DM's Boulevard Brewing (et al.) in Belgian stores

I've had The Calling and thought it was very nice. No idea how it compares to the domestic version though. Single Wide IPA was also good.

I've been seeing a lot more US stuff on some shelves lately from Green Flash (brewed in belgium?), Bells, Weyerbacher, Stillwater. Not sure who is importing them, but the price keeps me away.

I wish Firestone would start showing up...

 

The bottles of The Calling and Single-Wide IPA were brewed in Kansas City so there's no difference between the beer sold here in the states and the bottles you're seeing.

 

QV.ID in Huldenberg has some various US imports along with other good stuff from UK, Spain, Netherlands, etc.

And thanks for the information TheJermis.

 

Firestone Walker was everywhere in The Netherlands a few months ago...

 

That's still within our shelf life for those beers. We bottle condition our beers (with the exception of lagers).

 

Don't forget to try the Tank 7 if it's offered

 

Please do. Definitely let me know what you think, either here or via DM.

 

Bought all three (The Calling, Single-Wide IPA (keg and bottled) and Tank 7) over the last 6 months. I really liked The Calling and Single-Wide IPA. I recommend them to all of my friends (all three of my friends ;-)).
To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of the Tank 7 though. It wasn't a bad beer, but nothing special imho.

 

While it's in the window, I'd say the beer will certainly be different than a "fresh" (less than a month old bottle) that wasn't subjected to the temperature extremes of a transatlantic voyage. When I lived in the States I had the luxury of choosing to never buy an IPA older than a month or so, but now living in Europe I'm thrilled when I can find an American IPA with less than 4 months on it. My experience has been that the beer is typically only a shadow of it's former self. I can't speak specifically to Boulevard as I've never seen it available in Italy, but I'd guess they're the same as the Stone, Sierra Nevada, Founders, Brooklyn, etc beers I've had here. IMO, it's just a reality of the fragility of IPAs and transcontinental transportation logistics.

With that in mind, I wouldn't say don't drink/buy them, but I would also withhold judgement/expecations. And look for beers that didn't make the voyage over during the summer.

 

All of our beer that leaves the US is shipped in temperature controlled cargo containers. We go so far as to ship temp monitors with the beer.

I can't/won't argue against the notion that fresh beer is best.

 

Seriously!?!? That's awesome. I had no idea. Do you know if this is exception or the norm for American craft brewers?

 

Seriously.

Sorry, I can't speak to what other brewers are doing.