Is Boulevard Pilsner a lawn beer?

Earlier today, Fat City got its first taste of Boulevard’s new Pilsner, but neglected to reflect on lagers and lawn mowing.

There’s no consensus on the perfect lawn-mowing beer, but it should be crisp, light and most-of-all thirst-quenching — a great beer to drink after a couple of hours in the heat.

Porters are definitely not lawn-mowing beers; Pabst Blue Ribbon is.

It’s fair to say that Boulevard Pilsner will be drunk by many amateur lawn workers. KC Beer Blog went so far as to say, “I may even be tempted to mow my lawn in the hundred-degree heat just so I can get full enjoyment from the Boulevard Pilsner.”

But could the pilsner be the ultimate lawn-mowing beer? To test this hypothesis we found two serious mowers.

John Shoemaker and Michael Hannan of Rock Chalk Lawn Care

were kind enough to be those men. They had been mowing for more than seven

hours in 95-plus degree heat yesterday when they agreed to take a break

and try the pilsner and explain, from a mower’s perspective, whether it

satisfies.