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Boulevard Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
★ Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Founded in 1989 by printmaker-turned-entrepreneur John McDonald in a turn-of-the-century brick building on Kansas City's historic Southwest Boulevard — the first keg of Pale Ale was delivered in McDonald's pickup truck to a restaurant one mile away. Boulevard grew to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest, joining the Duvel Moortgat family in 2014. Their Unfiltered Wheat is the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest. Missouri Beer Cup Brewery of the Year with nine additional medals.

6Beers
4Styles
7%Avg ABV
1989Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
50%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Boulevard Brewing Company

6 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 6 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 6 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
spicy
4 of 6 beers
refreshing
4 of 6 beers
crisp
4 of 6 beers
fruity
4 of 6 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad6 beers · 4 style families
Farmhouse 2Wheat Beer 2Belgian 1Pale Ale 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 300 other breweries making Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale.

Across 6 beers in 4 style families, none of Boulevard Brewing Company's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat AleBoulevard Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
crisp
in 4 of 6 · typical Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale brewery: 4 in 5
Right where the field sits.
refreshing
in 4 of 6 · typical Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
fruity
in 4 of 6 · typical Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
light
in 4 of 6 · typical Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
yeasty
in 4 of 6 · typical Saison, American Pale Ale and American Wheat Ale brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 50%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 6
beers above the median
#186
best ranked beer
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat

Their beers place in the Top 50% of the catalogue on average, across 6 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Boulevard Brewing Company

Founded in 1989 by printmaker-turned-entrepreneur John McDonald in a turn-of-the-century brick building on Kansas City's historic Southwest Boulevard — the first keg of Pale Ale was delivered in McDonald's pickup truck to a restaurant one mile away. Boulevard grew to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest, joining the Duvel Moortgat family in 2014. Their Unfiltered Wheat is the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest. Missouri Beer Cup Brewery of the Year with nine additional medals.

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