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Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale 3.57 188

Boulder Beer Flashback Anniversary Ale

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1883.6/5.03.57/5.0Special6.8%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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 mesperon (139), Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
May 5, 2009  
This is a great beer. Although not the best I’ve ever had, it may be m favorite. Nice and dark brown, a shade below transparent, nice light tan head. Aroma has a beatiful mix of heavy hops and a nice dark roast. Hops are very prominant on the palate with a nice heavy malt to balance them. A bt heavy-handed, but still very drinkable,and very interesting and complex.


jtheye (12), Roeland Park, Kansas, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Nice cross between a porter (I guess they say brown) and an IPA. Will buy again ... I hope it becomes a permanent addition to their line.


 agillespie81 (201), Denver, Colorado, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Nov 17, 2009  
Aroma - very floral, citrus, touch of malt; Appearance - brown, thick creamy head, great lacing; Taste - malty front, hop flavor blends nicely in the back, long bitter finish; Palate - smooth mouthfeel, excellent body; Overall - extremely well built, balanced, great anniversary brew!


 jah noth (1020), Rochester, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
Jun 11, 2009  
BEautiful chestnut brown in color with a nice light tan head and nice carbonation. Slightly medicinal caramel aroma. Rich and malty, very full bodied, with a nice layer of chocolate, caramel and biscuit. The hops are a bit tamer than expected, citrus is present, but never overpowering. Some bitterness at the finish. Props to you, a tremendous beer!


 scraff (1946), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Jun 25, 2009  
#1800 - Dark coppery brown, creamy light tan head with great lacing. Milk chocolate truffles and toasted caramel aromas swirl on soft layers of vanilla-coconut and earthy citrus. Rich toasted malt bill with caramelized vanilla bean and roasted chocolate nuttiness balancing on a foundation of citric earth hoppiness. Hints of dark fruit peek through at room temperature, but overall this beer is very well integrated from start to finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, lightly bittersweet finish. A true surprise here as I was not expecting such a multifaceted brew. The sad part….I only bought one bottle…


 BeerFanDan17 (624), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 2, 2009  
4 oz pour at the Oregon Brewers Festival in July ’09. Sweet, malty, and a load of hops. A great balance and almost a Belgian style ale than a brown. One of my favorite of the festival.


 ajm (945), Los Angeles, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/518/20
Jun 10, 2009  
Bottles from Jubilation. This is a fine, fine beer. Nose is darkish coffee; color is an anemic amber which is the clear weak spot. Flavor is by turns caramel, Cascade hops, apple, fruit skin, toasted malt, coffee. A great brown with a great bite and a very smooth, sweet (almost red) finish.


 HopBackDoc (395), 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.



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