Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer

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

An awesome American wheat with a hint of citrus. The citrus is present, but not overpowering (in fact much lighter than other citrus beers). Great color and readily available on tap in most establishments (in my area anyway).

Bottled. Best before 2/15/07. Beer is cloudy, light gold. Head is initially small, fizzy, white. Diminishes rapidly.<P> The aroma is malty with light notes of husky toasted grain and wheat bread, trace of soggy kibble; Hoppy with light notes of lemon zest; Light miscellaneous notes of honey and corney DMS<P> The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter, lightly-to moderately acidic/bright with a longish, lightly sweet, lightly acidic finish. Small metallic flash on the back of the tounge.<P> The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.<P> Nets out kind of watery cornflakey.

Bottle (BB 07/04/09). Head is initially small, fizzy, white, fully diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (flowers), with a light note of lemon juice. Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Very light, watery, bland, and simple. Not bad per se, but there are much better American wheats than this.

Pours a cloudy straw gold color with an inch or so of white foam. Good lacing throughout the pint. OK, so it’s a wheat beer. So far so good. The aroma - well you know, I looked for it and couldn’t find it. Mild tasting flavor - wheat (let’s hope so) and a slight tang that might be citrus, might be hops, might be leftovers from the damned lemon it was served with, or it might be imagination. You can decide which it is if you are ever so inclined. Easy to drink a few, which in this case only means that it is light and inoffensive.

12 ounce bottle courtesy of Grant. Thanks for bringing this back from Kansas. Citric, lemony, light sour aroma with some light pepperiness in the nose. A bit faint. There is also some cereal graininess present, too. Moderate hazy pale yellow body with a smallish white, wispy head. Carbonated spritzy spicy start, which becomes a little more citric and lemony in the middle. Some cereal grainy flavors follow. Finishes astringent and a little thin. This is rather flavorful, but the carbonation and astringency is a little too much.

Not a great wheat beer, but much better than your typical brews. Cloudy yellow color and white head.

Beautiful golden pour with average white creamy head. Excellent lacing. Bottle conditioned. Aroma of bread, straw and cereal, some cookie, perfume and citrus. Hint of corn. Nice flavor. Light to medium body somewhat oily and soft. Enjoyable with lemon or orange. An excellent example of its style.

gold color, distinctive cloudy appearance, sweet with a citrus flavor, very drinkable, summer type beer