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Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale

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1903.6/5.03.58/5.0Special6.8%96.9Dimpled 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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 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Deep copper colour, mid-sized coarse head. Tpasty with plenty of orangey hops. Dry with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Dusty orangey hops grow in intensity to bring immense bitterness. Conbines roasty malt with citrusy hops really well.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Nov 7, 2009  

Name: Flashback IBA
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Horse Brass, Portland
Appearance: hazy dark amber, creamy beige head, layers of drippy lace.
Aroma: sweet caramel and citrus aroma with light chocolate
Flavor: sweet caramel and chocolate flavor, nice balancing citrus, touch of butterscotch, light bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4


 DJMonarch (6878), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 19, 2009  
On Tap at the Boulder Beer Company, Boulder 23/09/2009 Carbonation. White head. Malt and hop aromas. Golden coloured hoppy and malty with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter finish.


 hopdog (5607), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 17, 2009  
On tap at Capone’s. Poured a deeper amberish/brownish color with a smaller sized off white head. Lacing left on the glass. Aromas of chocolate, roastiness, fruity, and some nuttiness. Tastes of chocolate, roastiness, citrus, and floral hops.


 jcwattsrugger (5550), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 5, 2009  
12oz bottle–pours a foamy rich tan head that laces and dark copper color. Aroma is medium malt-toffee/chocolate, nutty, earthy, seocndry pine/spice/citrus hops. Taste is medium/dark malt-chocolate, earthy then the herbal hops bite come through. An English character. Medium body. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.


 hopscotch (5510), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Jul 9, 2009  
Bottle… Pours a dark, clear crimson with a mid-sized, fluffy, off-white head. Great retention. Chocolaty nose with plenty of Cascade hop goodness thrown in. Full-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and soft carbonation. The flavor offers very little residual sugar, even when warmed to room temperature, but charcoal bitterness abounds – along with other carbonic, tannic, and unsweetened chocolate essences. The finish is lengthy, bitter and fairly dry.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
May 22, 2009  
12oz bottle. Filtered chestnut brown body. Thick tan head. Nose is one part citrus rind and dry/grassy hops and one part semi-sweet nut bread and caramel malt. Body is moderately thick, somewhat oily and resinous. Flavor is faint banana, more pronounced walnut and bread, with some moderately pungent citrus hops. Doesn’t really come together as anything remarkable. Somewhat simple overall, and has that undesirable Boulder beer house character - oily, resinous, astringent.


 Cornfield (4963), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 10, 2009  
Bottle from Binny’s Beverage Depot in Orland Park, Illinois: This poured more of a dark amber than a brown (but who’s quibbling?) with a tall off-white head that provided much in the way of lace. The aroma was strong with citrus hops over some milk chocolate and toasty malts. The flavor was dark caramel with a splash of chocolate complemented by tart oranges, zest, and pink grapefruit. Nice dry, mildly bitter finish. Quite nice.



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