Iron City Beer

Brewed by Iron City Brewing
Style: Pale Lager
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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.

Cool looking bottle kinda pissy aroma but it didnt taste to bad. A sweet taste not bad at all.

12 oz. can at Full Throttle in Seattle. Straw yellow. Minimal head. This has a very subtle Pilsner malt aroma. Diacetyl and corn hit my nostrils. This is slightly offensive. Diacetyl taste with a bit of sweet. Decent texture. This beer doesn’t have much going on.

not a bad lager, and much better than i anticipated. sweet flavor w/ good drinkability.

Pours a golden body with a fading white head. Smells of sweet corn. Taste is sweet, corn, cardboard.

THOUGHTS: Not very good. A little rough to drink, but not as bas as I thought it would be. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light, clear yellow with nice carbonation and little white pieces like coconut shavings or confetti at the bottom of a clean glass. It also had a small, white head that fully diminished and left virtually no lacing. The aroma was light grassy hops, cooked corn and light vinegar. The initial flavor was sweet; while the finish was sour and slightly bitter with a short duration. There was malt, lemony honey, grassy hops and water. The light to medium body was watery and then slightly dry with tingly to fizzy carbonation and a light astringent finish.

UPDATED: JUL 27, 2008 I cannot stand this beer!! I’ve lived in Pittsburgh most of my life and as a result I’ve been served up this crap at many a parties. It tastes like they actually get iron in the beer. Its disgusting!!

This beer was drank specificly for the super bowl. It was a very boring beer. Flavorless and simple. I won’t ever buy it again - for any reason