Rating 3.0

Ommegang "Gnommegang" Blonde Ale

This is supposed to be a blonde . I mean, it's a Belgian-style blonde, and I'm not sure what difference is tha…

BFBC-Ping Thursday, March 12, 2026

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Rating 3.75

Boulevard "Wood Baron - Barrel Fresh" Ale

Very few breweries have swung as wide from one direction to the other. I remember sitting in a hotel bar and trying out…

BFBC-Ping Monday, February 09, 2026

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Rating 0.75

Boulevard "Tropic Slam" Ale

I grabbed this without even bothering to look very hard at the label. Say something is a tropical beer, and then have i…

BFBC-Ping Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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Rating 1.0

Natural Light Lager

I don't expect this to go particularly well, but I've been surprised before. This beer comes with a reputation,…

BFBC-Ping Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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Rating 0.25

Busch Light Lager

I have to make this quick. As far as I know, the only way to enjoy this beverage is to drink it while very cold, and th…

BFBC-Ping Saturday, August 16, 2025

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Rating 1.5

4 Hands "Scale of Complexity" IPA

I've said before that I'm not sure how to deal with a brewery that seems like it's all over the place. It&…

BFBC-Ping Monday, June 02, 2025

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Rating 2.25

4 Hands "Incarnation" Pineapple IPA

I know that I have had beer from 4 Hands before, but I didn't bother looking up to see how well they have been doi…

BFBC-Ping Tuesday, May 27, 2025

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Wine

Boulevard "Proper Pour" Imperial Stout

Whiskey ? Oh, we've done that. What we need today is beer aged in a wine barrel. I opined about the odd choice of …

BFBC-Ping Saturday, March 29, 2025

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Whiskey

Boulevard "Whiskey Barrel" Stout

The rise of Boulevard has been both prodigious and well documented on this site. This is from their barrel aged line, …

BFBC-Ping Friday, March 28, 2025

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Tennessee

Southern Grist - Four Hands "Voltron" IPA

I'm really looking forward to this beer. Partly because I fondly remember watching the original Voltron on TV, and …

BFBC-Ping Saturday, December 07, 2024

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Rating 5.0

Boulevard "Bourbon Barrel Quad" Quadruple Ale

From the low point of the beer I had at a hotel in Kansas City, Missouri , Boulevard has notably not gone back to the …

BFBC-Ping Saturday, August 17, 2024

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Rating 4.75

4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout

When I looked at the very good Absence of Light from 4 Hands , I didn't even think about the fact that I had not d…

BFBC-Ping Thursday, July 04, 2024

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Rating 3.75

4 Hands "Absence of Light" Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout

This is the first time I've had to search online to find out the location of a brewery. Normally, breweries are ve…

BFBC-Ping Friday, May 03, 2024

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Rating 1.75

Cervecería Nacional Dominicana "Presidente" Pilsner

When I picked this up, I assumed that this was made somewhere outside the US. In fact, when I looked closer at the labe…

BFBC-Ping Monday, April 22, 2024

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Rating 1.0

Anheuser-Busch "Budweiser" Lager

I figured I had put this off for long enough. People give Bud a hard time because it's an "everyman beer"…

BFBC-Ping Thursday, August 11, 2022

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Rating 3.5

Boulevard "Kveik" IPA

"Ahh," I thought to myself, "another Boulevard beer. This should be good." I poured the beer, I to…

BFBC-Ping Tuesday, July 12, 2022

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Rating 1.25

Michelob Ultra

I have this tagged as a lager . Is it a lager? It doesn't say so on the can. I suppose one should assume that a lig…

BFBC-Ping Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Rating 3.5

Boulevard "Sugarwood Baklava" Imperial Brown Ale

The idea that Boulevard had of putting a brown ale - a brown ale - in barrels to age is a strange one. I'm not …

BFBC-Ping Thursday, February 24, 2022

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Wheat Ale

Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Ale

I'm still surprised that Boulevard has good enough distribution that I can get this Kansas City, Missouri beer ove…

BFBC-Ping Monday, January 03, 2022

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Rating 4.0

Boulevard "Space Camper" IPA

No matter where this beer lands on the scale, Boulevard has a decidedly gone from a beer I loathed to a strong perfor…

BFBC-Ping Thursday, December 16, 2021

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