Continuing on with the Boulevard Brewing Company comprehensive-in-name-only beer travelogue, we come to the brand-spanking-new Boulevard Pilsner. Do you like Miller, or Bud, or Schlitz, or Pabst, but actually want your beer to taste good? Look no further.
I had heard rumors of Boulevard Pilsner from some people in town and had been searching for it relatively actively for a few weeks. I finally tracked it down at one of the local spirit shops...as it turns out, it was available at the grocery store we always go to, but you live and learn, people. You live and learn.
We grabbed a 6-pack (they only come in 6 packs) for us, and one for the pseudo-orphan we've adopted by giving him beer and various meats. I had it last night with a dinner of BBQ pork chops, roasted red potatoes, and sauteed green beans (seriously, my special lady can saute vegetables like no one I know...they always turn out incredible).
The beer was...terrific. I was surprised, to be quite honest. I don't generally enjoy beers in the "premium American lager" tree of beer that I envision in my dreams (the beer equivalent of Joseph's dreamcoat?), but Boulevard delivered the goods. As opposed to the rest of the beers in its class (the Brahmins of beer, if you will), it actually tastes like beer, as opposed to water that somebody let some grains rot in for a minute. There's a lot of hops flavor, and it actually stays with you (instead of turning into mineralicious tap water in a bottle).
This beer is only available in Kansas City right now, but they just may go some places with it (they should). Those people across the state at Anheuser-Busch may have name recognition, but Boulevard has taste recognition, as in, "gee, this tastes like real, actual, good beer...I recognize this."
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