Boulevard Dry Stout

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Kansas City, Missouri USA

This is my personal favorite of all the beers that I’ve had the pleasure of drinking. It just seems to hit my taste buds just right.

Cream cascades while head retains in this light stout quencher. I understand Boulevard is now offering this in a bottle conditioned version. I'll have to try it out. The mouthfell of this one is great, and the head retains nicely, administering a lace with staying power. This one definately illustrates that body and color are sometimes unrelated.

Best domestic stout in the market today! I pitty the people outside the KC area, for they may never get to try this truely great beer!

This might be the best tasting Stout I've rated. Big head out of bottle. Big flavor without an overpowering bitter afterfinish. May not be as highly ranked as others but its awfully hard not to give boulevard their props on this one.

On tap at the tasting room. The lightest beer they make. Nitrogen powered with a subtle chocolate nose. Gorgeous black color with a bright white head. Lighter (and fresher) than Guinness. Slightly sweet on the tongue. Glass begs you to drink it all day long. Very different tasting than the bottled variety.

I found this to be a very subtle take on this style. The head stayed until the very end of my pint, and overall, this is a very drinkable brew with substance. Malt would have been obtrusive, anyway. Fabulous with salty pub fare.

Bottled: Pours a pitch black color, with tan edges when held to light. A medium tan head rests on top. Smells smoky and malty. Flavor is smooth coffee, grassy, and smoky, with the signature Boulevard hops coming in later on. This gets my recommendation. There are better stouts, but this is good. I really think this one’s hurting in the rating department because it’s not knock-your-socks-off big. This is a great stout with lots of nice, subtle details. If Bells took this recipe and replicated it exactly, but put it in a Bells bottle, this thing would have a 3.8 average. Blind taste it before you go with the flow here.

Aroma: roasted malt; appearance: dark, nearly black; flavor: strong roasted flavor, coffee-like, no chocolate; palate: fairly thin and watery. Another solid product from Boulevard, definitely one of my favorite Midwestern breweries.