Boulevard Zôn

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

Bottle from Beastiefan2k. Thanks Eugene! Poured a cloudy golden yellow with a small lingering white head. Aromas of wheat, yeast, light citrus and light spice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of wheat, coriander, light yeast and light citrus with a smooth spiced yeasty finish.

12 oz bottle as an extra from beastiefan2k. Thank you Eugene. A very nice wit. Some citrus and yeast. Easy to drink and pretty good.

12 oz. stubby, ’’Best by 10/01/08.’’ Oops, waited to get to this I guess, I was just trying to space out all the wits coming at me through the summer. Well, this one pours a nice breath of coriander and citrus, fizzy yellow body with noticeable haze. Carbonation is the first thing when it passes my lips. That helps bring a lot more prickly citrus to my ’buds, and that’s nice. Slightly grainy unmodified wheat to be found, lending just a touch of tartness. This is very good as larger american brewers’ bottled wits go.

What an underrated brew, there is a definite wheat beer bias here. ’Now its time for me to make my impression felt. So sit back, relax, and strap on your seat belt.’ Pours a cloudy, extremely hazy, can just barely see through it, dark straw/yellow color. The medium sized head fades quickly. Aroma is strong, especially for a Wit. First is a sweet, dough-y, Belgian yeastiness all wrapped around a hefty chunk of coriander. After that there is a light lemon with other citrus characteristics and a very light fishy wheatiness. A very nice Belgian character but there is a definite American twist in it, just sort of subdued and cleaner on the nose despite all those very ’Belgian-yeast’ characteristics Taste seems like a definite mix of American wheat and Belgian Wit. Its a rather clean wheat, not so many esters bouncing off. But there is plenty of coriander (which I love) and other citrus flavors (probably due to the coriander). Finishes with a lightly sweet candy aftertaste. The body is a bit thicker for a 4.4% Wit but a good tingly carbonation to go along with it. So you get the best of both worlds with it. Its not ’fresh’ at the moment, since this comes out in the beginning of summer but I have been drinking this for 2 months and its wunderbar. If you like Wits, this is a definite treat. As far as I know this has changed rather drastically over the years but I think they hit the hammer on the nail with this batch.
12oz bottle, New Belgium snifter/goblet glass.

A cloudy, very yellow in color beer emerges from the bottle to form a thin white head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is wheat, bananas and a slight clove flavor. Mouth feel is a tad bit thin and has a heavy banana flavor along with sweet honey wheat flavoring and ends a bit dry. Overall a decent beer but the mouth feel is a bit light which seems to accentuate the pretty strong flavors present already.

Bottle, thanks to mreusch! Pours cloudy yellow with a thin white froth. Lemon, citrus, spice and honey aroma. Light body and active carbonation. Tastes pretty much like the aroma, which is right where a witbier needs to be. Wheat, spice and grass finish.

bottle, cloudy yellow color with slight foam head, nose is sweet lemon with a lemony, wheat flavor, body and finish are good

Lightly carbonated, lemony is the only adjective to describe this beer. This seems made for people who don’t like beer.