Urban Underdog
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten

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From:
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
American Lager
Ranked #41
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
86
Ranked #18,388
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 8.88%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
62
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 09, 2023
Added:
Sep 11, 2015
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  12
The American Lager, once the workhorse beer in American breweries everywhere, is often shunned in the modern beer scene. Urban Underdog may be overlooked, but we think this crisp, refreshing beer will earn your adoration. After all, everyone loves a scrappy underdog.
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Ratings by Jcarriglio:
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Rated by Jcarriglio from Florida

3.65/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Dec 28, 2020
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Reviewed by GrumpyGas from Illinois

4.15/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz can dated "23-10-13" and poured into a tall Becker shows a bright, clear yellow-gold body and supports a 1.5" proud head of mixed white bubbles that falls to a persistent 1/4" cap and leaves copious webbed lacing.

Complex aroma includes grass, honey, crackery malt, and floral notes.

Flavor matches and leans sweet, especially so with the nearly creamy feel, yet the floral hops keep it in check.

As for mouthfeel, I expect a bit more crispness, bite in a lager. This is too smooth and as I noted, nearly creamy. The finish is wet but not sticky, leaving a clean palate.

Overall a very nice lager.
Dec 09, 2023
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Reviewed by Jmsandberg17 from Missouri

3.07/5  rDev -19.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
16oz can pours a rich golden yellow color with a substantial amount of fizzy white-colored head that fades down to a still thick but much reduced layer on top while leaving chunky lacing. Smells of adjuncts, pale malts, a bit of hops, a bit of apple. Light malt flavor with an unmistakable corn flavor, a light apple note, and a strange and funky hop flavor that has a very unpleasant herbal-grass-earth note about it that rounds out the flavor very offensively. Light to medium body with a small bitterness and a moderately bubbly but still fairly smooth carbonation mouthfeel. Feels crisp before the hops and more creamy at the finish.

This was an OK American Lager, but it's not very unique or notable, and the strange and unpleasant hop flavor really brings it down. Won't buy again.
Oct 25, 2023
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.43/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours an effervescent straw color with 2+ fingers of fluffed up eggshell colored head. Traces of head retention & lacing

S: Traces of citrus & grassyness, sweet grainy notes once warm

T: Lime, grassyness, some soft sweet grainy/cereal notes & dryness up front. Dryness, grassyness & just a touch of sweetness as this beer warms up, just a kiss of lime. Finishes dry, a little sweet & a touch of lemon

MF: Light/medium body, delicate carbonation. Skews a little sweet & the body is a little too thin for me

Was hoping for more better, the sweetness & lack of body, just don't quite do it for me. I'd just a soon have a Bud Light
Aug 21, 2022
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Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a clear light golden color with a sudsy white head, grass and cracker notes with a nice dollop of lemon dominate the nose.

The grassy and lemon flavors are forward on the taste and delicious, with the cracker flavor at the back of the palate, and a medium, crisp mouthfeel. Really good beer.
Jun 29, 2022
 
Rated: 3.94 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Jun 16, 2022
 
Rated: 3.29 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Jul 16, 2021
 
Rated: 3.87 by BrewSTL from Missouri

May 16, 2021
 
Rated: 3.39 by AmatuerSurgeon from Missouri

Mar 02, 2021
 
Rated: 4.42 by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

Jan 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by Chris7482 from Illinois

Jan 07, 2021
 
Rated: 3.84 by SWChi from Illinois

Nov 22, 2020
 
Rated: 3.85 by Gerred from Missouri

Aug 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4.38 by Epicschale from Missouri

Aug 03, 2020
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.57/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A thanks to the amazing woodychandler for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. I'm not feeling the pull off top of this can. Has a bright yellow color with a 2 inch head. Smell is of lemons, some sweetness. Taste is lemons, malts, a touch of honey. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a highly refreshing beer.
Aug 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.25 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Jul 07, 2020
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.91/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Somewhat cloudy pale gold with a solid white head. Biscuit, and honey malts with some floral hop kisses. Taste took on more of the macro cereal but stayed bready enough to appeal, hops are nonexistent. Super crushable with some malt depth to play with, good depiction of style in the feel for sure.
Jun 12, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by TallGuyCM from California

May 29, 2020
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Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois

3.66/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
16oz can, dated 2020-02-06. Golden bodied beer with a slight chill haze, frothy white head fades quickly. Aroma is pale grain and grassy/spicy hops. Typical flavors for the style: pale malt that is a bit grainy and nutty, faint cerealy corn, floral/grassy/spicy hops add a very slight bitterness. Lighter body, ample carbonation, and a balanced finish. A good easy drinking beer!
May 25, 2020
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

2.52/5  rDev -34.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Sparkling clear gold with a moderate white foam head dying to a thin spotty film.

Crisp but light, this is very reminiscent of Coors Light, and not in a good way. It brings grassy yet metallic notes to the table, pairing with light corn and white grape.

The medium-light body's crispness froths up to its semi-dry finish, but its kind of forgettable. I don't know whether or not making a beer reminiscent of Coors is good for sales to the masses in the long run, but it's not good to me, giving off a lower quality feel than many of the other lagers I've had recently.

I found it worth noting that shortly after this, I had their #6 Classic, which as opposed to Coors Light, actually reminded me of Miller Lite. It checks out, then, that I enjoyed #6 more, because when my options are limited to macros, Miller is my go to.
May 11, 2020
Urban Underdog from Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 62 ratings