I have had a lot of great beers living in N California for 35 years. I tried a Boulevard beer once and I have to admit I didn't get what the big deal was. Last night I went to a place called On Tap. They have 40 beers on tap. I tried the Boulevard Quadruple bourbon barrel aged with cherries. WOW, I get it now. What are your favorites? I gotta try some now that they are more available. [Reply]
I am a big fan of a lot of the Boulevard beers. Space Camper, Tank 7, 80 Acre when they still had it, Love Child No 5, even that Tropical Pale Ale in the pink cans.
Moved away from KC so not as easy to get now though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Around here, a lot of places seem to have Boulevard Wheat on tap and I'm more of an IPA guy. I usually just go local. We have some good breweries around here.
I would tend to agree. Their IPAs are good but not great. There's many better options. I actually really like the Martin City Hardway IPA as a nice session beer. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I would imagine it's because Boulevard is too big to really be a microbrewery anymore. The more successful a brewer gets, the more "ordinary" their beer becomes IMO.
Yeah, a lot of people freaked out when they were bought out and I was very wait-and-see about it... not sure if that did have a huge impact, but I know my tastes have changed a lot, too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Yeah Decorah is a bit of a haul for me. Maybe if I head up to the Twin Cities sometime I'll stop in and get you some.
I mapped it out one day and it would definitely have to be one stop of a few for me to make that effort.... 3 hours from Minneapolis, ~4 to Chicago, a few to Milwaukee, a few to Des Moines.
Yet they make some of the highest rated and sought-after limited release beer in the country. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
I mapped it out one day and it would definitely have to be one stop of a few for me to make that effort.... 3 hours from Minneapolis, ~4 to Chicago, a few to Milwaukee, a few to Des Moines.
Yet they make some of the highest rated and sought-after limited release beer in the country.
Yeah, it's kind of dead center there - not close to any major metro. Unless you're going to the Mayo Clinic, you're not getting close to it and I'm guessing stopping for beer isn't high on the priority list if you're headed there. [Reply]
Used to be able to get Blvd Wheat here in Orlando, first in bottles, then down to cans, then nothing for past year + half.....can get Tank 7 pretty regularly, the "Calling IPA" (which isn't bad, but not great to me either) and usually a handful of other types (the Quadruple mainly, but sporadically others). But I love the unfiltered wheat beer, at least as an easy to drink, go to selection at any time....the other stuff, I kind of have to be in the mood for it....
But seeing as I have a home kegerator (if you are beer drinkers, and don't have a keg at home, I highly recommend it!), I was trying to get a keg of Blvd wheat as the "every day" tap, and couldn't make it happen..... [Reply]
As I get older, the less I enjoy an IPA, so a lot of the Boulevards are out for me. I do enjoy their Tank 7 and Sixth Glass. My current go-to on tap is KC Bier's Dunkel. I'm more of a lager drinker for a cool one in a bottle. [Reply]
