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Metropolitan Flywheel

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5194
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Lager glass

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RATINGS: 66   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07   IBU: 45   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
The kinetic beauty of Noble hops grabs you by the nose and lets you know: this is German-inspired beer. A mild, bready malt sweetness greets you at the lips, smoothing the crisp hop flavors. Flywheel is meant for bombastic celebrations of singing voices and clamoring mugs. But then, that first contented moment of happy hour is uniquely celebratory as well. Now, where is that liter-toting Fräulein anyway?


3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Newk (123) - - FEB 1, 2012
Poured from bottle into a pilsner glass. Pours a clear straw color with a small head nice and balanced aromas of grains, crackers, lemons and some straw aromas too. lighter bodied with fresh flavors of grains, lemons and fresh picked citrus. Balanced but lacking a slight bit on the back and mid A refreshing pilsner. A nice feel, but it’s just slightly lacking a bit of depth that would make this great. Still a quality pilsner that is really enjoyable to drink

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
dumontn (411) - CHICAGO, Illinois, USA - JAN 4, 2012
Pours bright yellow with 1 finger of strong head. Aroma is very lightly bready with hints of corn and noble hops. Taste is buttery bread, some spicy hops to balance. Body is medium, active carbonation, dry bready finish, bit of a soapy aftertaste. Overall, this is super drinkable and tasty.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
BVery (1954) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - DEC 30, 2011
Tap. Pale yellow pour with a white head. Lemon on the nose. Medium palate. Taste was lemon, hops, and light grain. Just okay.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
JoePeesie (568) - Long Lake, Illinois, USA - OCT 26, 2011
Pours a fizzy gold with a nice light fizzy head. Breadier than I expected and more robust than most Premium Lagers I have tried before. Crisp and refreshing, I enjoy this beer more on the cold side than most.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
Sammer (689) - Plano, Texas, USA - OCT 1, 2011
Bready, slightly sweet taste with some funk and earth thrown in for good measure. Decent.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
unclemike (1360) - Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA - SEP 26, 2011
Small white head atop clear apple juice body. Aroma is moderately sweet, honey, some spicy, bread, strawberry. Taste is medium sweet, biscuit/bread, orange, light spicy. Light body, somewhat watery, light crispness

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
msante79 (1712) - Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA - JUL 30, 2011
12oz bottle from Blues Bar. Pours clear hazy golden yellow with white head. Aromas of some light sweet malts, bit of bread, and grassy hops. Flavors of some bread, bit of malty sweetness mixed in with grassy hops. Light on the palate and very drinkable. Solid.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
drewbeerme (3250) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUN 16, 2011
Bottle, pours slightly hazy yellow with white head. Nose is really quite nice, big grassy noble hops with straw and hay background. Flavors and body doesn’t live up, rather sweet honey comb malts with a healthy grassy hop profile that just doesn’t balance enough while the body seems syrupy rather than crisp. It still smells great and tastes pretty good too, just doesn’t execute perfectly but who cares this is still tasty and easily one of the better metro beers.


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