Side Pocket High Gravity Malt Liquor
City Brewing Company
- From:
- City Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Malt Liquor
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 2.75 | pDev: 29.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 24, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 24, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
2.92/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
2.92/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
This one is a bit of a CANundrum for The CANQuest (tm) in that its origin is a bit of a mystery. I was going to attribute it to my local, in-person trader, @tone77, but he reviewed it from a Bottle. Hmm. It is possible that I picked it up somewhere locally since it is being brewed by City Brewing which has a location in the former Rolling Rock production facility in Latrobe, PA.
From the CAN: "Side Pocket 10.5% High Gravity Malt Liquor"; "Made with Natural Ingredients."
Whoa! As to that last, what prompted them to have that on the CAN?!? I decided to find out by first Crack!ing open the vent & then CANtinuing with a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. I was met with a finger of rolling, fizzy, foamy, tawny head that faded as quickly as I poured, soon dissipating into wisps. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Amber to Deep-Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13). Nose held that too-familiar smell of sharp fusel alcohol. Ugh. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, surprisingly solid for an inexpensively-made Lager. The taste was about on par for its crappy style. It had a sugary sweetness along with a slight acetaldehyde green apple flavor. Man, this is the stuff of which crippling hangovers are made. The site's Style Guide mentions its potential dryness, which this had, but it is the additional fermentable sugars that lead to said dryness that CAN siphon the water from your brain, causing the hangover. Fortunately, mine was a mere 16-fl. oz. CAN & so I did not have to plow through a full 40. Ugh. These sorts of beers used to be the bread & butter of The CANQuest (tm) in its early going & frankly, I have not missed them all that much, if at all. Drinking this was more like a chore or a punishment than something that I enjoy. I know that I will appreciate my next craft beer all the more by CANparison. Finish was super-dry as expected. I finally acclimated to the taste so it was not as unpleasant as at the outset, but it was still pretty tough overall. YMMV.
Jun 24, 2020From the CAN: "Side Pocket 10.5% High Gravity Malt Liquor"; "Made with Natural Ingredients."
Whoa! As to that last, what prompted them to have that on the CAN?!? I decided to find out by first Crack!ing open the vent & then CANtinuing with a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. I was met with a finger of rolling, fizzy, foamy, tawny head that faded as quickly as I poured, soon dissipating into wisps. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Amber to Deep-Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13). Nose held that too-familiar smell of sharp fusel alcohol. Ugh. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, surprisingly solid for an inexpensively-made Lager. The taste was about on par for its crappy style. It had a sugary sweetness along with a slight acetaldehyde green apple flavor. Man, this is the stuff of which crippling hangovers are made. The site's Style Guide mentions its potential dryness, which this had, but it is the additional fermentable sugars that lead to said dryness that CAN siphon the water from your brain, causing the hangover. Fortunately, mine was a mere 16-fl. oz. CAN & so I did not have to plow through a full 40. Ugh. These sorts of beers used to be the bread & butter of The CANQuest (tm) in its early going & frankly, I have not missed them all that much, if at all. Drinking this was more like a chore or a punishment than something that I enjoy. I know that I will appreciate my next craft beer all the more by CANparison. Finish was super-dry as expected. I finally acclimated to the taste so it was not as unpleasant as at the outset, but it was still pretty tough overall. YMMV.
Reviewed by Chaz from Minnesota
3.35/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a pale golden in color, topped with an off-white head -- good lacing from this one, but it's a great tasting glass (Boulevard Smokestack tulip.)
Smells malt . . . smells better than average for what it is, but the fusels, OMG, they are as punchy as they always are for a classic City Brewery bruiser such as this one undoubtedly is. There's a vinuous white wine character, almost but not quite a Semillon-Chardonay goin' on, mixed with a horrible burning sensation . . . bring tha' PAIN!
Sweet and with a good amount of carbonation, but with a goodly mouthfeel and sense of classic "beer" on the first sip, along with the heat of the 10.5% kicking it up to Eleven. Bam. All go and no slow from this 40 ouncer.
Mouthfeel is at least better than average, and overall it is a better than average 40oz beer.
Altogether better than average, and I love the glass bottle -- totally old school!
