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!

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Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2021 at 21:08

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16oz can c/o BenT. Thick, opaque, true NE looking and tasting beer. Pretty tasty beer. Galaxy comes through rather impressively. Drinks really easy for 9.3%. Juicy, but underlying malt depth and lots of dryhop character. Excellect.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2020 at 03:52

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16oz can c/o BenT. Opaque, true, orange body. Steady, frothy, white head. Rather huge hop bill, a lot goign on there. Thick, almost too thick body, creamy and wheaty/oaty/floury. All out soft dryhop tone, a lot of lupulonic niceness there. Good.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2020 at 02:20

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16oz can. Filtered yellow-tan body. Steady, frothy head. Doesn't really strike me as that true to style. Drinks more like an IPL at times, perhaps they mix it up with the hop bill. Drinkable enough, but probably more in line with an 8 dollar 6pack than the 16oz overpriced format. Not bad, but I wouldn't buy it again.
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2020 at 02:18

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16oz can c/o BenT. Chunky thick dulled orange body. Thin, soapy head rims and laces the glass. Deep and juicy, mellow ABV really helps the hops shine. Deep and juicy, but a lot of depth from the unique hop bill. Really good.
Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2020 at 06:52

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Can. Pours a hazy yellow with a deep gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has pre ripe mango light citrus with grass and a light grain underlying. Flavor has slightly dank citrus and mango peel with a bit of straw and papaya underlying.
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2020 at 22:43

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Can. Pours a near clear yellow with a slight gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a strong wheat note with a decent amount of passionfruit and earthy grain underlying. Flavor has a really nice passionfruit with a touch of flora and a wheat backbone.
Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2020 at 22:13

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Can. Pours a slightly hazy red with a purple hue and a near white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of blackberry with lactose and sweet grains underlying. Flavor has slightly tart blackberry with creamy sweet grains and a hint of citrus.
Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2020 at 04:26

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Can from Holiday Market. Pours a deep ruby to purple with a finer of pink foam that dissipates to a ring around the edge. Big jammy blackcurrant nose with some light zante currant and blackberry aromas as it warms. Almost vinous when it really warms up. Sweet berry compote notes on the palate with more tangy, tart berry flavors. Crisp carbonation with lemon zest mid-palate. Tangy berry on the finish with more blackberry and blackcurrant flavors. Lactose is thankfully not very noticeable.
Tried from Can from Holiday Market on 12 Apr 2020 at 01:57

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16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 9/2019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with solid retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy peach, blueberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of peach, blueberry, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy peach, blueberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy peach, blueberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, white bread dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of peach, blueberry, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a fantastic malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering tartness and tangy fruit. Light-medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 6.2%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited milkshake Berliner. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of peach, blueberry, fruity/acidic yeast, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Great soft feel for the style, and mellowly lactic. Amazingly balanced juicy/jammy fruits and Lacto complexity; with perfectly balanced lactose and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Light residual sweetness with lingering acidic/tangy dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding spot on style example as expected of the brewery.
Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2019 at 04:58