Fire Station 5 Brush Fire Summer Ale

Brewed by Portland Brewing Company (Pyramid)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Fro ma 12 oz bottle courtesy of bhensonb this poured a cloudy gold with not much head. Light mouthfeel. Nose of caramel malts and some floral hops. Flavor is a bit odd, and I cannot exactly say why but I was not all that fond of it. Not much finish. Pretty bland overall, but drinkable.

Pours a hazy golden with orange notes and a small creamy off white head that left a hint of lacing. Aroma of orange peel, grassy, cereal grains and not much else. Flavor was vegetal, corn, grassy, some light citrus note, light wheat and cereal grains.

This golden ale poured with a decent white head that quckly subsided. There is a floral aroma and a bit of malt flavor with a bitter hop finish. Slightly carbonated and refreshing, but not otherwise remarkable.

Bottle. Nice floral aromas. Orange tinged golden color with a white head that didn’t linger. Near medium body with rather sharp carbonation. Flavor is a bit flat, light malt and floral hop. Crisp and clean though. Rather refreshing. It’s growing on me. Starting to finish like a true ESB. Bitter builds up a bit in the mouth. It’s a good ale.

21-Jan-08 (12-oz bottle: Purchased 18-Jan-08 for $1.50 at Gold Rush Liquors in Anchorage, AK) With several bottles sitting in ice in the store’s dollar bin, this is your typical golden ale. Grainy, moderately sweet with honey flavors, and very corny to suggest DMS, with little hop character or bitterness. Sweet honey and strong grainy malts in the nose. Body is light-medium in weight, carbonation is medium, and without much hops, this beer isn’t especially clean or refreshing on the palate. Golden in color and slightly hazy, capped by a small, off-white head that settles to a partial film and wide ring. A few strands of lace remain on the glass. In the dollar bin for a reason.

the smell is nothing special it smells like any other amber/blonde ale. in a glass it looks fairly tasty, not too pale and plenty fizzy. unfortunately, it’s a little watery and seems to have no hops in it at all. it definitely tastes like beer, but i wonder if they put too much water in the vat? aftertaste is smooth. I think i would appreciate this beer more if I was drinking it in June or any other summer month. Fairly good though.

looks a lot like the blond but with a white head that dissipates quickly. smell is sweet, floral, straw, some lemon hiding in the background. taste is also sweet like cotton candy, crisp and light, with a small amount of wheat, some bitterness in the end, a bit on the flat side.

Remarks ABV?Foamy mild lacy head.Clear bright thin gold color.Mild lemon hop front.Crisp mild CO2 tangy mild sweet thin citrus hint malt body.Clean mild hop spice citrus easy refreshing end. Available @ Ballard Fred Meyer as of 8/31/2007