Irish Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
Ranked #65 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #50,846 - Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 11.96%
- Reviews:
- 270
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 29, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2002
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 85
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Irish Ale, Boulevard’s early spring seasonal beer, is our Midwestern tribute to the legendary red ales of old Ireland. Our recipe combines six kinds of pale and roasted barley malts to provide a rich, toasty flavor and tawny reddish hue.
30 IBU
30 IBU
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Reviewed by robwired from Kansas
4.36/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a Boulevard U.S.S. Missouri pint glass, it formed a frothy head like the top of an ice cream float. I had a beer mustache. The color has a clear, reddish hue.
The taste is a balance between pale malts and barley malts, sweet and lightly malt-forward.
Creamy mouthfeel and clean finish.
Jan 26, 2025The taste is a balance between pale malts and barley malts, sweet and lightly malt-forward.
Creamy mouthfeel and clean finish.
Reviewed by dhebert87 from Texas
3.47/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a pint glass. 2 finger creamy tan head. Beautiful mahogany red color, smell reminds me of Oktoberfest. Wonderful malt flavor at the front of the palate reminiscent of classic Munich malts. Smooth finish. Overall a decent entry for this brewer.
Mar 17, 2024
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours deep red with a nice off white head. Smells of caramelized grain and fresh fruit. Tastes of sweet fruit and caramelized grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Feb 17, 2024
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Amber hued with an inch of densely packed, creamy brown on top. It quickly dissipated into a quarter inch. Light, soapy lacing. The aroma is faint, but I get a touch of caramel and lightly toasted malt. I’m tasting caramel and a lightly bready malt. The mouth is light and unobtrusive.
Apr 02, 2023Reviewed by 1angrydwarf from Kansas
3.83/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
3.83/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
L: dark red amber
S: roasted malt and earthy hop
T: sweet roasted malt followed by sharp earthy hop bite that slowly fades.
F:med to full mouth feel
Overall: I love this style but most I have tried seem flavorless after one beer. Blvd Irish ale is the exception more hop bite and stronger roast than most makes it a tastier beer for 2-3 sweet spot drinking.
Apr 08, 2022S: roasted malt and earthy hop
T: sweet roasted malt followed by sharp earthy hop bite that slowly fades.
F:med to full mouth feel
Overall: I love this style but most I have tried seem flavorless after one beer. Blvd Irish ale is the exception more hop bite and stronger roast than most makes it a tastier beer for 2-3 sweet spot drinking.
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle poured into a tulip pint glass. Pours a light amber/copper color with a moderate head. Aroma features caramel malt, light grassy/citrus hops, and a slight metallic whiff. Flavor is similar and a bit more bitter than I expected. Mouthfeel is crisp and nicely carbonated. Overall it's a nice beer for a sunny spring afternoon.
Apr 04, 2022
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Dark copper amber body with a finger of tan head, lacing abounds. Caramel malt, dark grains, and dried berries in the nose. Taste again gives me dried berries, like elderberry or mulberry, plenty of malt flavor, a hint of anise and whisper of vanilla cream. A sweet irish red for sure. Feel is malty all the way, with decent creaminess without losing the light crushability of the style.
Mar 18, 2022
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
4.26/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle consumed while hanging w ders
Look is orange-amber, big off-white head. Smells like elderberries and juniper and fruity hops. Tons of roast and peat, and tobacco, and a lot of flowery hops... faint ham sammich Easy to drink, crisp refreshing full of taste
Really good stuff, aerobatic
Jan 22, 2022Look is orange-amber, big off-white head. Smells like elderberries and juniper and fruity hops. Tons of roast and peat, and tobacco, and a lot of flowery hops... faint ham sammich Easy to drink, crisp refreshing full of taste
Really good stuff, aerobatic
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
3.63/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This was really average at best and a little light bodied and light in flavor as well, definitely not malty enough for my taste. It wasn't terrible but I see no need to purchase again as there's a lot more Irish Reds that make it to Ohio than Colorado
Jan 13, 2022
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