Boulevard Lunar Ale

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

12 oz. bottle from John’s Grocery (Iowa City, IA). Pours a medium hued hazy amber with a small quickly dissipating head. Aromas are malty and wheaty, consisting of some sweet fruity esters of banana and clove that I would expect. Initial taste is very light, a light bodied brew for its color and nature that is light, watery, and has some light estery banana clove fruitiness that is pleasant. A nice malty finish that I enjoyed, but not really a dominant dark malt flavor that I’d expect to be paired with the fruitiness, although I definately taste it a little. Overall, very light in flavor but decent. A nice summer brew of this variety, but I probably would avoid it and try one of the more notable representatives of this genre.

Bottle. Body-very pretty dark mahogany with a loose off white lasting head. Nose-slightly sweet, malty, CO2, slightly musty, unsweet dark fruits. Taste-macroness, stale malts, woody, dry, light aroma hops, very macro and unoriginal, lightly sour on the backend, soap, juniper, coriander.

Slightly cloudy orangey copper, with a decent beige head. Mild bready, toasty, wheaty aroma. Some toasted rye bread flavors, perhaps even a touch of smokiness, and a crisp, woodsy hop finish. I didn’t hate this, in fact I kinda enjoyed it.

Appearance of cloudy tea with a small tan short lived head. Aroma of yeast, spice, and clove. Flavor is spice, yeast, bread, and wheat.

Pours a murky tawny brown and a minimal creamy head. Nice malty aroma with some hints of spicy hops. Mild toastiness evident. First taste is very good. More maltiness and a mild metallic flavor. Over time that toastiness shows up again. I like the medium to light body with a hint of cloying on the back of the tongue on the finish. Very refreshing. I found the beer improved as it warmed up a bit. Best to drink it in that 45-55 degree range, not ice cold.

Bottle. Pours a dark, cloudy brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is of bananas, wheat, caramel malt and is a little sweat. Taste is similar, but a little watery. Reminds me of their wheat ale. Fairly good even as it warms up. A pretty good beer, as it is easy to drink and tastes rather good.

20070625 12oz, thanks to dmac for sharing. Hazy light brown with thin off-white head. Nice banana aroma. Thinner body, mildly nutty, lightly vegetal. Kind of a missed attempt, not quite up to the mediocre stardard of Moonglow. So thin.

Poured slightly cloudy,copper color. Wasn’t really expecting much out of this beer. Got exactly what I thought. Ok but nothing special.