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Boulevard Brewing Company

United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of stylesWebsite
★ 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.

44Beers
12Styles
8.2%Avg ABV
1989Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
5%
catalogue avg 15%

Beers by Boulevard Brewing Company

44 beers
Berry Noir
Berry Noir
Fruited Sour · 4.2%
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Boulevard Pale Ale
Boulevard Pale Ale
American Pale Ale · 5.4%
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Cellar Key
Cellar Key
Belgian Strong Dark · 13.8%
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Crypt Sleeper
Crypt Sleeper
Imperial Stout · 13.4%
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Dank 7
Dank 7
Belgian IPA · 7%
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Dark Truth
Dark Truth
Imperial Stout · 9.7%
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Espresso Martini
Espresso Martini
Imperial Milk Stout · 12%
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Flying Start
Flying Start
Alcohol-Free IPA · 0.5%
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Irish Ale
Irish Ale
Irish Red · 5.8%
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Non-Alcoholic Wheat with Lemon
Non-Alcoholic Wheat with Lemon
Alcohol-Free Wheat Beer · 0.5%
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Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Winter Warmer · 7.8%
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Quantum Hop
Quantum Hop
Imperial IPA · 9.5%
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Saison Brett
Saison Brett
Brett Saison · 8.5%
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Sixth Glass
Sixth Glass
Quadrupel · 10.2%
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Tropic Slam
Tropic Slam
Fruited Berliner Weisse · 4.2%
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Wood Baron
Wood Baron
Imperial Porter · 8.2%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Boulevard Brewing Company brew a broad range across 12 style families.

Signature · 44 beers
IPA 11Stout 9Farmhouse 5Belgian 4Sour 3Wheat Beer 3Pale Ale 2Amber 2Fruit Beer 2Strong 1Lager 1Porter 1

Across these 44 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

fruity
25 of 44 beers
citrusy
22 of 44 beers
crisp
20 of 44 beers
hoppy
18 of 44 beers

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

Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:

They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.

How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 57%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 41
beers above the median
#1000
best ranked beer
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat

Their beers place in the Top 57% of the catalogue on average, across 41 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of 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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Location
Kansas City · Missouri · United States
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