Beer Tasting Review #1 Boulevard Wheat

July 2, 2010September 5, 20101 Comment

Ok, so the first beer I’m going to review is the beer that got me into trying craft beers. I can’t remember the first time I had this beer but I do remember thinking, “wow, this is the best tasting beer I’ve ever had”. So today’s beer is Boulevard Wheat, brewed by Boulevard brewing company in Kansas City, MO. If you want to know more about this brewery or beer check out this website: www.blvdbeer.com
On with the tasting:
Pour: Beer has a hazy yellow color with a nice white foamy head. Lacing sticks to the glass. What is lacing? Lacing is the white, foamy residue that sticks to the side of your glass. A good thing!
Aroma: You can smell the wheat very clearly and some citrus notes also.
Taste: Very refreshing and easily drinkable. The wheat is unfiltered so it sticks out more and has hit of citrus, mostly lemon with it.
Overall: B-
Recommendation: I know so many people who drink nothing but Bud, Miller, and Coors. If you are one of those people, and you might have a slight interest in expanding your beer tasting palatte, I highly recommend starting here with Boulevard Wheat. Tasty, refreshing, easy to drink, and more importantly for Iowans, easy to come by.
Eastern Iowa residents: this beer is widely available in our area. Check your supermarket, Hy-Vee for sure will have it, or my favorite places to buy, Benz in CR or John’s Grocery in Iowa City.

Check back in a couple of days for another review.

How to Drink!

July 2, 2010Leave a comment

First thing I do when drinking a beer is pour it in a glass. No drinking out of the bottle or can, it needs to breathe, get it into a glass for maximum flavor. Then check out the color of the beer and then swirl it in the glass to pull out the aromas of the beer. Next, smell it. Try to pick up some of the different types of smells coming from this particular beer. Now, the best part, taste it. Don’t just gulp it down, but actually taste the beer to see if you can pick up the flavors of this beer. After that, enjoy the rest!

Welcome!

July 1, 2010July 1, 2010Leave a comment

Alright, so this is my first attempt at blogging, and I guess I might as well blog about what I enjoy in life. Therefore, this blog will be mostly about beer. I will talk about beer, breweries, bars, and places to pick up a good sixer.
ABOUT ME: I live in Iowa in a town pretty close to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. I didn’t know much about beer until I started just trying random beers from John’s Grocery in Iowa City and also by joining the “World Beer Tour” at Old Chicago on the Coralville Strip. Pretty much, what I’m going to do is talk about some beers I’m drinking at the time and let you know what I think about them. My goal will be to get people to try something different than the normal mass produced products of Bud, Busch, Miller, and Coors. I will post my first review very soon. Thanks for checking out my blog!