Boulevard Smokestack Series - Saison Brett

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

Serve in Tulip

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UPDATED: MAY 20, 2010 Original Rating (well, apparently not, but...) 7/19/2009: Shit, I just lost my rating. Here’s a condensed version. Thanks dr. Bill. Pours hazed yellow, big lacey white head. Nose ball. Flavors mirror nose, dry, somewhat bretty, more tennisball. Good,refreshing stuff (3.9)



re-rate Bottle, sampled 5/20/2010...bottle from Sir Kevin Scott, the Frenchman: I think this has at least a good 6+ months on it, at least. Pours yellowish with too large of a head...must pour carefully! Nose is hay-like, spicy, with a spike of brett weaving throughout the olfactory sense waves...and yes, Todd, very good on the "Tennis Ball" characteristic...Flavors are clean, hay, straw, grass, a little spicy but fortunately not in a nasty banana-esque belgian-yeast kind of way. and YES! Todd...Tennis balls, it tastes a bit like huffing on a freshly opened can of tennis balls. BALLS! Gotta bump it a point...it was a very satisfying beer.

Pours a golden hay color with lots of carbonation, two finger head an great lacing throughout. Aroma of citrus, funk and pepper. Taste follows the nose just intensified. This really showcases the Brett in the best way possible. This is so tasty and so refreshing, I would love to have the ability to drink this all the time. Saision Brett is an amazing beer!

Bottle, with enormous gratitude to Savvy1982, who I know has tried this beer, I know he loved it, and I know he knows it will only get better with some cellar months/years to amp up the brett action, BUT despite all that he STILL sent it to me! That is pretty fucking generous. 2011 vintage. Exuberant cork pop, lively pour requiring several pauses to allow the head to calm down. Beautiful hazy medium orange with a floculent clingy undying head. Aroma is sweet and funky, over-ripe nectarine, honey. Rounded, soft fruity palate, strongly reminiscent of an ice wine we recently had, loads of sticky stonefruit (apricot maybe?), honey, white grapes, with beautifully integrated yeast character and an assertive funkiness. Rounded and sticky, but still tart and quenching. I could seriously drink this every day of the upcoming summer and never grow tired of it! Just superb.

Bottle thanks to Nick. Pours a golden orange. Slightly hazy. Dense billowy brilliant white head. Earthy funking aromas, coupled with some wheat malt and a little light orange. Very clean / clear brett aromas most definately present. Great stuff. Flavours are a little sweet before a decent dry finish. Bloody good beer.

Poured a yellowish crimson-gold-tone. Smells immediately of dandelions, wheat flour, burnt plastic (but in a good way!), and white wine yeast. Tastes are very frequent in their similarity however the hops are sure and delicate yet strong and quite noticeable. Also some orange peel zest by mid-palate; sour cheese, pancake cough, resinated funk, and hay. Pretty tasty all and all. Not my favorite Saison but in all likelihood I’m probably not going to find one this good unless I trade heavily.

Kinda gushed, golden huge white head nice lacing... lightly sweet quite a bit bretty, lightly spiced, yeasty... yeasty for days... belgian fruity bretty peppery not very lively medium body dry...

Really enjoyable saison. Great billowy head and golden color. Aroma is funky earthy citrus and funk. Taste is crisp dry and very refreshing with a lightly funky backbone. Loved it.

awesome beer, hoppier than i would have anticipated which is awesome, big time brett flavors, i havent had one like this in a while. Awesome beer!

09 bottle...pours a hazy orange with a huge foamy white head...great retention and lacing. Aroma has light leather and spice with faint citrus and brett notes. Flavor is musty and leathery with fading spices...nice and dry with a hint of pineyness. Mouthfeel is light and very lively with a dry spiced leather finish.

From notes. Popped out the cork and the bottle started to foam immediately. Poured about 5oz or so and got about four fingers of white rocky head that hung around for about five minutes until there was nothing left but a mound of head in the middle of the glass. Aroma is tart and and earthy funk with bready notes, a little citrus and a slight metallic aroma. Taste has some citrus with lots of yeasty characteristics, and a tiny bit of fruitiness. Great mouthfeel. Nice and sticky it keeps the the flavor around. Medium carbonation with a very smooth finish.

2011 bottle number 22414. Opened with a big pop of the cork and poured a dark golden color with a half a glass of white foamy head. Aroma has lemon rind, brett, mild funk, some sweetness, and faint spice. mouth feel is light and there is high carbonation. Flavor has brett, light tartness, lemon, wheat, sweet fruit shines in from time to time, and there is a light spice. The nose is nice and bright but in the flavor the brett over runs some of it. Very interesting to drink and tasty.