New: Boulevard Brewing Test Nelson Grape Ale. An ale brewed with grape juice.
Availability: Draft only, as of 4/8/12
Arrival: TBA (Test brew)
4.7% ABV
I have it on good authority that Boulevard Brewing will be on shelves in Georgia by April, 2012. (According to a brewery source.) Boulevard is based in Kansas City, Missouri.
The first beers to hit the state will be from Continue Reading →
Boulevard Brewing has found some inconsistances with a few batches of Chocolate Ale. Check out the notice from the brewery below:
To All Boulevard Customers:
At Boulevard Brewing Company, we pride ourselves on our attention to detail. As part of our quality assurance Continue Reading →
Not everybody knows the Top 2o craft brewers in the United States. To be considered craft, you have to produced less than 6 million barrels of beer a year. Overall in 2011, the beer business declined by 1.5% nationally. (When Continue Reading →
It’s been noted in numerous forums/FB/Twitter that Kansas City, Missouri (home of Boulevard) has yet to get Chocolate Ale. Well, there’s a reason for that. Logistics. Deliveries of the highly sought after Chocolate Ale are occurring as you read Continue Reading →
Boulevard teased their drinking public with this boozy pic. Beers are being sampled from around 119 barrels in preparation for blending. Any guesses on the mystery beer?
New: Boulevard Brewing Test Nelson Grape Ale. An ale brewed with grape juice.
Availability: Draft only, as of 4/8/12
Arrival: TBA (Test brew)
4.7% ABV
I have it on good authority that Boulevard Brewing will be on shelves in Georgia by April, 2012. (According to a brewery source.) Boulevard is based in Kansas City, Missouri.
The first beers to hit the state will be from the Smokestack 4-pack lineup. The series includes Sixth Glass, Tank 7 Farmhouse, Long Strange Tripel, & more.
Boulevard hasn’t officially signed with a distributor for Georgia yet. This is the 3rd brewery with plans to launch in Georgia this year. The other breweries include Green Flash Brewing, and Blue Point.
Other beers in the Smokestack Series includes:
Double-Wide I.P.A., Dark Truth Stout, Chocolate Ale, Two Jokers Double-Wit, Nommo Dubbel, Harvest Dance Wheat Wine, Imperial Stout, Saison-Brett, and Bourbon Barrel Quad.
UPDATE 3/7: While Boulevard is still looking to be in the state in 2012, it looks like it will be closer to Fall, 2012.
Boulevard Brewing has found some inconsistances with a few batches of Chocolate Ale. Check out the notice from the brewery below:
To All Boulevard Customers:
At Boulevard Brewing Company, we pride ourselves on our attention to detail. As part of our quality assurance program, we conduct extensive laboratory and sensory analysis on all of our beers, both before and after their release. This week, some post-release checks of Chocolate Ale, our current Smokestack seasonal offering, revealed that certain batches of the beer had begun to exhibit flavors and aromas not intended by our brewers, attributes not detected prior to the January release of the beer.
As you might imagine, we are dismayed by this discovery, and are conducting exhaustive investigations in an effort to pinpoint the problem. At this point we know enough to confirm that it was limited to three batches of Chocolate Ale bottles — it did not extend to other Chocolate Ale bottles, to Chocolate Ale draft beer, or to any other Boulevard beers. We can also confirm that the batches in question are not harmful to consume, but may simply display an undesirable flavor.
We stand behind all of our beers, and accordingly are offering a full refund to any consumer who purchased a bottle of Chocolate Ale from the following batches: 2011-1, 2011-2, or 2011-3. The batch number can be found on the back label of the bottle, in the upper righthand corner (click here to view image — the batch number is indicated by the last digit on the top line.). To receive a refund, send us the name of the store where you purchased the beer, the purchase price, your name and mailing address, and a scan or photo of the back label from your bottle of Chocolate Ale, batch 2011-1, 2011-2, or 2011-3. If you purchased more than one bottle, please include a photograph of all bottles together.
You can e-mail this information to [email protected], or mail it to “Chocolate Ale refund, Boulevard Brewing Company, 2501 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64108.”
You can expect a check within 2 to 4 weeks of your submission.
We strive to make superior beers, and extend a sincere apology to those who were disappointed. We promise to learn from this experience, and to redouble our efforts to
ensure that every Boulevard beer is worthy of our discerning customers. If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your support.
Your Friends at Boulevard Brewing Company
Not everybody knows the Top 2o craft brewers in the United States. To be considered craft, you have to produced less than 6 million barrels of beer a year. Overall in 2011, the beer business declined by 1.5% nationally. (When you factor in the large breweries.) The craft sector saw an increase of 15% growth in volume of barrels shipped. Here’s the Top 20 brewers ranked:
1. Sam Adams
2. Sierra Nevada
3. New Belgium
4. Craft Brew Alliance (includes Red Hook, Kona, Widmer Brothers)
5. Spoetzel (Makers of Shiner)
6. Magic Hat
7. Deschutes Brewing
8. Matt Brewing (Makers of Saranac)
9. Bell’s
10. Harpoon
11. Lagunitas
12. Boulevard
13. Stone
14. Dogfish Head
15. Brooklyn
16. Alaskan
17. Shipyard
18. Abita
19. Long Trail Brewing
20. Great Lakes Brewing
It’s been noted in numerous forums/FB/Twitter that Kansas City, Missouri (home of Boulevard) has yet to get Chocolate Ale. Well, there’s a reason for that. Logistics. Deliveries of the highly sought after Chocolate Ale are occurring as you read this.
The target date to have Chocolate on shelves everywhere, it had to be shipped to places outside of Kansas City first. It’s simply logistics schedules.
Why is Kansas City not first on the list? After Chocolate Ale began showing up on store shelves outside of Kansas City, many of you began openly wondering, “Where’s ours?” As we’ve explained previously, many of our wholesalers pick up beer from our warehouse only once or twice a month. In order for them to have the beer to sell on our target release date of February 1, all of them had to get it in January, so we began shipping it shortly after the first of the year. Because our wholesalers are independent businesses, the amount of control we are able to exercise over when they deliver a particular product to retailers is limited. We will, however, be taking a long, hard look at this for 2013, and will attempt to apply some of the lessons we’ve learned this year.
Boulevard publicly addresses thoughts on pricing, quantity, & more for those interested in the talk surrounding this beer [Boulevard]
Boulevard teased their drinking public with this boozy pic. Beers are being sampled from around 119 barrels in preparation for blending. Any guesses on the mystery beer?
