Boulevard Lunar Ale

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

Poured a hazy amber color with a small creamy off-white head. The aroma was malty and fruity with a little spicey phenol. Some wheaty lemon notes. The flavor had a malty start with a dry finish. Light yeasty taste with spicey notes. Light body with a thin dull mouthfeel. Mild tartness.

Pours muddy brown with a small tan head. Nose is banana, cloves, coriander. Flavor of banana/clove phenols, very muted and rather sour wheat, water. Watery mouthfeel. OK dunkel but no superstar.

Bottled, BB 12/24/07. Poured clear coppery brown with a quickly-receding cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up a nice blend of toasty banana and chocolate notes.. some caramel and grainy notes come across as well. The flavor had a consistent caramel and semi-sweet chocolate presence throughout with mellow banana rising at the middle and riding through the finish.. grainy and herbal notes provide accents.. sweet chocolate and banana at the end. Lighter-bodied with a creamy middle and more prickly notes at the back.. a bit watery at times. This was an OK beer that I would drink again.

Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!

cloudy rusty brown, wispy head, drops of lace, chocolate aroma with sweet fruity esters and light spicyness, sweet chocolate and caramel flavor, fruity sweetness, nice balancing bitterness, touch of yeasty spicyness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

On draught at Kauffman Stadium in KC, served in a plastic cup. Pours a darkish-brown color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes to a compact layer that stays. Lacing spotty but again it was a plastic cup. Aroma of toasted malt, wheat and caramel. Medium-bodied with a somewhat banal flavor profile of roasted malt, banana and caramel. Not much bitterness. The finish is sweet spices and more malt. A lot better than most beers you can find at a ball park, but overall pretty average.

(Bottle) Pours a brown color with a small amount of tan head. Good lacing. Interesting aroma of spice and light yeast. Taste is malty, citrusy, and spicy (clove, nutmeg, and slightly nutty)... which is an interesting mix. Medium mouthfeel. Not a run-of-the-mill beer, which means it’s worth trying at least.

Best before 11/25/07. Beer is cloudy, medium ash-brown. Head is small, white, frothy, mostly and totally diminishing.<P>The aroma is malty with light notes of molasses, lightly roasted grain, popped corn, shortbread and toffee; Hoppy with light notes of resin; Light banana clove.<P>The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly bitter, light/moderately sweet finish.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.<P>Agree with Ernest; singed-smelling and forgettable.

Bottle (BB 08/30/09). Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain, caramel), lightly hoppy (herbs), lightly yeasty (basement/mold), with a light note of plum. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Rather dull.