Down the hatch: Boulevard's Harvest Dance Wheat Wine
By Jonathan Bender in Booze
Fri., Nov. 20 2009 @ 3:00PM
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The latest entry in the Smokestack Series lets you know what to expect from the moment you begin to pour, thanks to a hint of banana. It is a heady beer, one that would threaten to overflow your glass if you were pouring too quickly.
This is clearly a wheat beer -- kind of a steroid-y, older brother of the traditional wheat bottle -- which means it is very drinkable and yet has a stronger but pleasing finish. The bottle suggests "a long, dry oaky finish," and it delivers. The slight bite at the end makes me want to pair this with beer with chicken souvlaki or something that has been cooked slow and low.
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The beer's carbonation produces a bit of tingle on your tongue, which is part of what entices you to keep drinking. At 9.1 percent alcohol by volume, this is a dangerously easy beer to drink.
When you combine that pop with the oak finish, this could be the Smokestack beer that becomes your go-to when you don't want to bring a bottle of wine to friends' houses. Even if they're exclusively wine drinkers, they'll find something to like about this complex, wheat wine style ale.
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