Boulevard Brewing

Boulevard Tell-Tale Tart joins year-round lineup

Boulevard Tell-Tale Tart is joining the brewery’s year round lineup in June, 2015. If you’ve been following recent mentions surrounding the brewery’s ambitious lineup this year, you’ll find Tell-Tale to be a surprise.

Boulevard Tell-Tale Heart is a billed as a Continue Reading →

Boulevard Spring Belle Saison Hits Shelves

Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) has a pretty busy 2015 ahead of them. There are many new releases coming in Boulevard’s various series’. Among those, Boulevard Spring Belle Saison.

Spring Belle Saison welcomes warmer weather, a farmhouse ale with a floral overtone.

Spring Continue Reading →

Spotlight: Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler Cans

Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler a previous Tasting Room Series release, will return as a part of the brewery’s new canned lineup this year.

A radler is blend (typically 1:1 mix) of beer and soda or lemonade. This zesty, refreshing, take on the classic “cyclist,” is Continue Reading →

Spotlight: Boulevard Heavy Lifting IPA Cans

When Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) launches their first canned offerings this year, a completely new offering will be among them – Heavy Lifting IPA. The new hoppy beer is actually a “cousin” of another beer, Mid-Coast IPA. Beer Continue Reading →

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Boulevard Tell-Tale Tart joins year-round lineup

Boulevard Tell-Tale Tart is joining the brewery’s year round lineup in June, 2015. If you’ve been following recent mentions surrounding the brewery’s ambitious lineup this year, you’ll find Tell-Tale to be a surprise.

Boulevard Tell-Tale Heart is a billed as a “slightly sour” ale, driven by lactic acid acidity.

…derives pleasant, refreshing lactic acidity from brewhouse souring, a process of lowering the pH during the brewing process. The brewhouse souring method results in a crisp, clean acidity that serves as a contrast to a soft, subtly sweet malt character contributed by our base pale malt and Munich malt.

Boulevard Tell-Tale Heart will be available in 12oz bottles, year-round.

Style: American Sour/Wild Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year-Round
Debut June, 2015

6.2% ABV

Ed Note: Artwork updated to reflect 2016 rebrand.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon

Boulevard Red IPA Hits Tasting Room Series in April

Boulevard Red IPA is going the brewery’s Tasting Room Series in April, 2015.

Red IPA joins Boulevard Blonde Ale in the Sample Twelve Pack. The variety pack features (3) bottles of Unfiltered Wheat, along with (3) bottles of 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat or Single Wide IPA and the two current Tasting Room options.

Our latest experiment with IPA variants, Tasting Room – Red IPA features dank, punchy, fruity notes from late hopping with Chinook, Simcoe, Equinox and 6300. Dry-hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra, our red IPA is 5.8% ABV and 75 IBUs. For inspiration on the malt bill, our brewing team took cues from Irish Ale and chose Cara 120, Cara 300, Munich, Amber and Chocolate malts to complement our base pale malt. The blend of hops provides complex, fruity notes to offset the blend of malts.

Boulevard Red IPA will be available in the Sample Twelve mix packs in starting in April.

Style: IPA
Hops: Amarillo, Citra, Chinook, Simcoe, Equinox
Malts: Cara 120, Cara 300, Munich, Amber and Chocolate malts

Availability: 12oz Bottles, in sample packs.
Release: April, 2015

5.8% ABV, 75 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon

Boulevard Tasting Room Blonde Ale Arrives in April

Boulevard Blonde Ale will join the brewery’s Tasting Room Series in April, 2015. Lemondrop, Saphir, and Northern Brewer hops plus a late addition of orange peel gives this light bodied beer its flavor complexity.

The variety pack features (3) bottles of Unfiltered Wheat, along with (3) bottles of 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat or Single Wide IPA. (Each pack varies upon release.)

…our blonde ale features subtle malt sweetness from the use of pale and honey malts with citrusy/spicy notes provided by Lemondrop, Saphir and Northern Brewerhops. Brewed to be a thirst quenching beer worthy of everyday drinking, Tasting Room – Blonde Ale also features an addition of orange peel in the last few minutes of the boil to accentuate the citrus/fruit notes of the hops.

Boulevard Blonde Ale will be available in the Sample Twelve mix packs in starting in April.

Style: Blonde Ale
Hops: Lemondrop, Saphir, Northern Brewer
Availability: 12oz Bottles, in sample packs.

Release: April, 2015

5.8% ABV, 24 IBUs

Boulevard Blonde Ale

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, New Releases

Boulevard Spring Belle Saison Hits Shelves

Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) has a pretty busy 2015 ahead of them. There are many new releases coming in Boulevard’s various series’. Among those, Boulevard Spring Belle Saison.

Spring Belle Saison welcomes warmer weather, a farmhouse ale with a floral overtone.

Spring Belle marries the crisp, spicy flavor of a traditional farmhouse ale, with its citrusy hop notes, to the fresh floral aromas of chamomile, rose petals and elderflower.

Boulevard Spring Belle Saison is now avalablle 12oz bottles and draft.

Style: Saison (w/ Elderflower, Chamomile, Rose Petals)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Spring seasonal
Launch: March, 2015

?? ABV

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Boulevard Spring Belle

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Spotlight: Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler Cans

Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler a previous Tasting Room Series release, will return as a part of the brewery’s new canned lineup this year.

A radler is blend (typically 1:1 mix) of beer and soda or lemonade. This zesty, refreshing, take on the classic “cyclist,” is sessionable and full of character. Boulevard Ginger Lemon Radler uses a lemon Juice, lemon extract, and freshly juiced ginger.

The brewery’s initial can lineup will feature Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Pop-Up IPA, and Heavy Lifting IPA.

Style: Radler (w/ Ginger, Lemons)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Arrival: TBA

4.05% ABV, 12 IBUs

Read more: Boulevard Tasting Room Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Distribution Expansion

Boulevard Brewing Launching in New York City

Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) is launching distribution in New York City. The brewery has signed agreements with Union Beer Distributors and Craft Brewers Guild of New York.

“New York City has been on our minds for some time,” said Steve Mills, Boulevard’s vice president of sales. “But we had to wait until we could do it right, to wait until we had the capacity and the right partners in place to support this important market. We’re really excited, and look forward to being part of the area’s happening beer scene.”

Boulevard hits taps in the Big Apple starting March 2nd.  Expect Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, The Sixth Glass, Dark Truth Stout, Long Strange Tripel and The Calling IPA along with some Smokestack Series offerings. 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer and Pop-Up IPA will arrive by summer.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Spotlight: Boulevard Heavy Lifting IPA Cans

When Boulevard Brewing Company (Kansas City, MO) launches their first canned offerings this year, a completely new offering will be among them – Heavy Lifting IPA. The new hoppy beer is actually a “cousin” of another beer, Mid-Coast IPA. Beer Street Journal reached out to Ambassador Brewer Jeremy Danner for more info.

Compared to Mid-Coast IPA (a Tasting Room Series offering), the alcohol by volume has gone up from 5.6% to 6.2%, but the bitterness (IBUs) have gone from 100 to mid 80s. (That’s less bitter if bitterness units are foreign to you.)

Boulevard Heavy Lifting IPA will join the year round lineup in April, 2015. Lovers of Boulevard AND hops can look forward to The Calling IPA, a new year round offering in the Smokestack Series to hit this month.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Year Round.
Release: April, 2015

6.2% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay