After one-year hiatus, Chocolate Ale returns

Boulevard Brewing Co. started bottling Chocolate Ale on Wednesday, after spending a full year improving the production process. Chocolate Ale is one of Boulevard Brewing Co.'s spring seasonal beers under it's Smokestack line of specialty craft beers. It's brewed in a partnership between celebrated Kansas City pastry chef Christopher Elbow and Boulevard Brewmaster Steven Pauwels. Chocolate Ale has enjoyed a special romance with beer lovers the Kansas City area, with demand outpacing supply. In 2012,…