Boulevard / Pretty Things Collaboration No. 3 Stingo
Collaboration #3 Stingo was brewed using traditional English ingredients. A variety of ale and specialty malts from Yorkshire are at the forefront; their pronounced roasty aroma and flavor contain hints of toffee, cocoa and bread crust. English hop varieties contribute subtle herbal, peppery qualities. The beer was brewed in batches; some was fermented on oak, some was fermented normally, and some was allowed to sour in the mash tun before being transferred to a fermenter. Boulevard’s brewers, along with Dann and Martha Paquette of Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project, then blended the batches until desired levels of wood and tartness were achieved for the final product.
Aroma Roasted and caramelized malts, toffee, wood, cocoa, banana, almond, mocha, brown sugar, bread crust
Malt Roast, burnt, toasty, bready, rich, toasted sweet caramel
Hops Subtle herbal and peppery
Balance Malt
Body Medium; malty body offset by acidity
Aroma Roasted and caramelized malts, toffee, wood, cocoa, banana, almond, mocha, brown sugar, bread crust
Malt Roast, burnt, toasty, bready, rich, toasted sweet caramel
Hops Subtle herbal and peppery
Balance Malt
Body Medium; malty body offset by acidity
3.6
224 reviews
Kansas City, United States
Community reviews
This one’s really nice. Sweet with some mild bitterness. Dark brown body with initial high foamy head, that settles into nice creamy, tight beige head. Aroma of roast grains, molasses, brown sugar wood. Taste is initially sweet, hint of dry burnt toast bitterness, finish is dry, mildly sweet (raisins?)
Bottle, 2012 vintage. Light roasty aroma, some subtle fruits. Fruity, lightly tart flavour. Not bad.
Wine and bourbon aroma. Taste has notes of red wine, yeast, plum. Very rich and juicy. Finish is wet and sweet.
Bottle:
Deep, amber-copper with a tall, tan head.
Toffee malt aroma.
Flavour is sweet, prune, toffee....
Very English.
Pretty good stuff.
Poires, pommes, biscuit graham avec une portion surie comme une old stock. Le corps est bien charpenté, l’amertume docile, buvabilité honnête. J’aime bien ce genre ale anglaise/old stock.
Bottle. Rock candy, caramel malt, hay and light alcohol aroma. Copper with moderate head. Sweet caramel malt, hay, and light alcohol flavor. Very nice.
I’m going to attempt to age the few bottles I have left. It’s so hard! The complexity and palate is phenomenal.
Rated 11/14/12
Pours copper with a beige head. Nutty, bready, caramel nose that follows along the same lines in the flavor. The caramel is a nice foundation, with some oak, full bodied, finishes a bit yeasty with a banana note I didn’t like as much.
A: Reddish/Brownish Hue, Passes Mild Lacing, Off White Head, Mild Lacing
S: English Malts, Tobbaco
T: English Malts, Raisins, Tobacco
M. Decent Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Drying, Mildly Filling
Overall, a really solid english brown ale with great flavor profile and malty, tobacco presence
I had this at Global Brew. Pours brown with off white head. Taste roasted malt, chocolate, bready. I thought this was good. I could drink this again.
Smells nice and rich and malty with tons of complexity. The taste on the other hand is cloyingly sweet with some toffee and bread notes. Man is this sweet.
Meh, caramelly sweetness. Candy like, sweet finish, it’s aight but gonna give me the beetus
Aroma of toasted malts, cocoa, and raisins. Pours a blackish-brown with a mostly diminishing off-white head and spotty lacing. The taste is a roasty sweetness. Roasted malts, dark fruit, raisins, biscuit, with a touch of cocoa. A biscuity/grainy aftertaste pervails. Medium-full body and moderate carbonation. Nice combination of round yet crisp mouthfeel. I liked it. Overall, this is a Goldy Locks brew, not too sweet and not too tart, but just…. Would drink again.
Brown color, tan head. Flavors of wheat bread, dark honey, toasted cereal grains, banana bread. Malty and a bit sweet.
750 ml. Copper-brown with a lasting quarter inch of cream. Nose is spicy caramel, tart green apple, and light orange. Tastes of orange toffee, dark toast, nut shells and a touch of scorched buttered popcorn. Near-medium body is balanced and has low carbonation.
Bottle: Deep dark caramel, moderate sudsy off-white head, spotty lacing. Strong sweet dark breadiness, but not all that sweet. A bit surprised. Soft toffee/caramel start, but soon thereafter it seems a bit
tart and sour. Doesn’t seem to have that huge caramel/toffee breadiness, and more importantly all that biscuit like sweetness. Its not any of that. Apparently I am drinking this 3 months after the best by date!
