Iron Works Alt
Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Notes just found on this. Rcvd in in - person trade with cousin in law from IL.
I had three of these beers, two were poured into pint glasses. One was into a stange. There wasn’t enough noticeable differences between the two glasses.
The appearance was a gentle hazy dark orange close to a pale brown color. There is a decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There is a decent light lacing trickling down the sides of the glass.
The smell had some good German malts coming through in a slight roasty to earthy rustic-ness.
The taste was quite flavorful as it presents a nice earthy to rustic sweet maltiness to lead to a slight comeback of the German malts.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed good as there wasn’t anything to complain about.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good altbier to have again.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle. Pretty solid representation of the style. Not overboard and into the warped American ideas of what a Sticke Alt is, this is straight down the middle, classic. Medium bodied, Nice balance between the medium dark malts and pleasant hoppy bitterness. Light caramel, toasty dark bread, sweet malts. A really pleasant beer, capturing the essence better than most US examples.
jmagnus87 (3289) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a lightly cloudy medium orange with a half finger of bright white head. Aroma of herbal and earthy hops with some caramel, brown sugar and citrusy sweetness. Taste is medium sweet. Bready with caramel and sugar and a little herbal hops at the end. Light bodied with a sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not too bad.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Haymarket pub and brewery, Chicago - 04/11/12. Clear pale amber with a thin off white head that soon thins to a pond and the edges. Malty nose with background toffee and dark sugars. Taste is malt forward, toffee, light diacetyl tones but not so much as to impair the taste. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, crisp and bitter finish.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On draught at Hopleaf. This beer pours a nearly opaque copper-brown color with a medium fluffy light beige head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing. Aroma of toasted malt and hops. Medium body with flavors of caramel malt, mildly bitter hops and a bit of ripe fruit. The finish is roasty with a malt aftertaste. Decent all around.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours reddish amber with white head. Nose/taste of bitter malt and mixed fruits with some grain and sweet malt on the finish. Medium body.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft. Hazy amber color, thin off white head, solid lacing. Aroma of lightly spiced caramel. Tast is bitter spiced caramel. Not bad.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared at freetail release, thanks! Pours a clear golden amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of grains and hay with a bit of light fruit underneath. Flavor is full of sweet grains that mellow in to a bread and hay finish.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
At Hopleaf, Chicago pours a hazy, copper amber with a creamy, lacing white head. Nose is malty, wet bread, crackers, a little citrus, lightly metallic. Nice malty flavor, caramel, a little cookie dough, bread. Medium bodied, sweet, lightly dry finish. Good malt flavor, very drinkable.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Iron Works Alt from Metropolitan Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Purchased at Vas Foremost in Chicago, IL where my band played just around the corner; enjoyed that night and also on a cool Thursday night exhausted from weekly running. I’m not a big fan of the style, but I’m liking this one from a fantastic local brewery. Appearance is a very unique amber/orange/ruby with a rich off-white head that laces to the glass. Aroma is very nice, hop notes are subtle and earthy, also malts are present along with an aroma I get as peppery. Taste is rather buttery, a bit nutty, and maybe some other adjective that ends in -ery. At first the malt comes through and gives way to those earthy hops that are somewhat bitter. Carbonation is good, German yeast also prevalent in the mix. I like it, better in a glass than from the bottle (which is how I originally consumed this).