Amber Ale - Boulevard Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 3.42
pDev: 13.16%
Reviews: 126
Hads: 155

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Boulevard Brewing Co.

Missouri, United States

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Ale | 5.10% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (122), on-tap (4).

Notes:
Boulevard Amber Ale is an exceptionally well-balanced beer, complex yet thirst-quenching. American pale malt provides a firm foundation. English specialty malts impart a nutty sweetness, perfectly complemented by noble German hops. The deep coppery color holds the light, reflecting a ruddy glow, and the finish is clean, round, and delicious.

24 IBU

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Reviews by tito42:

tito42

Missouri

3.65/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle into an imperial pint glass. Best by 04/28/2011 stamped on bottle.

Appearance: Hazy amber with a copper-toned head that dissapates fairly quickly but leaves decent lacing. Light carbonation.

Smell: Very bready with a faint hint of spice. Malty, yeasty aroma.

Taste: Extremely malty with a slight wheat flavor. Not much for hops, but they are there on the back end. Balanced but basic. A bit of a bready aftertaste after a while.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body with a nice creaminess. Pleasing.

Drinkability: Very drinkable, smooth, and the sort of basic, all-around ale that is true to this catch-all category. I believe this is Boulevard's newest year-round offering, and it has developed a bit of a following locally.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2011 04:06:11 | More by tito42

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mfnmbvp

Illinois

3.13/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle, with best by date reading 05/20/2013, so I'm a couple days late, but that's nothing to cry over. My fifth beer from the Boulevard sampler twelve pack.

Poured into a Firestone Walker pint glass.

A - Pours one finger of fluffy off-white head on top of a slightly murky orange / chestnut colored body.

S - Can definitely smell the malts as the prominent trait here. Sweet, caramelized, & leafy smelling. Very light vanilla nutty presence due to the English malt.

T - Taste follows the nose mostly. A malt forward beer with a sweet caramelized taste, but balanced well by a dry bitter hop presence, obviously from the German noble hops, but no where near as hoppy as some red / amber ales tend to be.

M - Feel is dry and bitter from the hops, invoking another sip.

Overall, an average beer, and probably the least interesting out of the 6 beers featured in the Boulevard sampler pack. It is by no means a bad beer, just very boring and generic, and more complex examples of this style can be easily found. Definitely drinkable, but it's not a beer I would seek out again.

Boulevard Amber Ale ---3/5.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 00:07:18 | More by mfnmbvp

kjkinsey

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -5%

05-20-2013 23:33:28 | More by kjkinsey

jimmah120

Minnesota

3.94/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

12oz bottle best by 6/23, poured into mug

great golden amber look, small film of head. smell is sweet malted grain, dry herbal hops, some dusty amber 'leaf' scent. taste is grainy with some sweet malt up front, then grain elevator taste complete with metal. finishes with some roasted grain/malt and a touch of dry leaves.

good amber, almost like a low-rent 90 shilling

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 08:28:15 | More by jimmah120

bconsidine

Maryland

3.25/5 rDev -5%

05-14-2013 17:42:54 | More by bconsidine

Xzfgiimtsath

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -5%

05-10-2013 13:46:11 | More by Xzfgiimtsath

Black_ox

Missouri

3.5/5 rDev +2.3%

04-30-2013 23:04:43 | More by Black_ox

JMad

Texas

3.23/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

The beer pours a dark copper color with a thin and filmy white head. There isn't much to the aroma, some caramel with bread a very faint earthy hop smell. The smell is slightly metallic with some caramel, bread and a slightly herbal hop aftertaste. Feels like your average beer, light/ medium body with lots of carbonation and a slightly dry finish. This is a mediocre beer in my opinion and I wouldn't buy a whole six pack.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 01:29:45 | More by JMad

lucasj82

Indiana

3.25/5 rDev -5%

04-25-2013 01:12:33 | More by lucasj82

hurdjg

Iowa

3.25/5 rDev -5%

04-21-2013 14:07:28 | More by hurdjg

pmcadamis

Illinois

3.76/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A - Hazy amber brew with a small gray-white head. Good lacing.

S - Toasty with a good deal of caramel. Slightly hoppy with dried autumn leaf notes.

T - Malty. Toasted grains, caramel, toffee, and a hint of pumpkin pie. Some nice hops come into play towards the off-dry finish.

M - Medium bodied, chewy.

A great session brew. This is well balanced (but leaning more towards malty as befits the style). I'd buy this again for sure. I'm a big Boulevard fan and this is a great offering from a great brewery.

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2013 17:27:08 | More by pmcadamis

delta490

Virginia

3.05/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

Poured a 12oz bottle into a Sam Adams glass. Poured a deeper, slightly cloudy amber. Poured with about 1 finger of toffee colored head. Short lived and doesn't leave lacing. Aroma is minimal, with just slight notes of biscuit and fruit. Taste is about the same. A little heavy on the carbonation but a nice consistency. Was cellared for about a year but seems to be the same as I remembered. Pretty average.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2013 20:27:39 | More by delta490