Surprised to see it has turned around this much for such a strong brew. Most other English Strong Ales seem to hold on much longer. I guess this one needs a re-rate. Shocked that its gone this far away from the style
only given its three months past the suggested drink by date. Damn... Usually Boulevard brews don’t have this issue. This one seems really really old, and really beyond anything I would call an English Strong Ale.
So many of these come around Christmas, but this one pales in comparison. Definite re-rate is in order, in the event its redone. I bought this only a few months ago (Spring 2013), but guessing its been on the shelf too long?
Every time I sip this I think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5reDsSIiAk
Aroma is yeast, dark fruit, raisins/figs, malts and a decent hint of sweetness. The flavor is dark fruit, mild sweetness, toffee, coffee, malts and a tart and acidic finish.
I really enjoyed this one. Aromas of roasty malt and dried fruits. Flavor was more of the same, with a hint of tart at the end. This beer was at times slightly sweet, but finished dry. I did not notice any of the "sting", but I really enjoyed it never-the-less.
On tap at the Flying Saucer Garland Beerfeäst. Poured a clear deep brown with a frothy tan top. Complex flavors of bread, cocoa, toffee, oak, caramelized malts, some brown sugar, with a nice boozy finish. Medium carbonation, medium-think body. Delicious
750ml served in a snifter.
Batch 2012-2 Best by 03-2013
A - Pours a very dark and clear garnet with 3 fingers of beige head that creates a solid ceiling of bubbles. Some pretty nice lacing as well.
S - Roasted chocolate malt, espresso beans, raisins, roasted dates, light woodiness
T - Starts of with espresso, cocoa, roasted malts, toasted brown bread, a grape skin tartness clings to the top of the mouth and sides of the tongue. Some muted raisins, charred dates, and unripe cherries, some pine hops create a bitterness toward the dry finish.
M - Medium body, moderate stingy carbonation.
This drinks good but doesn’t have the deep layers of malt and that I was hoping for. It does have a stingy effect on the palate from the carbonation and the tartness. I think this needs to sit for a couple of years. I would drink this again but wouldn’t seek it out.
Serving type: bottle
11-04-2012
This took some traditional English ale characteristics and turned them on their ear. In my opinion, it made them better. The aroma was sweet and malty like caramel. The color was a cloudy brown, almost muddy, especially near the end of the bottle. The flavors were complex and blended. Very heavy maltiness with a souring effect at the back of the mouth. Medium-low carbonation. The sweetness found in most English ales was not there, which I liked. Woody and spicy flavors rounded this out. I also believe hops helped to balance this better.
Bottle. Brown pour with an off white head. Sweet caramel malt aromas. Bland with some bitterness from the hops. Disappointing....
750 ml bottle int tulip glass, bottled in 3/2012. Pours slightly hazy very dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big raisin, apple, pear, caramel, toast, toffee, floral, pepper, oak, brown sugar, clove, light roast, light nuttiness, and toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of malt and fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, raisin, apple, pear, fig, toast, molasses, toffee, biscuit, floral, nuttiness, oak, light chocolate, light roast, and toasted earthiness. Lingering notes of light and dark fruits, caramel, toast, molasses, toffee, biscuit, light roast, light chocolate, nuttiness, and toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice balance and complexity of toasted malt and fruity ester flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a slick and creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent English strong ale. All around nice balance and complexity of malt and fruity ester flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
On tap at Frisco. Brown with thin white head. Malt aroma. Malty fruity flavors. Tart finish.
The nose starts with nutty - dark malts, biscuit, toast, toffee and herbal hops. The taste starts with rich brown and dark malts, a little biscuit and toasty brown malts. Next comes nutty caramel and toffee, The end has a candy sugar like sweetness with a decent herbal/grassy bitterness; as well as a boozy smack.
Overall it’s okay, but not great. It has the typical UK style malt/hop characteristics but it’s quite boozy tasting.
Served in taster on draft. Pours deep amber/brown with tan head. Spicy nose but not getting much else. Creamy, malty texture with vanilla toffee malt taste. Lighter finish.
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is orange, malt, hop, caramel. Flavour is orange, malt, hop, caramel, bread. Full body. Nice beer.
Brilliant copper color with lasting tan head. Toffee, spicy yeast, vanilla, pitfruit aromas. Medium body with average co2. Rich toffee, caramel flavors with spicy, lightly tart pit fruits---warming finish----good.
Pours a dark black brownish color with a nice mocha head. Nose is hoppy and oaky. Taste is malty, yeasty and spicy. Finishes on some fruity slightly bitter cherry notes. quaff score 7 / 1O
My my two rating after the real " King of Beers " ...fonefan
Pours a muddy brown with a light tan head and aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is well balanced, malt, caramel, tart fruits, and spices with a nice, bitter finish. Nice English Ale