Boulevard Adding Smooth Fuzz Peach Sour Ale

Smooth Fuzz is a beautifully complex marriage of two golden saisons aged in wine puncheons, wine barrels, and two foeders. After they had some time to get to know each other, we did a secondary fermentation with 8,000 pounds of fresh peaches, and 8-14 additional months in oak barrels. Tart and funky, sweet and sticky, enjoy this Peach Sour Ale that highlights a mixed fermentation character provided by our house lactobacillus and brettanomyces cultures.

Fermentable Ingredients
Pale malt, flaked oats, spelt, malted wheat, raw wheat

Hops
Magnum

Yeast
Dupont

Aging
Wine barrels and foeders with lactobacillus and brettanomyces with final aging on peaches, additional oak barrels

Flavor Profile
Aroma – Juicy peach, lemony acidity, subtle earthy funk, oak
Malt – Minimal, slight honey sweetness
Hops – N/A
Balance – Fruit/Acidity
Body – Light to medium

Characteristics
Alcohol by Volume – 7.2%
IBUs – 8
Color – 22 EBC

Pairings
Strong cheeses, peach trifle, charcuterie, shrimp & grits, roasted poultry

Smooth Fuzz will be available in 750ml bottles and on draft and will debut starting in the Greater Kansas City Area on Monday, August 31st with other regions to follow in the coming weeks.  Expect to find Smooth Fuzz in locations that typically see Smokestack Series Limited Releases.