Boulevard Smokestack Series - Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale

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

Serve in Tulip

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750 bottle shared by Maxxdaddy at his apt. This is a nice hoppy saison but it doesnt compare to the beauty of the original saison they stopped making. Pours a hazy orange with a nice big wheat cloudy head, white with good lace. Aroma is slightly mineral, salt spice and pepper with big citrus, and floral hops, strange yeasty spiciness, and a slight orange or yuzu kick with some sappy oily hop resins- leather and strange cardamon and other spices- yeast seems like a cross between dupont and a lost abbey saison yeast strain. Flavor is light sweetness, doughy yeast and ok malt backbone, malts are in the way a bit in the middle and end- not quite as dry as the original, but still has a good yeast and hop profile- orange, lemon, light carapils, leather, spices, earth tones, light sugary sweet middle - dextrose powder (?) ok earthy spicy almost prickly finish with more hops. Pretty good, but not fantastic.

On tap @ Chuck’s 85th. Pours hazy light orange. Aroma is grapefruit and hops. Taste is clean grassy hops up front with funky sweet Belgian yeast on the back. A little thin, but not out of character for this style and well balanced with the ABV. A great choice if you gotta have hops but don’t want the heavier malt of an IPA. This beer introduced me to Boulevard a year or two ago and I’ve been steadily impressed by them. For a Kansas City brewery to get into the hyper-competitve Seattle beer market is no small accomplishment.

Shared from 750ml bottle. Poured a hazy yellow color with a large, foamy white head. Aroma was yeast, spice, a touch of light tart funk. Flavor was yeasty, with notes of spice, and sweet malts, with a slight tart funk note. Very tasty.

I really liked this beer and hard to say it was a farmhouse ale. It did have the dull gold and slight cloud of many but it was wonderfully aromatic and hopped just right.

Poured from 750 ml bottle to tulip. Great saison aroma, with a little bit too much American hoppiness to break the spell. Beautiful color with a thick, creamy head. Taste combines two of my favorite styles, with a crisp hoppiness on the front end, and smooth Belgian style going down. Definitely something to try to get you into saisons.

Good saison that’s different from the dry saisons. A lot of pepper and funk in the taste. Good stuff from Boulevard.

12oz bottle in a tulip. Pours golden with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts, and lots of light fruits, plus a nice balance with the citrusy, grapefruit hops. Flavor the same. Average texture. A pretty good beer.

Quite a pale yellow color, had the banana and clove scent with a sweet taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Classic Velgain style. Fruity. Yellow cloudy appearance. Bready malty taste.

Style et résumé: Saison belgo-américaine houblonnée à Amarillo.
Comment: Bouteille de 12oz encore une fois merci Slovak.
Description: Bière dorée éclatante avec une mousse blanche crémeuse. Le nez est citronné, il est frais. Les épices sont remarquables. La bouche est mordante, sauvage presque, la levure est bien présente. Il y a une bonne amertume en fin de bouche. J’aime cette bière.
Note: 7+/10

On tap in Sellersburg, Indiana of all places. I’ve had a couple Saisons before and am trying to get into them, but I’m not quite there yet. Also I’m rating this 48 hours after the fact, so details will be limited. Delivered in a stemmed tulip. Color is a beautiful, sunny orange with a small, light, pillowy white head. Good malt character. More hoppy than expected. Yeast character is more of the dank, barnyard variety. Overall, I definitely see the appeal of this beer, but saison yeasts still give me a little trouble. Will keep trying.