Boulevard Pilsner

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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It tastes like a pilsner. No pilsner is going to break new ground but they have their place.

Absolutely the best pilsner you will ever drink. Everything down to the bottle is perfect.

This is a classic example of taking a beer for what it is. As an hoamage to classic American Lager with roots firmly in German/Czech Pilsners this beer is almost perfect. Not much to the nose, beautiful clear gold color, full bodied/mildly hoppy, even somewhat malty (for a pilsner) this beer nails the style while giving us all a reminder what pre-Prohibition lagers were like in the US.

Poured into a wide flute. AMAZING. Perfect tall white head on top of golden straw colored lager. I have not seen a pilsner look like this since I left Germany. Normal smell: faint fruit, banana and honey. Very smooth throughout. Watery at first, sweeter, touch of bitterness at the end. It does not have the typical pilsner "bitter hop bite," which I do not particularly miss, but others may. Smooth, easy drinking. Low carbonation and crisp, light body. A perfect hot day drink or after a run. Crisp and refreshing while having a good flavor.

Pours pale yellow with a medium white head. Smells sweet malty with a touch of spicy hops. Taste is lightly bitter with a crispness that moves to sweetness. Light bodied with a smooth texture and active mouth-carbonation, Boulevard Pilsner finishes crisp with a slight grain sweetness.

Yellowish color, not too powerful an aroma. Very drinkable, and definitely easy on the taste buds. What else can I say? It’s a good beer.

Bottle. Pours a glassy yellow with a lively body and a foamy white head. Aroma is malted straw, hay, and a thin ribbon of raspberry. Flavor is dry hay, light floral biscuit, and a touch of wheat honey. Lingering mouthfeel. Pleasant beer; good for a hot day.

Botlle, Liquor World, Fayetteville. Light copper pour, modest layer of white bubbles. Pretty soft nose, but what is there is pleasant. That slightly rough grainy lager malt and some restrained floral hops. Good substantial body with fine peppery carbonation. Very light toasted malt flavor with a flinty edge, background earthy hops. This isn’t the sort of pils that bowls me over with delight. But it is solid as can be, and I wish there were a lot more like it on the market. I can see an evening of these being very pleasant.

I was really surprised how much I liked this one - it’s darker than I was expecting, more of an old gold than a yellow, and a loose white head. Smell is grainy and grassy, plus a surprising amount of caramel. More full bodied than I was expecting, as well - almost like an ale of some sort. Flavor is more malty and finishes with crisp and clean. Thanks to phaleslu for this one!

This finally showed up in CO - Clear gold/copper pour - moderate carbonation, but a very minimal head - crisp, grassy noble hop aroma, with a bit of dry, crackery maltiness with a wee bit of sweetness hiding underneath - starts fairly crisp and lightly bitter, but a fairly sturdy, moderately sweet maltiness arises through the middle - adds a bit of honey character that compliments the floral notes of the hops - the malt sweetness diminishes a little by the tail end, but still lingers through the finish, keeping it from becoming as dry and crisp as I like my pilsners in the finish - still, quite clean, balanced and pretty damn tasty - a fairly solid german-style pils.