Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, Missouri

Boulevard Brewing Company is the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest. They have been making beer since 1989 and distribute their products in 19 states. Look for them in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Massachusetts with partial distribution in Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas, and Utah. They brew craft beers and use old and new brewing techniques.

You can tour their facility but reservations are required. Located at 2501 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108 Sign up here: Boulevard Brewing Tours.

Their Unfiltered Wheat Beer is a Great International Beer Festival Gold Medal winner. Since it is an unfiltered beer it has a cloudy appearance. It has notes of citurs and is one of Boulevard Brewing's best selling beers.

The Boulevard Pale Ale is an amber ale with malty flavors and is slighlty fruity. This beer is a year round production and one of the first beers ever brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company. The hops add just enough bitterness to this mellow ale.

The Boulevard Brewing Company produces their Smokestack Series allows their brewers to experiment with the knowledge of their craft. The series is presented in corked and caged champagne bottles. Four beers of the Smokestack Series are offered year round. They are Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, The Sixth Glass, Double Wide IPA, and Long Strange Tripel. Some are limited like their Bourbon Barrel Quad.

Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale is a result of the brewer's experimentation of a Belgian Ale. Born in their tank number 7 and so it remained named. It starts with fruity grapefruit like notes and finishes peppery and dry. Pair with pork and roasted chicken.

The Sixth Glass is a dark auburn quadruple ale. Full bodied and deceptively sweet. Rich sweet and mildly hoppy. Bronze medal 2008 Great American Beer Festival. Pair with smoked meats, cheddar, gouda, havarti and chocolate.

Double wide IPA a classic india Pale Ale. Flavors suggest toffe notes balance the bitterness of citrus, minty and pine like hops. 2010 Silver award at Austrailian International Beer Awards. Pair with lamb and smoked meats, cheeses and cheesecake. 71 IBU's.

Long Strange Tripel has a prominant sweet malt flavor accompianied by an amber color, hint of toffee, fruity banana aromas and a citrus hop bitterness. Try this beer with Thai food and fruited chutneys.

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