City Built Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: CityBuilt Brewing
Established in 2017
Contact
820 Monroe Ave NW, #155, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
Description
City Built, where cultures collide. We take pride in making the strange familiar and the familiar fresh and bold! You built our city; we brew it's beer!
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Paddle Hard Brewing
on 09 Feb 2026
at 20:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 20 Oct 2025
at 23:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Clear orange-gold pour with a medium frothy white head that diminishes gradually to a dense film. Short strings of lace. Dank hoppy aroma with fruit and malt in the background. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, citrus and caramel malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2025
at 21:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has light citrus and some grass with just a bit of onion and light grains backing. Flavor combines citrus, melon and onion with a bit of a grain backbone.
Tried
from Draft
at
CityBuilt Brewing
on 08 Jun 2025
at 00:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Undated can drunk 5/10/25.
Clear bright bronze-cantaloupe. Medium-sized, white head, quickly recedes to spotty cover.
Not the most riveting hop duo and it smells like you'd expect of restrained grapefruit, pine, christmas spice and damp earth. Biscuit and cracker from the malt without much comforting base malt, it seems. Clean, though.
Bit of petrol-like character in the flavor. Pretty sparse malting, though not quite thin. Still, wouldn't hate more malt depth. Lots of cracker with pine, grapefruit, earth, winter spice.
If we're being honest, I bought this bc I thought it was an NEIPA. It is very much a classic APA, albeit a pretty decently-done one. No caramel, toast, heavy pine/resin. But also could use a bit more compelling hop character and some more malt depth.
Clear bright bronze-cantaloupe. Medium-sized, white head, quickly recedes to spotty cover.
Not the most riveting hop duo and it smells like you'd expect of restrained grapefruit, pine, christmas spice and damp earth. Biscuit and cracker from the malt without much comforting base malt, it seems. Clean, though.
Bit of petrol-like character in the flavor. Pretty sparse malting, though not quite thin. Still, wouldn't hate more malt depth. Lots of cracker with pine, grapefruit, earth, winter spice.
If we're being honest, I bought this bc I thought it was an NEIPA. It is very much a classic APA, albeit a pretty decently-done one. No caramel, toast, heavy pine/resin. But also could use a bit more compelling hop character and some more malt depth.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 10 May 2025
at 20:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 04 Apr 2025
at 23:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
(Tap) clear, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of coconut, jam; thick palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
CityBuilt Brewing
on 03 Mar 2025
at 22:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark colour with a small beige head; aroma of smoked ham (?), dark chocolate; smooth palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
CityBuilt Brewing
on 03 Mar 2025
at 22:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small beige head; aroma of smoked ham (?), brown sugar; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
CityBuilt Brewing
on 03 Mar 2025
at 22:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Tap) cloudy yellow orange color with a small white head; aroma of tropical fruit, smooth palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
CityBuilt Brewing
on 03 Mar 2025
at 21:59