Iron City Beer

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

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

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You don’t drink Iron City for its aroma or appearance or palate or anything like that. You drink it to get drunk while watching the Steelers, Pirates, Pens or any other Pittsburgh sports team. In that sense, it gets the job done. That’s why it gets an overall 20.

Quite possibly the worst swill I’ve ever tasted... but at $0.33 per can...(WITH DEPOSIT), it makes for some cheeeeap drinkin’. Which is all I guess those Pittsburg kiddies care about

This beer tastes like it was filtered through a dirty sock. However, I did drink enough of this stuff to make the voices go away.

Everytime I pull one of these cold ones back, all I can think about is sitting at Moe’s, pulling up a stoll between Homer and Barney. It’s a blue collar beer, with a crisp, dry mouthfeel and slightly sweet palate. Pairs best with gravy fries and shots of cheap whiskey.

Iron city is a good, cheap lager. It certainly isn’t premium by any standard. I have had this beer from a tap, from an aluminum can, a glass bottle, a steel can, an aluminum/glass-lined bottle. The taste of the beer fluctuates considerably based on it’s container type and relative temperature. I have always found the canned beers to be excessively bitter. However from the tap this beer goes down smooth with no real surprises. It is basically a getting drunk watching the Steelers type beer. If you want to try a beer in Pittsburgh and only have one to choose, go for a Stoney’s for flavor, go for an IC for tradition and nostalgia.

Disgusting. Not on par with the worst American brews (Budweiser). A friend and I were forced to have one at a Pirates game. I choked it down. He couldn’t finish. So bad we went without for the rest of the game. I can drink Lone Star over this. God awful!

Hey admidtidly this is not the best beer in the world... but for the price it can’t be beat. so get off its back.

This is probably the best ’inexpensive’ beers I have found. Iron City’s taste is excellent.....nice and smooth. It is also good to marinate steaks in (and enjoy while the grill is going!).