Boulevard Brewing Company Early Riser

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Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.05
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 28 Ticks: 30
Coffee Porter

We start with a smooth, dark, rich and roasty porter then we add Columbian Cauca Cajibio Estate coffee supplied by our local friends at Maps Coffee Roasters to create an eye-opening marriage of our two favorite brewed beverages.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Sedona Taphouse, 3/29/16. Clear dark brown, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, vanilla. The taste is dry roasted malts, coffee, caramel, mild vanilla. Medium bodied, well balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2016 at 00:53


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle. These bottles did not come to Seattle. I spotted the keg once but the price was pretty high. I figured I would eventually find it when traveling. Well, that moment came when I visited Stateline Liquors. Unfortunately, its a bit of an old bottle, BB 4/21/16 - a day after my bday. Meh, whatever. Dark brown color, medium sized, average duration head. The coffee is the main character but it isn’t over-the-top. The downside is I get a mild pepper character off the coffee, not super strong but there. Not sure if that might be a byproduct of the age but I doubt it. If they called this a coffee-jalapeno beer I would have loved it. A dry, roast coffee finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2016 at 21:41


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Black-colored with a big tan head. Nice aroma of coffee beans (slightly "green"), roastiness, some cocoa/chocolate. Bittersweet flavor with lots of coffee, roastiness, and some dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, quite rounded. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2016 at 14:15


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From a 12 bottle. Pours a clear cola brown with an ecru head. Burnt coffee aroma. Flavors of espresso and leather. Smooth roast finish.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2016 at 14:48


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Wormwood, coffee, and charcoal nose. Clear brown, thick tan head, minimal lacing. Coffee, charcoal finish. Light to medium body, soft carbonation.

Tried on 11 Apr 2016 at 18:15


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle. Opaque black brown body, respectable enough off-white/beie head. Pretty solid, well brewed, not overbearing. Straightforward, well executed. Medium bodied. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2016 at 22:16


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a very dark brown color with orange highlights and a small foamy white head that left no lacing. The aroma was brewed coffee with hints of vanilla and wood. The flavor was brewed coffee, vanilla, wood and was a bit astringent. Medium length finish. Medium body. Disappointing.

Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2016 at 15:02


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Very good. Aroma is toasty, roasty, and slightly misleading as flavor is a bit lighter and sweeter. Taste also has a hint of vanilla, coffee is natural, clean, fresh, and without off-flavors; Body is on the lighter side. Overall a pretty good drinking brew.

Tried on 26 Feb 2016 at 23:18


8

Tried on 21 Feb 2016 at 18:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Taphouse. Pours black with a light brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma combines rich coffee and sweet dark grains with a bit of roasted malt underlying. Flavor has lots of coffee supported by roasted makes and a bit of dark grains.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2016 at 00:00