohol is probably a touch higher than the stated abv what with the secondary ferment; it certainly is noticeable here. I thought I caught a touch of unmalted wheat here, and sure enough, the label has it in the ingredients. Rough grain finish, but very entertaining. I’m much enjoying Boulevard’s regular beers, I just sometime to have access to some of their specialty beers.
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