Sep 25, 2016Smells malt . . . smells better than average for what it is, but the fusels, OMG, they are as punchy as they always are for a classic City Brewery bruiser such as this one undoubtedly is. There's a vinuous white wine character, almost but not quite a Semillon-Chardonay goin' on, mixed with a horrible burning sensation . . . bring tha' PAIN!
Sweet and with a good amount of carbonation, but with a goodly mouthfeel and sense of classic "beer" on the first sip, along with the heat of the 10.5% kicking it up to Eleven. Bam. All go and no slow from this 40 ouncer.
Mouthfeel is at least better than average, and overall it is a better than average 40oz beer.
Altogether better than average, and I love the glass bottle -- totally old school!
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
2.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
2.54/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
Poured from a clear 40 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, alcohol. Taste is alcohol, plastics, hints of gasoline, actually not quite as bad as I was expecting. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall I'm lucky my friend and his old lady are here to help with this one, I wouldn't want to drink this 40 oz. alone.
Nov 18, 2015
Reviewed by The_Rick from Oklahoma
3.76/5 rDev +36.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
3.76/5 rDev +36.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
This Beer once you get over the first taste its party on after that. the first can will get you where you want to go. the second can "you are now the co-pilot". Because its now driving... love it.
Appearance i gave it a 4.0 because it looks like any other amber beer.
Smell 3.50 it smell like a party.
Taste 3.75 it Taste like a party.
Mouthfeel 3.25 because after awhile you are too busy talking to everyone you really dont feel ...your mouth.
Serving type - get the 10.5% because if you gonna do it, do it BIG.
Overall 4.25 because your friends will tell you all about the good time you had. because you will not remember half of your night....
Sep 26, 2013Appearance i gave it a 4.0 because it looks like any other amber beer.
Smell 3.50 it smell like a party.
Taste 3.75 it Taste like a party.
Mouthfeel 3.25 because after awhile you are too busy talking to everyone you really dont feel ...your mouth.
Serving type - get the 10.5% because if you gonna do it, do it BIG.
Overall 4.25 because your friends will tell you all about the good time you had. because you will not remember half of your night....
Reviewed by B_King from Oklahoma
3.41/5 rDev +24%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.41/5 rDev +24%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
A - Pours clear amber almost like Bud or Coors but a little darker.
S - I smell apples. Apples and alcohol.
T - I taste apples. Its sweet. For 10.5% ABV there is hardly any alcohol after bite.
M - It goes in my mouth it feels right. I swallow. Pretty smooth.
O - If I was a street corner alcoholic, I could beg 5 bucks for this. It beats after shave by a long shot. If all you want is a cheap buzz this is going to be my go to.
Sep 19, 2013S - I smell apples. Apples and alcohol.
T - I taste apples. Its sweet. For 10.5% ABV there is hardly any alcohol after bite.
M - It goes in my mouth it feels right. I swallow. Pretty smooth.
O - If I was a street corner alcoholic, I could beg 5 bucks for this. It beats after shave by a long shot. If all you want is a cheap buzz this is going to be my go to.
Reviewed by Lemke10 from Wisconsin
3.3/5 rDev +20%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.3/5 rDev +20%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
I got a single 16oz can of this from Woodman’s in Janesville, WI in summer 2012.
Pours a cloudy amber orange color with a slight but fast diminishing head. Scent is fairly strong with sweet, cheap grains. Taste is surprisingly sweet and mellow which is a very dangerous combination at 10.5% as stated on my can of malt liquor not “malt ale" at a lower ABV%. Drinks very smooth and easy. Not much to the flavor but still rather good for a cheap malt liquor designed to get you drunk fast. If you into malt liquors, it’s worth a try for just over $1.
Sep 24, 2012Pours a cloudy amber orange color with a slight but fast diminishing head. Scent is fairly strong with sweet, cheap grains. Taste is surprisingly sweet and mellow which is a very dangerous combination at 10.5% as stated on my can of malt liquor not “malt ale" at a lower ABV%. Drinks very smooth and easy. Not much to the flavor but still rather good for a cheap malt liquor designed to get you drunk fast. If you into malt liquors, it’s worth a try for just over $1.
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