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Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad

Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Kansas City, Missouri USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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1573.82/5.03.78/5.0Special11.8%75.3Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Based loosely on the Smokestack Series Sixth Glass, this abbey-style quadrupel, after fermentation on cherries, was separated into a number of oak bourbon barrels, where is aged for varying lengths of time, in some cases as long as a year. Selected barrels were then blended for optimum flavor. The resulting beer retains only very subtle cherry characteristics, with toffee and vanilla notes coming to the fore.
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 SoLan (1367), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Courtesy Ty. Vinous tart notes from the cherries, a bit tannic. Age has really brought out the cherries. Nice strong, barrel aged Belgian. Medium/full body, well carbonated. Solid.


Teege (71), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 29, 2009  
750 ml thanks to Solan. Pours a kind of thin but vibrant amber. Hint of bourbon in the nose but that’s competing with a lot of wet dog and burnt hair. Some people say molasses; I say wet dog. Hey, it’s a free country. They flavor is whatever. I don’t get much bourbon in it at all. Just a lot of dark malts and stuff. Not a big fan, but I’ve never claimed to be a big fan of the quads.


 redlight (1444), Winter Park, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 29, 2009  
thanks to Solan for sharing this one! Malty sweetness with some toffee and cherries on the nose. Pours a reddish amber with a thin white head. Caramelly malty sweetness with hints of cherries, hints of candied cherries, with some toffee notes in the flavor.


 kramer (2406), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/513/20
Oct 29, 2009  
25 oz bottle. Pours a clear ruby brown body with a great frothy and foamy off-white head that lasted forever, leaving tons of lacing. Beautiful looking beer. he nose is lighter than expected, light caramel, and dark fruits mostly with very little bourbon. Some sweet notes like candi or brown sugar and a light woodiness as well. The flavor is rather sweet but pretty smooth up front, the bourbon doesn’t really hit till late in the finish. Lots of candied dark fruits and candi sugar, with fairly restrained alcohol taste. Very short finish for how big and thick this is. Fairly thick but not overly sticky or cloying. Moderate fizzy carbonation. A little warming on the finish. Pretty decent, but I couldn’t get overly excited about it.


 SuzyGreenberg (1318), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2009  
750 ml bottle - pours clear, light brown with thin off-white head; bourbon, red wine, musky, vanilla, dark fruit and oak; thin bodied and almost syrupy; very sweet and boozy; enjoyable, but nearly as much as the base beer; overly sweet


blaheath (16), Missouri, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Oct 3, 2009    Updated: Oct 5, 2009
Burnt amber in color with a 1/4" head. Aroma is dominated by oak, followed by cherries, vanilla and bourbon. Taste is medium bodied with a medium level of carbonation, heavy new oak, vanilla, cherry, cigar, mint, noticeable alcohol, and a semi-sweet/dry finish. Recommended.


 hopdog (5523), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2009  
750ml, caged and corked, bottle acquired in trade with bu11zeye (thanks!). Bottle # 01275/10630. Poured a medium reddish/brownish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of cherries, some dark fruitiness, lighter bourbon, wood, and vanilla. Tastes of chocolate, woody, brown sugar, vanilla, lighter bourbon, and some tart cherries in the finish. Alcohol content well hidden.


 egajdzis (3598), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Lightly hazy, red brown color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of cherries, caramel malts, nuts, wood, bourbon, vanilla, and light alcohol. Taste of nuts, caramel malts, vanilla, bourbon, tart cherries,wood, and alcohol in the finish.



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