Granite City Food & Brewery
1828 Arbiter Ct
Naperville, IL, United States of America
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Bitterly effervescent? It's just like colored bitter soda water. Maybe like tonic water?
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Meh. It's like cranberry, vodka, and soda. It's not really like a beer. It is pretty tart.
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I think this would be way better work food.
OTOH, beer feels necessary anyway.
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So, beeradvocate lists this as a Euro Pale Lager .Our bartender said it was some sort of mix and something like a blue moon. Seemed almost like a mix of beer and orange juice .It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great .I might rather just have a blue moon
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Actually, I've been having this a lot, and have come to enjoy it as a reasonable heavy-beer option .It's musty and thick and goes well with heavy pub grub .
I really haven't gotten any of that soda-like quality I found last year.
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Sweet and vanilla is an odd combination with the red ale base .otherwise, it's a bit bitter and just generally ooookayyyyy.
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Tart and grapefruity, which is not at all what I expect from a hefeweizen. Gets kind of brackish as I work my way down .
Roy says it's Lacking in character as well.
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This is fine .A little thin, like one of those European darks. Almost sodaish. There is a hint of cherry, even a hint of stout. But it doesn't really seem like the label .
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This seems like a pretty normal, dryish IPA .Not extraordinarily hoppy, but totally reasonable if you're into that sort of thing .
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So I tried this for science, and the barrel aged aficionados would be disappointed
Mild, hardly any barrel flavor .
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It is pretty much what it says on the tin. It smells smoky and sweet. It tastes like smoky porter mixed with sweet caramel milk.
Basically, I'm repeating myself .
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Smoky and IPA bitter. I think if you like the combination, you would like this example quite a lot.
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Has a hint of effervescence in the scent, but is actually surprisingly bitter, at the level of an IPA, though without the citrus hop. Odd, and not entirely pleasant .
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Smooth, almost syrupy, with the flavor of smoke on the back of the tongue. It strikes me as a combination of a stout and a soda.
And I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of soda-like beers.
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Not much in the way of scent. Starts out with the citrus character of an IPA, but none of the bitterness. Then on a long slow burn, the bitterness becomes apparent, well after you've put down the glass.
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Clear, watery mouthfeel.Malty sweet .
Clean and refreshing, though slightly on the anonymous side .
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