{"id":1499,"date":"2010-10-15T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:19:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:19:16","slug":"review-boulevard-the-sixth-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/review-boulevard-the-sixth-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Boulevard The Sixth Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boulevard says:<\/p>\n

“Do you know what dwells in a glass?\u201d asks Ole, in Hans Christian Andersen’s The Watchman of the Tower. Better known for stories such as The Little Mermaid, Andersen wrote this short, cautionary tale for a somewhat older audience. Our quadrupel ale, also meant for the mature connoisseur… “<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Boulevard The Sixth Glass
\nQuad, 10.5% ABV
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The first time I sampled this beer was at one of my favorite bars, Floyd’s Thirst Parlor<\/a>,\u00a0 in my hometown of Springfield, IL.\u00a0 The bar is home to a great staff, a solid tap list and an even better bottle list.\u00a0 And on that bottle list is a handful of Boulevard’s Smokestack Series.\u00a0 You don’t have to be a detective to figure out that, yes, I got a bottle of The Sixth Glass…at a bar…just for myself.\u00a0 And it was awesome.<\/p>\n

Poured in to a snifter glass (thanks for the proper glassware Graham) The Sixth Glass poured a dark brown in color with red hues along the edges.\u00a0 A pale, almost buttery in color head stood three fingers high and caked the side of the glass.\u00a0 A big nose of dark fruits hits you right away along with the scent of…cinnamon?\u00a0 Maybe?\u00a0 The dark fruits are very pronounced on the palate; cherries and raisins dominate.\u00a0 There’s also a touch of brown sugar sweetness and a little bit of the cinnamon that I picked up on in the nose. There’s some lively carbonation with this beer and while you can’t taste the 10.5% ABV, per se, you do get an alcohol burn with each sip.<\/p>\n

Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t advocate sitting down with a 750 ml bottle of a double-digit ABV Quad and drinking it all by yourself.\u00a0 But, in this instance, I had the benefit of staying next door to the bar and friends reluctant to partake in this somewhat ominous looking beer.\u00a0 Their loss.\u00a0 We have quite a history (see links below) with Boulevard’s big bottle offerings.\u00a0 And almost every one we’ve tried has been a knockout, The Sixth Glass included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heavy on the dark fruits, cinnamon and brown sugar, Boulevard The Sixth Glass presents itself a surprisingly drinkable, double-digit ABV Belgian Quad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[957],"yoast_head":"\nBoulevard The Sixth Glass Review | Guys Drinking Beer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heavy on the dark fruits, cinnamon and brown sugar, Boulevard The Sixth Glass presents itself a surprisingly drinkable, double-digit ABV Belgian Quad.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/review-boulevard-the-sixth-glass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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