Archive for October, 2009
Odell Isolation Ale
It’s that time of the year – winter seasonal brews are beginning to emerge from breweries. Some of them take the spicy route, with additions of clove, nutmeg, special hops, and such; others prefer to take a boozy route, with various styles of barley wines or malty double IPAs. Not so for Odell out of [...]
Official: Orval and Boulevard Brewing Co to Collaborate on Imperial Pilsner
As mentioned previously on BeerGenius: Now that it’s official between Orval brewmaster Jean Marie-Rock and Boulevard brewmaster Steven Pauwles, here’s the press release: Boulevard To Collaborate With International Brewer Brewmasters will partner on new Smokestack Series offering KANSAS CITY, Mo., October 9, 2009 – Boulevard Brewing Company today announced that Jean-Marie Rock, brewmaster at Orval, [...]
Boulevard Brewmaster Luncheon
First of all, I’d like to commend Boulevard for stepping up to the plate to provide a wonderful luncheon in the absence of Boulevard’s Brewmaster. They were kind enough to send their COO, Steve Mills, down to walk us through the pairings, as well as some other exciting stuff coming up on the Boulevard Calendar, [...]
Boulevard Tank 7 joins Smokestack Lineup
So, I’m really excited. Boulevard just got label approval for their Tank 7 ale (reviewed on BeerGenius Here). Tank 7 was previously only available on draft, but will now join Boulevard’s Smokestack lineup in addition to their four regulars (Sixth Glass Quad, Tripel, Double Wide IPA, and their Saison, which will ultimately be replaced). As [...]
Free State’s Blue Sky Rye is seriously good.
Free State’s Blue Sky rye is seriously good. Originally uploaded by jamesonhuckaba I am sitting at Freestate Brewery for lunch (yes, I am there right now), waiting on the girlfriend, and realized I had not had their rye in quite some time. To be clear, they make several rye beers, including a pretty unique lemongrass [...]
