We had this news back in June…but here’s a peek at the packaging for the first collaborative brew coming from Boulevard Brewing and another Duvel owned brewery, Ommegang. This is Collaboration No 4 and it is a spiced saison that will be released as part of the Boulevard Smokestack Series. This beer was brewed with our pal Phil Leinhart from Brewery Ommegang and Steven Pauwels at Boulevard and it will use sweet orange peel, lemon peel, coriander and grains of paradise. The beer will use a combination of Boulevard’s house Belgian yeast in one batch and Ommegang’s house yeast in another batch and the two batches were then blended for packaging. This beer will be available on 9/22. 
This from Boulevard:
September 15, 2014 – Kansas City – There is no sibling rivalry between Duvel Moortgat’s US-based Boulevard Brewing Company and Brewery Ommegang. The sister craft breweries recently partnered on Boulevard’s newest edition of its Collaboration series. Collaboration No. 4 is a Spiced Saison, which will be distributed in 750mL bottles and 1/6 barrel kegs throughout Boulevard’s distribution network later this month.
Ommegang’s brewmaster Phil Leinhart traveled to Kansas City in July to make the beer alongside Steven Pauwels, brewmaster at Boulevard and his team of brewers. After the brewing process, the wort was transferred into two fermentation vessels. Boulevard’s primary Belgian yeast strain was added to one, and the other tank received Ommegang’s house yeast strain. The two batches were blended during the filtration process resulting in Collaboration No. 4. In addition to a variety of malts and hops, sweet orange peel, lemon peel, coriander and grains of paradise played key roles in the beer’s characteristics.
“Brewery Ommegang excels in using spices to add complexity and character to their Belgian-style beers while we’ve become known for our saisons at Boulevard,” said Pauwels. “The mutual admiration each brewery has for the other worked well as we combined our strengths into a complex, yet app
roachable beer that serves to reintroduce our breweries as Boulevard joins the Duvel Moortgat family.”
Previous beers in Boulevard’s Collaboration series include an “Imperial Pilsner” made in 2010 with esteemed Orval brewmaster Jean-Marie Rock, a “White I.P.A.” with Deschutes in 2011, and a “Stingo” with Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project in 2012.
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