Boulevard Pale Ale

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Hoppy, with a decent malt finish to balance. This is nothing special for a pale ale, there are many better examples out there.

Soapy looking head and cloudy honey in color. Very easy drinking. Slightly musky yeasty aroma but its faint enough to be able to ignore. Clean hoppy flavor thats not overpowering and lends itself to the easy drinking quality. Overall, not the most complex beer out there but this could be a good session beer. Nice!

Hazy amber pour with dissapearing spotty white head. Some caramel malt in the nose. Not overly floral, but definitely has a hop profile. Fairly decent pale ale.

Bottle. Near-clear traffic light amber, appropriate carbonation, short soapsud head. The nose combines lemondrop PNW and woodsy/cheesy/Fuggley hops, plus wet slate or iron. Also scents of cherry pie and buttery malt. Not bad, but weirdly unexpected flavor- caramelly malts, Lifesaver candy fruitiness, mineral water. Minty/woody finish, lingering peppery aftertaste. Light and slick/oily mouthfeel. Just an okay APA; I get more of a UK than US impression.

12 oz. bottle. From a 12-pack sampler of 6 different Boulevard beers at Hy-Vees across Iowa. Brassy body with a little haze, steady stream of bubbles under a thick white head. Hops in smell are friendlier than your Alpha King, More sharp than citrusy, balanced by malts. Taste is well-balanced, too. If it’s the same hop bill that Boulevard started with, before the hop-head craze, it shows. Clean and inviting, more German crispness, with a bit of floral note, against a mildly sweet but chewy caramel base. Maybe a bit strong to be a session beer, but you could still have two or three at one sitting.

Poured light amber. Aroma - Faint hops. Crisp with notes of light grassy hops and caramel. A touch of malt. Still pretty thin for my taste.

Tap at Seamus McDaniel’s in Dogtown, St. Louis, MO. Light amber color with a creamy off-white head. Light bitter aroma over mild roasted malt. Medium body with mild carbonation. Spicy/grassy hop over slight roasted tones. Fresh and clean. A lighter pale ale, but a tasty one.

Another one smuggled back from Nasville. Pours a cloudy orange. Subtle fruity hop flavors with a bit of a caramel back bone. Crisp and fruity, citrus aroma. Pretty smooth but a little boring and flat seeming.