Boulevard Double Wide IPA

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Bottle from Friar Tuck in Savoy, IL, thanks to my Mom. Pour hazy amber with a huge retentive light beige head. Nice aroma of fresh hops that give off notes of sweet exotic fruit. Medium bodied with a light earthy texture. Initial flavor of caramel and toffee malts that transitions to a huge bitterness mid palate, that is lemony and grapefruity. Clingy and resiny hoppiness on the finish with some slight alcohol warmth, and perhaps a bit too much citrus like acidity. This is a very nice offering from Boulevard. Kudos to them for creating a product for us beer geeks. The reason I did not give this a higher overall impression rating is that the hop schedule lacks some complexity and cohesiveness to take it to the next level.

750ml bottle-@Hoboken#1-pours a tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is sweet citrus/pine, secondary medium malt. Taste is sweet citrus/pine, secondary medium malt, some alcohol warming as it goes down.

Objectively speaking: A generous IPA that goes beyond the All-hops norm.
I like: Healthy medium-full body without stickiness. Cleansing carbonation. Excellent white head. Fair hop complexity though not particularly focused nor straightforward. Not overly bitter. Fairly fruity and exotic feel.
I dislike: Clean yeastiness, but perhaps a bit too present in the flavour profile to ensure the hop ultimate revelations.

2008-05-31. Dark hazy orange body with a modest beige head. (3+) Modest hoppy aroma is a touch muted but is rather nice, orange notes. Similar flavour, oranges and tangerine hops, light pleasant bitterness throughout. (7+) Smooth average palate is almost creamy (3+) Pretty nice, I like everything it offers but would like just a little more of everything. Bottle, Mondial, Montreal, 3T

750ml bottle provided by Illinismity at Noog4. Amber-copper pour with a frothy off white head. Some sweet caramel malt and nice pine/spruce in the aroma. Very enjoyable. Overall this is a nice IPA. Flavors of Pine, spruce, and spice with a solid body that does not get in the way of the hops. Semi-dry, medium body. A solid brew all the way around.

Tasted at Noogfest 4.0 (2008). This IPA (Imperial IPA?) pours a copper gold color from a 750ml bottle. Large sized white foamy head. The aroma is floral and earthy hops, some sweet malts. A medium bodied IPA. The malts are caramel and fruity. The hops are grapefruity and citrusy. Nice balance between the malts and hops. There is a slight touch of alcohol oiliness. A medium bitterness IPA, it has the alcohol for an Imperial IPA, but not enough malts or hops for one, I think. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

[Bottle] Pours a very pretty hazy copper with a large creme colored head. Aroma has tons of citric hops with a decent malt backbone. Flavor is not as hoppy as the nose would suggest. Pretty bitter and the alcohol is not well hidden.

Thanks to whomever brought this to noogfest 08. Nice hoppy nose, good flavors.