Amber Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co.

Amber AleAmber Ale
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From:
Boulevard Brewing Co.
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
78
Avg:
3.4 | pDev: 12.06%
Reviews:
133
Ratings:
356
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 23, 2016
Added:
May 23, 2010
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  11
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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Ratings by mfnmbvp:
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Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois

3.55/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
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. Some toasted seed like smell in there. Very light vanilla nutty presence due to the English malt. Perhaps some subdued fruitiness in there also.

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. Bit of fruit presence and some toasty malt backbone.

M - Feel is dry and bitter from the hops, invoking another sip. Mostly a clean, sweet finish though.

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 ---3.5/5.
May 23, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.69 by aratcliffe from Kansas

Jan 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.3 by Magister_Beav from Vermont

Sep 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by Jason_cs from Florida

Apr 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by Jeff_Winger from New York

Dec 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by FreshZ from Missouri

Oct 28, 2014
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Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado

3.5/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Amber Ale has been retired, and I guess I get why. As good as Pale Ale is, why bother making something that is kind of similar? I had this in a sampler pack and it was good, but just kind of there. Others in the package were much more interesting, which is probably an opinion that a lot of other people had now that this one's been mothballed. Maybe they'll tweak it and give it another try - I'd be game.
Sep 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.51 by Ajmorriso1

Sep 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.36 by SatchmoCuham from Missouri

Aug 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by thufflife from Missouri

Jun 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Latarnik from New Jersey

May 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by aubzachsyd from Iowa

May 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Twpsyn from Texas

May 08, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Apr 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by afsdan from Colorado

Apr 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by DaveMiller from Minnesota

Mar 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by ntorch from New York

Mar 10, 2014
Amber Ale from Boulevard Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 356 ratings