Drink This Now: Plaid Habit from Boulevard Brewing Company
We find we require something a little stronger to get us through these long, dark winter months. Boulevard’s new limited release, Plaid Habit, understands. It has a hearty 13.9% ABV (and you can taste it — very boozy!), but this Imperial Brown Ale is also smooth and sweet, having aged gracefully for 18 months in just-emptied, 10-year Canadian rye whisky barrels. The first thing you’ll taste is that rye, but it quickly gives way to subtle vanilla, maple, and caramel notes, though without the headache-inducing syrupy sweetness common to similar beers. Because of that booziness, Plaid Habit’s a sipper. So, take your time. It’ll warm you from the inside out.
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