++++ Re Rate 26 August 2015 ++++
Rating for the Local Hop Pale Ale released summer 2015.
~12 oz draft at the Boulevard Tasting Room in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a hazed golden orange with a one inch egg white head. The aroma is fresh cereal grain malt along with bright floral hop. The taste is the sweet cereal grain malt paired nicely with floral hop and a bit of lemon citrus. The palate is medium bodied with soft active carbonation and a mineral floral grain dry finish. Solid, fun and different versus the regular Boulevard Pale Ale. (7,4,7,4,14 - 3.6)

++++ Re Rate 16 January 2010 ++++
12 oz bottle purchased at Royal in Kansas City, Missouri. BEST BY 06/25/10 printed on the neck of the bottle. Served in my Free State Willebecher. Pour is a slightly hazed orange golden with a firm two inch off white head. Head is quite lasting, eventually falls with sticky lacing. Aroma is floral citrus hops, along with toasty malt and a mineral earthiness. Fresh and clean. Taste mirrors the nose nicely, starting with the floral and orange fruit citrus sweetness, closely followed and joined by the toasty, slightly resinous malt. The mineral earthiness is in the finish, and helps to dry the beer out nicely. All flavors integrate nicely. Palate is medium to thin bodied, slightly below average carbonation and the dry mineral flinty finish previously mentioned. This is a go to beer for me, and really is quite nice in its simplicity.(7,4,8,4,15 - 3.8)

++++ Original Rating 6 October 2006 ++++
Great layering on the pour. Nice touch of hops at beginning, slight bitter, brief finish. Nice Pale Ale if you do not like to be overpowered by hops. (7,4,7,4,14 - 3.6)

Bottle, 13 months past BB date. Cloudy copper colour. Small white head. Weak malt aroma. OK bitterness, sour in a good way. Slightly spicy hoppiness.

(On tap) Ever so slightly hazy amber with a small, off-white head. A touch of caramel in the nose and a whiff of aroma hops. Medium body with some caramel and a discreet, hoppy finish. Certainly drinkable but not a great APA. 210306

Bottled, thanks beerhandy! Clear amber, average head. aroma of toffee with restrained hoppiness. Dryish and light bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Another Boulevard beer that aims for balance, and succeeds.

Not a bad brew. Pours a nice amber color with a pale head that dissipates, but leaves some lacing. Aroma is kind of weak, hops and a little grain come through. Taste is heavy with malt and hops, maybe some fruit... apples and citrus.

1-8-06 I had this again this past weekend and found that it was very different from my recollection. The hops flavoring has been amp-ed up quite a bit and gives a nice pine punch that I don’t recall and didn’t not in my first posting. I like it much better this way and am left wondering whether things have changed with the brew, the drinker or the supply chain... either way, I’m a happier camper.

Draft. Clear light amber with a nice white head. Spicey citrus hop aroma. Spicy hop flavor with some floral bits. Some malt backing. Easy to drhink. Crisp and clean.

Thanks to csbosox for this one! Large white head over a sparkling clear amber body. Aroma is balanced between light malt and hops as is the flavor. Slightly malty finish with a light, but not quite watery palate.

Bottle Pours a cloudy dark orange amber. Large cramy off-white head and thick sticky lacing. Sweet fruity aroma. Apples, pears, peaches maybe. Not much hops evident here. Flavors are less sweet and more pale malts. Some bitterness with the soft mellow hops. Feel is smooth and rather heavy for the style. Quite soft carbonation. Slightly dry bitter aftertaste.

2004 bottle. Thanks to Chris (csbosox). Pale yellow-copper color with a moderate amount of white head. Aroma of soily, dirty hops, very lightly bitter. Nothing fruity or citric here. Strange, like you can smell the california ale yeast. Flavor starts out nutty and only lightly bitter. Touches of pale malt, no sweetness whatsoever. It’s not bad, and certainly has a good yeast presence. But it never really breaks in to the pale ale style. As much as I don’t care for hops, this one dosent even get me interested. No hops really, just a dry nutty, light caramel malt presence. A bit of toasted malt and a clean, dry finish. Strange beer.