Fire Station 5 Brush Fire Summer Ale

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

12 oz. bottle, from Fred Meyer in the Portland area. Pours a hazy golden color with a small, foamy white head that diminished quickly. Aroma is quite faint, lightly malty and wheaty, with a touch of floral hops (not really so ’notable’ as claimed in the commercial description). Tthe hops become more notable in the flavor, bringing a bit of a bite to the brew, along with a mild and gently sweet maltiness. Light body and agressive carbonation that burns and tingles all the way to the stomach. Overall Id have to agree with the previous raters in that this beer is rather bereft of character, with the one exception being the overly assertive carbonation. I can imagine enjoying this on a hot summer day, sipping it briskly and mindlessly while sitting on a patio overlooking the beach - but then the greatest part of the enjoyment would be the result of the setting. So the beer itself, not so good. I’m not going to trash it as horrible, because it’s not really, it’s simply vapid.

Bottle: Pale pellucid yellow, no head or lacing. Nose of stale malt, light fruit, adjuncty metal, ugh. The flavor is lightly bitter, some note of hops, a bit acidic, mugh. Bad.

Yet another contract brew. I have moderatlly enjoyed some of the FS5 brand before so maybe this will be OK. Its an alright looking ale, light golden with a small white head. Aroma is hardly existant..some wiffs of sweet malt and hops but really this is almost odorless, strange. Like the aroma there really i nothing to the flavor either just a very moderate bitter ness near the end, the rest of the ’flavour" is almost club soda like, there is a slight cirtic character. Not good on the palte thin and way too carbonated..like club soda. Overall not a good beer..it wasnt horrid in fact it was so bland it almost defied description.