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Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale

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1873.6/5.03.57/5.0Special6.8%96.7Dimpled mug
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Flashback Anniversary Ale is an India Brown Ale with 6.8% ABV. This is the first beer we’ve made here that uses one single hop variety (Cascade) in the recipe in five separate additions. The fresh Cascade hop aroma and flavor is perfectly balanced with the dark roasted grains, making Flashback a very unique beer. We’re calling it an India Brown Ale to help illustrate its flavor to the consumer. It’s hoppy like an IPA but dark and roasty like a Brown Ale. Put them together and voila! Flashback at its finest!

We at Boulder Beer Company are SO excited to announce the release of our 30th Anniversary commemorative beer...Flashback Anniversary Ale! Flashback will be available in 4/6/12oz cases, 15.5 gallon kegs and 5.16 gallon kegs. It will be available to ship beginning Monday, May 4th and will be available through September.

Paying homage to our roots and celebrating our milestone 30th Anniversary, we give you Flashback Anniversary Ale, an India Brown Ale single-hopped with five additions of Cascade hops. Citrusy with a prominent hop aroma, Flashback finishes clean, crisp and dry, with dark roasted flavors from the biscuit and chocolate malts perfectly complimenting the bountiful Cascades.

Flash back to 1979 and you’ll find two professors at the University of Colorado in Boulder longing for the full-flavored tastes of the British ales they had grown to love while traveling overseas. Testing the entrepreneurial waters with a little project called a microbrewery, they began brewing and selling a few of their own. There begins the tale of Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s First Microbrewery. From the original Bitter, Porter and Stout recipes that founded our brewery to our exciting new releases, Boulder Beer continues to uphold our tradition of innovation in brewing.

Flashback Anniversary Ale is the 9th Release in our Looking Glass Series of specialty beers. Discover all of our award-winning beers at BoulderBeer.com.
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 TimE (1301), Tokyo, Japan
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 30, 2009  
Dark mahogany color. Piney, grapefruity nose with some noble hops and brown sugar. Full malty backbone with big hoppy body. Nutty, piney. Aggressive malts and hops, but well balanced. Big piney finish. Enjoyable.


 williamherbert (466), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 29, 2009  
The appearance is clear, with a nice, brownish amber-red color. Bubbly light brown head. The aroma is serious sweet grapefruit hop right off the bat. Brown nutty malt balances. Hops turn bitter with a piney twist. Really hoppy but not one-dimensional. The taste: malts are dry as an amber, but slightly nutty like a brown. Very bitter on the back end, but in the woody hop and the roasted malts. The feel is smooth and oily; creamy and perfect for style. It’s a damn good beer. Hoppy, yet balanced.


 HopBackDoc (394), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 27, 2009  
The best brown ale I have had, and brown ale is usually one of my least favorite styles. Pours a dark amber color with off-white head. Aroma is nutty, caramel, and hops. Flavor was more of the same. Sweet malts, nutty grains, dough, pale malt, and a generous amount of hops throughout. Nice semi dry finish with the hops tagging along all the way to the end. A great blend of brown ale meets IPA.


 BrewDad (2370), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 27, 2009  
2009 Oregon Brewers Festival – Portland, OR
Aroma: Fresh hops aroma with a good amount of dark malt.
Appearance: Dark amber in color, Clear with a light head.
Flavor: Nice malt and hops balance. Nice flavors.
Palate: Dry Finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: This was a great brown ale I will be seeking this out for sure.


jimmbo123 (37), Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 27, 2009  
I tried this at Oregon Brewer’s Festival 2009. At bit too hoppy for me, but good tasting hops, and very good quality otherwise. Tasted very similar to 2 others I tried: Double Mountain IRA & Summit Horizon Red Ale.


 thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Oregon Brew Fest: deep brown with off white head, aroma just hints of hops, flavor decent brown flavor nice mix of the roasted malt with a good amount of hops also.


 raphael (415), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/515/20
Jul 25, 2009  
@ PBF. citrus hops with caramel and distant smoke. dark amber with white head. busy taste seems a little murky, hops not sure which way to point, a litttle clash of hops and malt. doesnt taste like a brown.


 jredmond (1039), New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 24, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a darkish amber body with some white head. The aroma citrus hops, malts, and sugar. The flavor is similar.



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