Subscribe Feed (RSS)Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad (BBQ)
March 10th, 2010 by Aaron Goldfarb | Filed under Brewer: Boulevard, Country: America, Grade: A regular, Style: Quadrupel.
11.8% ABV from a 750 mL corked and caged (#5517/11248)
I’ve become a big enthusiast of Boulevard’s terrific Smokestack series over the last year or so, and being a completest in all I do, I of course have wanted to try them all and anxiously wait each new release (these boys at Boulevard seem to have a new one on the horizon every other month!). The only problem is, there seems to be no place online to find a complete listing of the Smokestacks. Boulevard’s website fucking sucks–no surprise, most brewery websites suck, they all for some reason so obsessed with bad Flash–and is woefully outdated, still only listing their first five releases.
And, since no one else so far as I can tell has taken up the task, I decided to create a helpful repository for other folks to consult. With a little drunken research, as best I can do, here’s my in order listing of the Smokestacks. (* denotes I’ve never had before)
#1 The Sixth Glass
#2 Double Wide IPA
#3 Long Strange Tripel
#4 Saison (retired)
#5 Saison-Brett
#6 BBQ
#7 Imperial Stout*
#8 Two Jokers Double-Wit
#9 Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale*
#10 Seeyoulator Doppelbock*
#11 Harvest Dance
#12 Collaboration No. 1 Imperial Pilsner*
#13 Rye-on-Rye*
#14 Dark Truth Stout*
Now BBQ is a beer I had long wanted to try and luckily my friend KH came through with a bottle for us to share just recently. BBQ is The Sixth Glass quad fermented with cherries and bourbon which makes for a most unique effort and an initial taste I completely did not expect. At first I thought it too boozy and sour but soon I was love. This is like a suped up St. Bernardus with a nice underlying hint of vanillay bourbon and tart cherries. Still, at this age, it was a tad rough around the edges and I wish I had another bottle to put a few years on. Nevertheless, one of the most interesting and best quads I’ve had in awhile.
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*Soooooooo, if any one can hook me up or help me out in getting these, I’d be your best friend. Or, at least, you could be mine.
