Tasting Room Series: Bourbon Barrel Belgian Style Dark Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co.

 

 

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip pint glass. Pours a deep mahogany brown with a fluffy off-white head. Aroma is Belgian quad (figs and raisins, candi sugar, a hint of banana) with bourbon and vanilla. The 11.9% abv is fairly well-hidden. Mouthfeel is a little bit on the thin side with below-average carbonation. Overall it's a solid bourbon barrel quad/Belgian strong dark ale.

Picked up two of these as part of an R&D sixer from TW Arrowhead 11-18-19 for $18.99. Enjoy by 21AUG2020; consumed on 2-22-20.

Beer poured a murky brown with a beautiful long lasting off white head.

Nose is raisins, caramelized sugar, some vanilla, figs, and light bourbon.

Taste is not as dynamic, figs, vanilla, and faint bourbon merge nicely with the large by light malt base with a slightly sweet but balanced finish.

Mouthfeel is light bodied and smooth in the Belgian fashion.

Overall a solid enjoyable beer, glad to have tried!

Dark mahogany colored with a murky profile. There’s a fingernail of beige covering the majority of the top. The aroma is of faint light Belgian candy sugar and caramel. I’m tasting lots of light Belgian candy sugar, sweet bourbon, and alcohol. The mouth is very dry, crisp, and boozy.

Poured moderately hard from a bottle into a snifter glass, with around a finger of frothy tan head forming. Color is almost transparent light brown. Smell is a bit of bourbon and a nutty flavor, probably most similar to hazelnut. Taste is excellent, not overly strong bourbon ending with a bit of the hazelnut-like flavor. Light bodied with light carbonation. Easy to drink and hard to tell its 11.9% ABV.

Translucent brown with slight copper color, near still, no head. Mild Belgian esters on nose with green apple. Rich sweetness of Belgian candy sugars, approaching barleywine, mild yeast influence, hard to find bourbon yet boozy. Big mouth feel with lack of carbonation.

Pours an effervescent chestnut with a thumb+ of tan head. No real head retention or lacing

S: Faint raisin & Bourbon, figs once warm; best apsect of this beer

T: Follows the nose, woody dryness, booze is present, but not over powering up front. Dark fruit , woody dryness, & faint boozeyness as this warms. Finishes with leafy hops, light figgyness & dryness

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, thins out a little once warm

Decent nor great BA take on the style

 

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a tulip.

Pours a dark brown with slight reddish highlights. The head disappears quickly but there is decent lacing.

Aromas of bourbon, vanilla, raisin and other dark fruits, smoke, molasses, cassonade/brown sugar, and caramel/toffee.

The flavors are a bit less nuanced but still solid. Not as complex as Boulevard's BBQ, but still good. Lighter, with more caramel and toffee, and less bourbon, vanilla, and dark fruit. Faint tobacco and leather. Slight herbal/anise notes. Plenty of warmth, but not burning, from the booze at the finish.

The brew is only medium-full bodied, well carbonated, and remarkably drinkable for the ABV.

Overall, another nice tasting-room series brew.

12 oz bottle
11.9% ABV
Thulsa Doom

A nice mahogany caramel color with a fuzzy head of 1 finger, light khaki in color, with lacing in loops.

Wet bourbon barrel and caramel sap on the nose, with hints of hard toffee and golden raisin. Slight dark dried fruit.

Flavor has spectres of their Bourbon Quad, but only distant echoes. This is a cousin, something entirely different but related. To be more specific, it has notes of spicy rye, caramel sauce, wet floorboard, sweet brown sugar, vanilla, slight soy, and molasses. Faint dark dried fruit. I'm stuck between a 4 and a 4.25 on this one. It's tasty, but doesn't quite get there. Hm.

Feel is pleasantly hot, with a good alcohol burn and dryness, with some surprising hop resin action and cling. Sticky finish. Nice!

I probably like this more than other people, but I thought this was a worthy entry into the 6 pack. Very nicely done and if they released 4 packs of this for $10 I'd be game on the regular. Nice cousin to their Bourbon Barrel Quad.

 

First one from the pack since it's the one I'm least excited about, but this is a very pleasant surprise. The sugars are relatively subdued, allowing some really nice raisin and plum notes to shine through. The barrel imparts mellow vanilla and bourbon plus a faint woody tingle.

 

 

A-Pours a hazy brown color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has Bourbon, oak and vanilla hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a Bourbon, oak and vanilla flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A good Belgian Strong Dark Ale

 

 

Poured a semi-opaque root beer brown with a tan 2 finger head that dissipated slowly. Moderate lacing. Sweet dark fruit and caramel aroma with a hint of oak. Taste follows the nose with more pronounced dark fruit soaked in bourbon and vanilla. Medium body and carbonation with a smooth feel and so balanced. I was expecting more carbonation for a Belgian, but do not miss it. That makes this dangerous because at 11.9, it is so easy to drink. Way to go Boulevard!