Boombozz Taphouse BoomBrew Amber

Thank you Robin for allowing to post.

June 9th, 5pm Tapping of Keg, The newly opened and redesigned Boombozz Taphouse on Bardstown and Eastern Parkway starts out the summer season with the release of its own BoomBrew Amber exclusively at the Tap House. The distinctive brew will be tapped and pints will be sold for $2 until the keg stands no more!

What temperature will you be serving it at?

Tony,
Who is brewing this distinctive brew?

David

I've asked the same question and was unable to get an answer...makes me a bit nervous.

David

I've asked the same question and was unable to get an answer...makes me a bit nervous.

I did hear the old Christian Morlein brewery fired up again in Cincinnati. Maybe they have a keg of Hudie Amber?

The Consuming Louisville blog had this story up this morning:

Boom Brew is brewed and created by BBC Brewery Downtown Tap Room. Boom Brew is an Amber Style beer with a crisp finish and a great go-with for an award-winning pizza created by founder Tony Palombino.

http://www.consuminglouisville.com/2009/06/boombooz-taproom-launches-boom.php

Purpose brewed, I assume? We've been talking about this all week at work.

So, can anyone provide testimony as to the quality of the tap list at the new BoomBozz Taphouse?

[Robin Garr]

So, can anyone provide testimony as to the quality of the tap list at the new BoomBozz Taphouse?

I'll leave the value judgment to you guys, but here was the list of beers on draft last month:

IMPORT
Smithwick's
Stella Artois
Hoegaarden
Boddington's
Bass Ale
Guinness

CRAFT
Schlafly Dry Hopped APA
Shock Top
Blue Moon
BBC Nut Brown Ale
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Magic Hat #9
Goose Island Honker's Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Mad Hatter IPA
Widmer Hefeweizen
BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout
Mat Hatter Poet Stout

I was too lazy to enter individual prices, but it's basically $4 to $5. Curiously, the priciest items on the list are Stella, Bass Ale and Guinness ($5.25).

I'll leave the value judgment to you guys, but here was the list of beers on draft last month:

IMPORT
Smithwick's, Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Boddington's, Bass Ale, Guinness

CRAFT
Schlafly Dry Hopped APA, Shock Top, Blue Moon, BBC Nut Brown Ale, Sam Adams Boston Lager, Magic Hat #9, Goose Island Honker's Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Mad Hatter IPA, Widmer Hefeweizen, BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout, Mat Hatter Poet Stout

I was too lazy to enter individual prices, but it's basically $4 to $5. Curiously, the priciest items on the list are Stella, Bass Ale and Guinness ($5.25).

Following is my review of the beer list, which reflects my own opinions and is not to be regarded as a statement about the whole of the operation (recall that the missus would rather have BoomBozz than my own company's pizza, so this isn't about food, ambience or service, just the draft beer).

Competent but unadventurous, and especially uninspiring on the import side, with too many utterly predictable wholesaler "you gotta sell this one" fingerprints for my taste. The craft side is better, covering a bit of stylistic ground: Some hops, a stout and wheat (with lamentable mockrobrew overlap ... add Upland Wheat, and subtract Shock Top & Blue Moon).

Where are the Belgians? Is there a bottle list, too? Stella is Eurolager and not representative of Belgian brewing. A couple of well placed draft Belgian ales would be excellent alongside pizza, as would a good old fashioned draft German-style dark lager.

The potential's definitely there, but the list is a tad conservative out of the starting gate, considering the pre-opening high hopes. Maybe a C+. Could be a B- if not for stylistic repetitions and unnecessary kowtowing toward "big" names at the expense of creativity.

Is this just BBC Amber renamed? Like they do with the BBC golden? The Golden has like 4 different names depending on the marketing push. But its the same beer every time.

Is this just BBC Amber renamed? Like they do with the BBC golden? The Golden has like 4 different names depending on the marketing push. But its the same beer every time.

My guess is BBC Amber.

David

I've asked the same question and was unable to get an answer...makes me a bit nervous.

Len,
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, we have been slammed at Taphouse. Plus I thought it was mentioned in the PR piece.

I appreciate all of your wonderful suggestions! especially Roger's. We did go a little conservative to start out, but that is the beauty of hops, you can change it at anytime. We are finding our way around and we will have an "open ear" to suggestions. Heck maybe one day we will have a "Baylor Beer" on tap and get an A+ (SMILEY FACE)

Thank again for all of you suggestions!
Tony

"But its the same beer every time."

Absolutely, and thanks so much for the compliment. We strive for consistency here at the BBC. We do have many custom named beers. Over the years many of our beers have gone by custom names in our customers venues. For example Caesar's Gold, Rabbit Hash, Lou Lou Lager, Audubon Member's Ale, Cole Porter, Bearno's Cardinal Ale, DCE Stout, and most recently Derby City Roller Girls Heartbreaker Ale. We do custom brew beers for several customers, but that involves the customer commiting to buying an entire batch. Many of the custom named beers are customers who want very much to have a fully customized recipe but can not make a commitment to buy and entire batch of beer. So we make the sacrafice to let them rename the beer in hopes that each one of them will one day be able to afford to contract a custom beer recipe of their own. The Liquor Barn "Sheltowee" brand we brew has been a hugly successful venture between our two companies. Growing into four distinctively different recipes from any other that we brew are, Gold, IPA, 502, Gloomsucker. We are fully commited to helping our customers as much as possible while maintaining the quality and consistency the Louisville has come to expect from us.

Thanks

$2.00 freshly brewed beer, sign me up for two.

Phil and Joel, welcome to the forums! Hopefully we'll be seeing a lot more of you around here in the coming days. If you're interested in sushi, you might want to hop over to the offline forum and see if there's still room at our Sake Blue offline coming up on the 15th. We'd love to meet you.

As for the beer selection at the taproom, I'm going to have to side with Roger. I believe some of us also threw out some suggestions in the thread on beer temperature. If I remember correctly, there was interest in a good German wheat and some real Belgians. I still also think that catching a few of Sierra Nevada's new brews (the kellerweiss and the brown saison) would be great if such a thing could be arranged. Best of luck with it!

I still also think that catching a few of Sierra Nevada's new brews (the kellerweiss and the brown saison) would be great if such a thing could be arranged. Best of luck with it!

Paul, Kellerweiss isn't available in Louisville yet but you should start seeing it pop-up within the next two weeks starting off in 6 packs. I had a chance to taste it last week and it is the most authentic, delicious Hefe I've seen from an American brewer. The Brown Saison is a limited release and draft only. There are a couple of places in town who have had it on, but once it's gone, it's gone. Based on how well its been received, it wouldn't surprise me to see Sierra bring it back next year.