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Collaboration No. 1 - Imperial Pilsner
Boulevard Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pilsner
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 8.52%
- Reviews:
- 152
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 14, 2010
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 4
For this inaugural installment of collaboration brews, we invited distinguished Belgian brewer Jean-Marie Rock to join our own Steven Pauwels for a zymological alliance. The two conspired to revive a recipe from the very beginning of Rock’s career, the memory of which he has cherished for more than 30 years. A starkly simple recipe combined with a painstakingly complex brewing process produce an Imperial Pilsner of subtle elegance and delicately balanced contrasts. First wort hopping, a very old technique in which hops normally added late in the boil are put in at the beginning, and allowed to steep for a much longer time, gives the beer an especially refined hop aroma and flavor. The 100% Pilsner malt makes a clear, yet restrained statement, answered by a stead, harmonious chorus of Saaz hop bitterness, echoes of which linger in the dry, crisp finish.
29 IBU
29 IBU
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Ratings by elniko:
Reviewed by elniko from Texas
3.84/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Poured from 750 into pilsner glass. Batch 02-2009 and best by 9/2010.
A: Hazy bright golden coloring with huge head and very heavy lacing. Really nice looking brew.
S: Nose surprisingly not very strong. Grassy tones with alcohol fairly apparent.
T & M: Mouthfeel almost a little buttery. Compared with other imperial pilsners that I've had this one definitely has the best balance. Full finish with a floral, apple toned dry bouquet.
D: For the high ABV quite drinkable. This is the best imperial pilsner that I've encountered. I look forward to future Boulevard collaborations.
Mar 01, 2010A: Hazy bright golden coloring with huge head and very heavy lacing. Really nice looking brew.
S: Nose surprisingly not very strong. Grassy tones with alcohol fairly apparent.
T & M: Mouthfeel almost a little buttery. Compared with other imperial pilsners that I've had this one definitely has the best balance. Full finish with a floral, apple toned dry bouquet.
D: For the high ABV quite drinkable. This is the best imperial pilsner that I've encountered. I look forward to future Boulevard collaborations.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.7/5 rDev -10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Batch #1, 2009. So this is a vintage.
Collaboration one pours a hazy golden color with a nice large long lasting head. The aroma is malty, sweet, crisp, with nice hints of yeasty and lemons. The taste has a nice crisp malty backbone, with nice hints of lemon, and a nice vanilla undertone. There are also a crisp grass like flavor, with a finish that has hints of a yeasty like flavor. Feels very nice, very nicely carbonated. Overall what a nice complex full flavored Pils, would have loved to tried a fresh one, but very surprised on how it aged.
Jul 02, 2013Collaboration one pours a hazy golden color with a nice large long lasting head. The aroma is malty, sweet, crisp, with nice hints of yeasty and lemons. The taste has a nice crisp malty backbone, with nice hints of lemon, and a nice vanilla undertone. There are also a crisp grass like flavor, with a finish that has hints of a yeasty like flavor. Feels very nice, very nicely carbonated. Overall what a nice complex full flavored Pils, would have loved to tried a fresh one, but very surprised on how it aged.
Collaboration No. 1 - Imperial Pilsner from Boulevard Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
192 ratings
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