Watch City Brewery, Waltham, MA

Watch City Brewery, The lighting was very dark, then it got even darker. The service was down right atrocious, so we left before eating. On the plus side about the lighting, there were some cool strings of lights that gave a Christmas feel, and it was Waltham's downtown Xmas celebration. FIRETRUCKS EVERYWHERE. The creaky floorboards provided an authentic vintage feel to the building, and had a place in back for the kids to play. Not the best, not the worst (facility-wise).


Winter Lager - This brew was lighter in color than a lot of winter offerings you see. It had a very light floral aroma. Robust flavor, but came off a bit thin, so it was somewhere between a light-med to medium body. On the plus side, the robustness improved a lot as the temperature of the beer rose. Decent winter lager.


Schwartzblack Pilsner - This pilsner had a deep amber/brown color, rather peculiar for a pilsner. It had a light-medium body, with a lagery smell, and a smooth creamy lager taste. It was like a black lager, just not as good. Black lagers are good. Really good.


Red Ale - This red had more of an orange color, with no aroma. A light body with very subtle caramel flavor. Nothing to write home about, but better than most reds I've had. All around though, reds just kinda suck, don't they?


Beejezus BPA - This "botanical" pale ale had a light hazy color. The smell was sweet, floral, and a tiny bit like parsley or oregano. It had a strange light/medium body. It was introduced as being an IPA with no hops, but instead a 3 spice blend. It tasted like smarties candy and had a very lingering taste of oregano. A bit too sweet and very far from an IPA. No real pale ale taste. Spicy, but not in the right way. And, people of the world, here you have it , my first - not recommended to drink this beer.


Golden Ale - Just like every typical blonde. They always have a strange lagery flavor. Nothing to write home about.


Saison - This Belgian farmhouse style brew had a medium body, and an amber color. It had a very subtle Belgian yeast aroma. The taste was very pleasing to these buds. It had traditional Belgian flavors, but the sweetness was rounded off very nicely by local spices. Notes of pepper and clove provided a nice sting to the tongue. I've had a lot of different Belgian styles, but few saisons. Out of the few I've had, this one was definitely the best. Delicious.


Pumpkin - Different than a lot of pumpkin ales. It had a deep orange color. Unusually, it provided a very creamy, smooth mouthfeel. It tasted more like a true pumpkin than pumpkin spice. It was nice enough that I actually enjoyed it so late in the season. Normally after October, I'm not really interested.


Stout - If you haven't figured it out by now, our favorite beer style to review is stout. This one was dark and robust. It had quite a heavy body. Tasted of subtle chocolate and very subtle coffee. It was really creamy and tasted a bit like an oatmeal stout, it wasn't. Allie said she had liked the one at BAR better. They were pretty different. This one was a heavy flavor hitter, whereas the one from BAR was creamy smooth and very drinkable. Either way, they were both pretty damn good.


We forgot to get a picture of this place. The downtown was going nuts with emergency vehicles everywhere. As you've gathered, this place was ok. A lot of the beers were too typical to excite us, but some were quite good.