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Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale

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1943.6/5.03.58/5.0Special6.8%96.8Dimpled 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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 Elwood (684), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/516/20
Jul 21, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a slightly hazy brown with a small, creamy, ecru head. A mix of malt and hop in the nose with notes of chcolate, pineapple, citruss, and nuts. Medium carbonation with a medium-rich mouthfeel. Very fine carbonation lends a creamy feel to it. An interesting mix of milk chocolate and pine hops on the palate. Some grass is in there too. Medium-long, bitter finish. Definitely a different and very enjoyable brew.


 bdjames29 (272), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Tap at Dilly Deli in Mariemont. This borders on a Double Dark IPA. I nice combo beer. The nutty-malty backbone of a brown ale with a strong IPA kick. I thought this beer was terrific....had 2. A fine brew to have on tap, Peanut!


 nuplastikk (1256), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Jul 18, 2009  
12oz bottle. Deep transparent toffee brown color. Big fluffy, lasting head. Lots of hops in the aroma, with a touch of chocolate. Solid brown sugar sweet malt backbone, fully doused with a thick Cascade bitterness. Certainly one of the better Browns I’ve had in quite some time. Bitter toffee aftertaste. Excellently thick, but never overbearing in body or in alcohol. Great beer, would love to have it on draft.


 Dmalone102 (223), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 18, 2009  
This is probably my favorite beer from the Boulder Beer company, of which I usually do not like. This has a great toast-like malt profile, with a clean yeast character. The hops stand out though, very nice.


 rocbyter (928), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Strong malt aroma, slightly bitter sweet. Dark amber color with a small tan head. Moderate malt beginning with a mild bitter finish.


 phishpond417 (1953), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/514/20
Jul 17, 2009  
I haven’t had a flashback before so I thought today would be the day!Singlemalter, did you have a bad bottle brother? Because mine were mighty fine. Hazey copper colour with a fluffy floral top. Immediate hops and pine on the nose. Rich tasting with a wonderful earthiness underlying the whole beer. Firm astringent bitter taste on the finish.


 michael-pollack (2753), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 15, 2009  
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of chocolate, roasting, light toffee, slight dark ripe fruits, malts, light nuts, and slight piney hops. Poured deep orange/brown/copper in color with a small, off-white head that lasted as a film on top of the beer. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, chocolate, malts, wood, light resin, charcoal, light tar, and a hint of caramel. Medium body. Slightly oily, lightly sticky, then dry texture. Average carbonation. Slightly sweet, medium bitter, chocolate, charcoal, and piney hop hop finish is dry.


 mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/513/20
Jul 14, 2009  
On tap at Andys corner bar. Reddish copper in color with a medium off white head. Malty caramel fruity aroma. Toffee, grainy hoppy notes. Hoppy and malty flavor. Citrusy orange sweet notes. Finish is bitter. Full bodied. Nice beer.



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