...doesn't surprise me it's moving along that quickly...granted I heard this awhile back.

do they pour beer into wine glasses?

;)

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Pale Ale. It's a good beer and I drink it often enough. There are just better Blvd. beers out there IMO.

yup, still love the Wheat, though others will disagree..Dartgod turned me on to Pale at B5 tailgates back in 2003...never went back to domestic.

Plain old Boulevard Pale Ale was what really got me away from adjunct lagers permanently. I rarely drink it anymore, but it still stands out to me, albeit in a different way than it did 10 years ago.

In the era of super hopped up ales in general, Pale Ale still has a nice, strong malt backbone balanced well with hop bitterness. It's a classic interpretation of a classic style. It's not really in your face, and it's not all that "sexy", but it's still a darn good beer.

I still drink domestics regularly. I'll buy some Bud Light/Busch Light here and there; but for the price point you pay for domestics you can usually get Blvd. products for a couple bucks more a 12 pack.

Absolutely not. But nobody "talks about" Guinness either. It doesn't have hype. Because it's reached classic status. It'll always have its share of dedicated consumers, but there's no "buzz" about the Guinness brand anymore. That's not a bad thing, either.

With the case of a beer like Boulevard Pale Ale, well, it's similarly attained [regional] classic status. But we've made many advances in the brewing of American Pale Ales in the last 8 years. Nobody is really advancing the Irish Dry Stout style (and there isn't a reason to anyway).

I feel the same way. The strength of that recipe is still evident in its balance. It may not be Zombie Dust or MO, but that's fine. It's versatile, local, and inexpensive.

NAME OF BAR PLEASE.

I agree it's not innovative by today's standards, but I still think it is a fantastic American Pale. Very drinkable and balanced. Not every beer I drink has to knock me off my stool. I would buy it now and then for sure if I could get it in CA. Most of the Smokestack Series is great, but I wish we got some of the standard Boulevard stuff out here.

For all you guys in Cali, if you can reliably get Alpine/Russian River/Sante Adarius/Firestone Walker fun stuff, let me know, I can get you most any Boulevard beers for trading.

Back in the day, I put away reservoirs of Bobs 47 and Irish Ale.

...you work for BLVD? or just connected?

I have a couple of buddies that are associated with the brewery.

I've tried a few test beers before, but that's about all the special treatment I get. :)

Nice!...majority of the people I've encountered have been pretty cool.