UPDATED: DEC 31, 2021 12 oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with a light tan head. Strong raisin/plum aroma, molasses, green grape, bourbon. Flavor is more bourbon-forward, with vanilla and oak overlaying raisin, molasses, and caramel. I certainly enjoy this!

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2021 [Can from Gulating in Fredrikstad, Norway] Hazed amber pour and an off white head Ok intensity in the aroma Balanced sweetness and a bit oily texture Also a mellow fine carbonation level. Easy to drink Dried fruits, vinous, toffee, vanilla and oak in the flavor [Bottle from Systembolaget in Sweden]

UPDATED: SEP 18, 2021 Beer #9 (of 19) of my 9000th Beer Celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself] Slightly cloudy and ever hazy copper coloured body with a bronze glow and a thinnish, relatively fast-dying tan head that starts at a single centimetre tall and fades quickly. Aroma of oak, vanilla, molasses, pitted fruits, caramelised sugars, apples, pears and apricots with some pungent alcohol and especially deep malt notes with a mild bourbon and pure whiskey note in the nose - very nice and especially soft given the time aged. Medium to Full-bodied; Super rich oaky, cedar, bourbon and pitted fruit notes dominate, but again, with a ton of restraint only showing a tiny bit of alcohol and woodsy notes with a mild dose of malts, nuts, earth and way more of the vanilla, oak and cedar elements that define this one. Aftertaste shows the dry, malty, earthy, nutty and robust oak flavours with the boubon and whiskey flavours that bring out some more of the caramelised sugars and vanilla elements, that round this out nicely. Overall, a very nice, incredibly complex and somehow even better mellowed out rich flavour throughout that makes this a joy to drink, especially as part of my 9000th beer celebration! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York (the amazing store that sadly went away) on 03-December-2016 for US$4,25, with a 'best by date' of 04-August-2019, sampled more than two years AFTER that, sampled at my house here in Washington for Beer #9 (of 19) of my 9000th beer celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself] on 16-September-2021.

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2021 Bottle from Beer Republic webshop, Breda, Netherlands and consumed at Camping Gythion, Mavrovouni, Mani Peninsula, Greece Friday 3rd September 2021 after a 15km walk to/from Gytheio. Quite a boozy bourbon laden nose, taste is heavy on the bourbon too, however it's also malty and a big sugar hit with heaps of dark molasses. There's an oaky woodiness, nice body, despite big sweetness and abv it's a little dry at the back end.

UPDATED: JUL 7, 2021 Reddish brown color poured with a very long lasting off-white color head. Very aromatic aroma with notes of cherries, caramel and vanilla. The taste is the same. Very boozy.

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2021 Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 23/01/21. Lightly hazed deep marmalade orange with an off white cap that settles as a swirl. Nose is rich fruit cake, bourbon barrel, light spice, hint of booze, oak. Taste comprises sweet malts, good balanced bourbon kiss, toffee, brown sugars, light spice, oak, vinous notes, hint of tobacco, light sherry like whisper. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid stuff ... drinks easy for the ABV.

UPDATED: JAN 21, 2021 Panda thanks to Wingman. A light hazed amber orange colourdd pour with a lasting loose whispy beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, big raw oak, vanilla, light tang, raisin , fruit loaf, spicy alcohol, little wet grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded, malts, dried apricot, date, apple, raisin, vanilla sweetness, virgin oak, little alcohol bite. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, woody tannin, mellow carbonation. Lingering dried grapey fruits and vanilla.

UPDATED: DEC 30, 2020 12oz bottle to be enjoyed by Aug 20th, 2022 with an ABV of 12.2% per the label - Nose is dark fruit, light vinegar, and molasses. Sip adds faint bourbon. pretty flat. Very easy to drink. Light sweet finish.

UPDATED: NOV 30, 2020 Boulevard BBA Quad 11.2% Matte amber with a dense light beige foam that lingers for ages. On cracking open the bottle you get lots of rich plums and raisins, tannic oak, bourbon and even hints of peat. Full body with a lovely soft mouthfeel. The taste is richly sweet stick fruits but balanced by oak and bourbon. Great stuff, super smooth.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2020 Pours a murky orange/brown with good size head that gets fluffy on the second pour. Dissipates slowly with fine retention. The head can be energized with a little swirling of the glass. Detracting from the appearance is quite a bit of flotsam and jetsam floating around, but these are only visible when you hold it up to the light. They do not float on the surface, which is good. Aroma is delicious candy, malts and a light whiff of banana. Taste is the same and opens up as it warms. Additional notes of barrel, vanilla, malty richness and it has a good abbey Belgian Quad vibe though it is not in the same league as St. Bernardus, for example. I do not detect the cherry component the product description describes. However, the ale has a magnificent mouthfeel, velvety texture, chewy, full with just the right amount of carbonation to tickle the taste buds. Detracting from the taste is a slight hollow astringency after bite that lingers. Not sure why this is 100/100 on beeradvocate.com and 99/95 here on RateBeer.com... IMHO it is not 'world class'. But it is still very good! Worth having! Boulevard does a great job here.