Boulevard - Spring Belle (Saison with Flowers)

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  1. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Spring Belle – Saison with Flowers
    February 24, 2015

    In the spirit of play and experimentation, we’ll release more new beers in 2015 than we ever have before in a single year. Three of these new releases will come in the form of new seasonal beers meant to coincide more with seasonal flavor inspirations than holidays. The first new seasonal, Spring Belle, marries our love and mastery of the Belgian-style saison with citrusy hops, roses, chamomile and elderflower.

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    At 6.2 ABV and 35 IBUs, Spring Belle is composed of a fairly traditional saison malt bill of our two-row base pale malt and a touch of malted wheat. Magnum and Simcoe hops are utilized for bittering while late hopping with Calypso and Lemondrop lends bright, pear/citrus notes to the beer. During whirlpooling, the time when beer rests briefly after boiling before being cooled and transferred to the fermentation cellar, our brewers infused the wort with just over 70 pounds of a blend of rose petals, chamomile and elderflower. Infusing these flowers while the wort is still hot, but not boiling mimics the extraction you would see when brewing tea that incorporates these flowers. We find that this method lends subtle floral aromas and flavors that play nicely with the spicy phenolic notes contributed by fermentation with our house Belgian yeast strain.

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    Spring Belle is available in six packs of 12 ounce bottles and on draft throughout our distribution footprint. Stay tuned as we share more details for future new seasonal releases.

    – Jeremy Danner, Ambassador Brewer
     
    #1 BottleCaps80, Feb 24, 2015
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  2. CyPotter

    CyPotter Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2008 Colorado

    Sounds pretty tasty! I'm glad to see a few more 6 pack varieties coming out, some of the Smokestack lately have been underwhelming.
     
    #2 CyPotter, Feb 24, 2015
  3. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Which ones?
     
    #3 BMBCLT, Feb 24, 2015
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  4. StartedwithSAM

    StartedwithSAM Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 Virginia

    I like Boulevards products, this beer sounds like one I can enjoy during the summer. I need to start searching for fresh Tank 7 as well.
     
    #4 StartedwithSAM, Feb 24, 2015
  5. LambicPentameter

    LambicPentameter Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Nebraska

    Yes, I do believe this assertion needs some additional detail...
     
    #5 LambicPentameter, Feb 24, 2015
  6. CyPotter

    CyPotter Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2008 Colorado

    Chocolate Ale and the Colloboration series in my opinion. I feel like BBQ has changed too, I don't get as much body from it as the older releases.
     
    #6 CyPotter, Feb 24, 2015
  7. LambicPentameter

    LambicPentameter Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Nebraska

    I thought BBQ was as good as ever this year, not to mention that the other staples in the Smokestack series are still excellent--Rye-on-Rye and Saison-Brett are always great and Love Child and Imperial Stout might have been the best they've each been this year. But to each his own.

    Chocolate Ale is tasty to me, but it also seems to be polarizin with the masses. And while I wasn't in love with Collaboration No. 4, it's also the first one they've done since 2012 and only the fourth they've done in five years. To me, collaboration beers are always sort of a mixed bag from any brewer.
     
    #7 LambicPentameter, Feb 24, 2015
  8. HeliosWP

    HeliosWP Initiate (0) Sep 10, 2014 Kansas
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    I agree on Collab. 4 being meh. The other Smokestacks have been just ad good as they've been previous years IMHO.
     
    #8 HeliosWP, Feb 24, 2015
  9. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    The Sixth Glass, Dark Truth Stout, Long Strange Tripel are all solid Smokestack series brews. I'm glad that they also come in 4-pack format. I need to try Tank 7.
     
    #9 BMBCLT, Feb 25, 2015
  10. horsehockey

    horsehockey Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2014 Illinois

    Yes, you do need to try tank 7.
     
    #10 horsehockey, Feb 25, 2015
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