Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer

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

12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy deep yellow almost orange with a very small white head. Aroma is very strong wheat with a slightly citrus and sweet candy-like character. Definitely a bit yeasty as well. Flavor starts pretty bland with a basic grainy malt character and some wheat. Some sweetness appears but gets dominated by orange peel and coriander. Finishes malty but rather quickly. Medium body and a high carbonation. Average wheat beer, mixes into the pack at best, not a great flavor profile.

There’s nothing like the first wheat beer you have on tap when you haven’t had anything else to drink all day... Light, great session beer (GABF Gold) with some gorgeous cloudiness and wheat taste. A little hint of citrus that you can really bring out with a squeeze of lemon. A nice light beer to drink all night long.

Bottle. Pours a large, frothy white head. Clear, straw yellow body becomes cloudy and deep golden with the yeast in suspension. Bready wheat and yeast aroma along with some light citrus zest. Flavor is of muddled malt - mainly creamy white with some light tartness. Very light ester fruitiness is also present. Light, crisp body. Lively carbonation and very low bitterness with a slightly tart finish. Overall a solid, refreshing American Wheat.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from Cellars Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a semi-clear golden pale colored brew with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma of golden grain malt, some banana esters, honey and a hint of lemon zest. Taste is light bodied, some extra carbonation with flavors of golden grain malt with wheat, some bread dough, lemon zest and a hint of banana esters. Finish is slightly dry with a tart lemon and golden grain aftertaste.

Sample at GABF 2009. Pours a straw yellow color with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of banana, honey, clove, light spice. Flavor is about the same. Medium body with a wheaty finish. Decent wheat beer.

Bottle. Small, fizzy, white head, rapidly diminishing. Gold body, hazy. The aroma displays notes of toasted grain, flowers and some lemon. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. The finish is lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Some tartness. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Not much character. Fairly bland. No complexity.

Draft at Shiloh in Columbia, Missouri. Pours a hazy orange gold color with a medium white head that fizzes out relatively quickly. Aroma of orange citrus, wheat, and some malt and clove. Wheaty flavor, also with a good amount of orange citrus and malt, bread, and a dash of clove. Wheaty, bready mouthfeel and medium body. Served a bit too cold so the citrus was gentle and any other fruit and spice flavors may have been muted. This one gets a few notches more for me because it was always on special in the bar across from my apartment in college and was one of the few non-A-B beers my buddies and I would drink (and could afford).