Boulevard Lunar Ale

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

Poured from bottle. Not much notable about either head or color; very little aroma. Flavor was mild, a little toasty with a touch of phenol, but very little complexity or body to it. There are better brown ales out there.

Bottle via trade thanks to stephens101 on BA. Pours cloudy mud brown with a one-finger off-white head. Aroma is pretty nice and typical with banana, clove, and malty sweetness. Flavor starts off decent, with caramel malt, banana, and clove. Nothing special, but all right. Then a weird off-flavor hits on the finish: something fairly acrid and mildly vegetal, possibly DMS. This lingers on the aftertaste. Palate is somewhat thin and watery for the style. Overall, a somewhat boring and slightly flawed example of the style. Would be good for someone like Indian Wells, but is a disappointment coming from Boulevard.

Ehhh, probably Boulevard’s poorest style imitation. This Dunkel is just middle of road, but includes a very tell-tale clove and wheat nose with a cherry amber color and then, disappearing, and non-lacing white head. The flavor is immediately German wheat brew with staple clove, banana, and light malt shining through a rather light and somewhat watery body. Drinkable indeed, just nothing to write home about.

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. The beer poured an iced tea color and was slightly cloudy. There was a tan head about two fingers thick, which dissipated rather quickly. The beer smelled caramel. The taste was malts, with some bread also. Overall, this was not a bad beer. I have had better from Boulevard, but I am not disappointed in this one. I would drink it again, but it would not be my first choice.

An amber beer with little head. The aroma is Band Aid, & slight banana in an artificial way. The taste is a bad metal taste that would not go away. The worst Boulevard I’ve tasted.

A: Pours a nice copper hue with a nice tall white head with tinges of tan. Okay retention but no lace noted. S: Banana and clove dominate. T: Banana with notes of lemon zest. Nice blast of clove. M: Fairly thin, and not very carbonated for the style.

12 oz Bottle. Pours a copper hue with smallish, off white frothy head. A very mild hop/malt blend for the aroma. Light caramel notes tasted in very smooth presentation. Enjoyed the unique blend of hops and roasted malt in this very drinkable offering.

Bottle. Pours copper with orange hues and a white head. German yeast, hops, and floral aromas. German yeast, hops, and clove flavors. Light, easy drinker.