City Steam Brewery

Brewpub in Hartford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: City Steam Café

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942 Main St, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States

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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a white head with pale yellow color with effervescence. Aroma is grain. Taste is dry, grain, light malt. Good carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a white head with yellow color that’s clear at the bottom/hazy at the top, a long settling period for the carbonation. Aroma is clove, cinnamon, wheat. Taste follows, musty. Good carbonation. Was much better without the orange wedge.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:31

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
on tap-pours a big, creamy brown head with black color. Aroma is dark malt, coffee. Taste is dark malt, coffee, alcohol. Somewhat sweet. Not my taste, nicely done.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:30

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Maibock- Jezebel Bock-maybe now called-HOMEWRECKER, STRONG AMBER LAGER - aka, MaiBock on tap-pours a foamy white head with gold/amber color. Aroma is sweet, medium malt. Taste is sweet, floral, medium malt. Minimal carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:26

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a white head with amber color. Aroma is crisp medium hops and backed up by malt. Taste follows with the malt being a bit more present than standard.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:19

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a white head with amber/red color. Aroma is faint, sweet malt. Taste is caramel malt, slight bitter, medium hops. OK carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:18

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
on tap-pours a white head with yellow color. Aroma is grain. Taste is grain with secondary hops. Up front had good carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 12 May 2006 at 15:16

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Garnet streaks within a deep, cocoa brown-black body. Oatmeal colored, foamy head, with, gasp!, good retention. Smells of chocolate and toffee, thick chewy and creamy (if you can really sense thick, chewy and creamy in the nose). Lots of tootsie roll-like notes. Begins with chocolate and toffee, lots of chewy, melted chocolate and marshmallows. Coco crispies and milk. Firm carbonation, with a medium body overall. Wow, this really is a chocolatey porter. Light sourness on the end, with bitter black malt, but very delicious and well taken. Balanced and flavorful, great stuff. Some earthy, barley notes, dry and yeasty as well. Bits of light roast grace the finish with more chocolate and milky vanilla coming at you from all angles. Some lacing on the glass, with a retronasal sourness.
Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2005 at 10:51

6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
16oz draught at the brewery with Bucknaked on 8/11/2005. Amber-copper colored beer with a rapidly fleeting head. Nothing left behind, not even bits of bubbles. Fairly clear, no haziness in this sample. Smoke pours forth from the nose, bacon and pork rinds. Band-aid phenols abound. Smells like smoked band-aids. Tastes like band-aids too, mixed in with some pork bbq. Sweet, caramelly with a very low carbonation. Light acid and some dried black cherries. Thick and syrupy with some notes of plastic and medicine (band-aids more or less) smokiness. Really not that bad, just need to work on bringing forth some other flavors than just pure smoke and caramel. Pretty difficult to finish this much, starts to get cloying on the end, rather candyish. Could use more carbonation to make it more drinkable. I think the Scotch ale designation is a good one. Medium-full body, but somewhat watery. Slick, heavy mouthfeel.
Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2005 at 10:13

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
On draught at the brewery, 8/11/2005 with Bucknaked. Big tan head recedes quickly to cover, tons of lacing as usual. REALLY dark black and opaque. Aroma of dry, nutty malt, earthiness and light roast. Cigars perhaps. Some prune-like vinousness, but again, low aroma overall (even sticking my face in the glass). Flavor begins with some sticky caramel, a bit of black licorice and some smoky, charred wood. Dry, salty black malts. Sweet toffee and a hint of anise and vanilla. Dark, bitter roast on the end. Retro smoke with some chocolate undertones. Hops and alcohol are up front, before it really gets dark and bitter. Seems it could use a good deal more chewiness. Getting some alcohol apparency in the nose as the beer progresses. Pretty flat, some ashiness lingers along with cola and caramel (kind of an odd mix). Loose and somewhat thinned out, but not overly watery.
Tried on 18 Aug 2005 at 16:35