City Lager

Big City Beer - class, class CLASS! Makes me laugh thinking about it. The ultimate cheap beer.

Not too bad, we had a beeramid made of this and many other crappy beers freshman year. Don’t ever plan on drinking again unless it’s in the spirit of getting royally shitfaced.

Cheap and crappy. $8.99 for a 30 rack of these bad boys. I make an effort not to buy bad beer but some of my buddies bought this one and I happen to be in possession of a "Das boot" so I was obligated to drink this crappy beer. I of course wouldn’t buy this beer but it did go down reasonably smooth.

Can. Pours Golden with white head. Aroma is adjunct, sulfur and pear. Flavor is apples, pears and adjunct grains - mostly corn flavors. Palate is carbonated, but not too watery.

Big City 12 0z can. I’ve had this many times before but this is not a memory rate. It is usually one of the cheapest beers you can buy around these parts. Pop the lid and get a slightly sour beery aroma. Pouring into the glass you see the customary clear pale yellow american beer color. Lots of streaming bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass and the head is whitish and thin. The flavor is a little different than you regular old pale yellow lager, industrial and finely metallic of sorts. There is a hint of sourness in there that cannot be described and it certainly does not add to the enjoyability of the brew. Lacing on the side of the glass after a few sips. That aroma keeps pecking at your nose every time you go to get a gulp. Very mild bitterness builds as the drinks go on. Though not real strong on the alky side it does have a cheap malt liquor feel on the palate. The flavor seems to have an aged feel, but not aged for the better. The flavor is not harsh but it does have hints of unrefined cheapness to it. The personality is not too laid back. Tho much carbonation is present in the glass, I do not detect excessive bubbliness during the drink. A beer with a unique cheap wine flavor that I don’t think I’ve had before. One pale lager that may be similar in flavor is Chinese Yanjing 11º Premium Extra, but this is more in your face with it’s industrial hints. The finish on this brew is odd to describe. Tho not really bitter and lingering there is a brackish scunner that can not be ignored. Seems a bit plasticky. Cannot hold a candle to the likes of Miller, carlsburg, rolling rock, lionshead or schmidts. A little too unrefined and rude for a pale lager, tho it is just a little better than King lager. This is a very poor representative of the economy beer style, taste is overall very coarse.