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Iron City Beer

Iron City Beer - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
3
overall
Brewed by Iron City Brewing
Style: Pale Lager

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4361.79/5.01.8/5.04.5%20.7Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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From 1861 to present, Pittsburgh Brewing Company continues to produce fine beers as legendary as the city they come from. Iron City Beer is proudly recognized as one of the finest true lager beers brewed in the United States.
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 blankboy (3157), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/57/20
Aug 14, 2005  
Aluminium bottle. Nice fancy bottle, the beer must be good...right? When I poured it in a glass and saw the flat clear pale yellow I knew not to expect much. There was a large fizzy white head but it quickly dissipated. So there it sits with no carbonation and no head -- it’s not very mouth watering. The aroma of grain, corn and yeast was sour or off and unpleasant. Well after all that I am not dying to taste it but here goes: First thing I notice is how watery it is. There’s barely any taste at all, like a glass of water with a bit of crappy generic macro beer mixed in. A completely useless beer.


 wnp22 (682), Toronto (Roncesvalles Village), Ontario, Canada
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/53/20
Aug 13, 2005  
Tasted in toronto. Tasted in english pint glass. Appearance is very light yellow, clear with thin head. Weak aroma, slight corn smell, slightly sweet scent. Watery flavour, thin, weak and not very good.


 fatty (363), Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Aug 13, 2005  
Poured from the sweet aluminum can. Pale yellow body with medium white head. Medium carbonation. Aroma of light sweet corn. Light, thin sour hop flavor. Not bad, but doesn’t really offer much.


 GonZoBeeR (2155), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/54/20
Aug 9, 2005  
Cool iron bottle... Aroma:corn... Appearance:yellow fizzy beer. Flavor:nothing interess....


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/58/20
Aug 7, 2005  
bottle. cool aluminum bottle. golden straw body with a fizzy white head. lots of carbonation. corn aroma is prevalent and not entirely pleasing. flavour isn’t exactly offensive but one can’t really vouch for any distinguishing or interesting qualities. sweet malty flavour with bubbly carbonation. watery thin body. sub-par.


 pootzboy (1035), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Aug 4, 2005  
I hadn’t tried an "IC" since I used to make the Pirates games in the 70s ( mostly for the tail-gaters and bars). Iron City was everywhere in those days..hard to find a corner pub in the Penn state where either this or Rolling rock wasn’t on tap. This new packaging may be an attempt to revive sales and position IC for national distribution. It is one of the better American Macros. Poured a crystal clear gold with a smallish rocky cap that vanishes quickly to a small ring and light lace. Moderate carbonation is welcome in these macro pale adjunct lagers. Nose picks up a strong, grainy, boiled husk aroma and vegital adjuct smells with olfactions of dextrin sweetness. Mouth feel rather watery, distinct grainy husk/corn grit tastes ...sweet, mealy but thin on malt...light dry finish with the green, dry burn you get with rice in a beer.The hops are non distinct in the falvor profile until the finish where they appear as a light citrus note. Good stuff to wash your teeth with watching a live sports event but you’d have to be a real tar to actually buy it to enjoy at a pub or at home.


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Aug 3, 2005    Updated: Aug 26, 2005
Bottle/can (12oz?). Anyone else have a problem with "iron" city beer in an "aluminum" cottle/ban? Anyway, with a rough pour only managed a weak fizzy white head that disappeared before I put the opener down - I could smell the corn and skunk from almost 2 feet away (I have long arms). There’s grain, some stale hops, even sour fruit, but nothing I smell makes me want to drink. But it’s a rating ... tastes like overly sweet generic lager with no carbonation or real flavour. No linger, nothing. Not awful, but why not just drink tapwater?


 Lubiere (4463), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Aug 3, 2005  
Bottle can at LCBO. Pale yellow lager with collapsable head. Sweet vcorn and rotten eggs in aroma, like Pittsburg smokestacks. Light malted mineral water, just as refreshing (considering the temp.).



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