Nutcracker
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.59
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Winter Warmer
Nutcracker Ale is Boulevard’s holiday gift for real beer lovers. This hearty, warming brew is a classic winter ale, deep amber in color, with hints of molasses balanced by the spiciness of Chinook hops.
Nutcracker Ale is Boulevard’s holiday gift for real beer lovers. This hearty, warming brew is a classic winter ale, deep amber in color, with hints of molasses balanced by the spiciness of Chinook hops.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy red-amber beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has notes nuts and caramel and more sugars. The flavor is sweet with notes of nuts, molasses - a bit cloying, and some alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish, where the sugar notes lingers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2009
at 12:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
pours amber/orange, off whtie head. Aroma is malty, some christmas sipces and light caramel. Taste, caramel malts, spices, yeasty with some pine hops in the after taste. Finish is lightly bitter with hints of caramel.
Tried
on 20 May 2009
at 17:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from the Libation Station in Johnson City, Tennessee. Pours a reddish brown color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee, dark fruits and spice. Taste is toffee, cinnamon and other spices, pineapple, pear and leafy hops. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2009
at 02:47
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
The bottle looks a bit complex, the beer in the glass is okay. Hoppy and fruity-sweet aroma. Starts modest dry, notes of clove. The finish is a bit weak, modest dry in the background. Too boring!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2009
at 01:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with a medium creamy off white head. The aroma is pine, spice, and sweet malt. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The taste is a spicy hop bite at first with a nutmeg and bitter finish. A complex english strong ale from Boulevard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2009
at 07:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from South Bay Drug. 2008. Ruby amber color with a multifinger beige head. Aromas of evergreen and malt. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Starts with a hint of treacle and a lot of piney hop. Medium dark fruits. Slight roasted malt. Finishes tangy. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2009
at 00:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Deep amber coloured body with tints of brown with a tan head that tops the beer nicely. Aroma of toffee, raisins and peaches with some hops and malt thrown in the mix too. Medium-bodied; Strong initial malty taste showing some hops with a bunch of nuts and toffee also. Aftertaste is a bit bittering up front with some sweetness lingering further behind. Overall, a decent beer - not too unusual for a Christmas beer - but worth trying if you can find it. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle pulled from an 8-pack sampler purchased at Sam’s Wine & Liquors in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 15-December-2005.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2008
at 15:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Aroma is fruity hops like all Boulevards that I have tried. There is a bit of spiciness as well, but I am having a hard time picking or pointing out the maltiness. Creamy, off-white head with good lacing but no retention. Murky, dark orange body. Malty and very sweet flavor, not bad at all. Watery mouthfeel with fizzy carbonation.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2008
at 11:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2007 12 oz bottle from mreusch; BB 02/01/08; Nose of brown sugar, caramel, and light vanilla; lightly hazed copper with a big beige head; flavor has pepperiness, caramel, and molasses with a lightly bitter finish. Decent ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2007
at 20:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled (thanks heemer77!). Amber colour, mediumsized beuige creamy head. Aroma is hops, malts, some grass and caramel. Flavour is really flowery hops with much grass. Also some burnt sugary hints in the flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2007
at 01:21