Fire Station 5 Fire Boat Amber

Brewed by Portland Brewing Company (Pyramid)
Style: Amber Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Name: Fire Boat Amber
Date: 07/03/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

hazy amber, light caramel malt aroma with a light astrengent earthy bitterness, bready malt flavor, kept dry with an earthy hop flavor and bitterness, just a hint of sweetness, well balanced,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Bottle thanks to ditmier: Pours a transparent amber orange with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet caramel malt and a touch of toasted nut character with some mild hops. Starts with average fullness and a light caramely sweetness along with an ok balance of bittering hops. Finishes drier and lightly bittersweet. Very drinkable and smooth, but nothing exceptional for the style.

Light musky hops and sweet malt flavor and aroma, very straight forward amber with a very basic character. Nothing too bright coming out of this one, but nothing negative as well.

Bottle. Poured copper color with an average frothy white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate caramel malty sour citrus hop aroma. Light to medium body. Medium balanced flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.

Light to medium malt aroma with some light floral. Copper color. Frothy beige head that melts rather rapidly. Medium bodied. Mild carbonation. Starts with malt of a medium sort, but there is always a hint of bitter. If there’s fruit, I am losing it in the malt. Floral, on the other hand I think is present. Strong swishing seems to bring a hint of stone fruit, but? Decent, but can you buy better? Is this good value? Only you will know.

Savannah, Ga. - Kroger Supermarket - 12 oz bottle - medium copper pour, lacking in head. Aroma is faint, some fresh lake water and toffee. Flavor has some home brew diactyl funkiness, a hint of toffee and some nuttiness. Thin mouthfeel. Not one for the ages.

#557 on my beerwall. Had a nice dark amber color with a small amount of head. Taste was malty and sweet with very little hops. Very thin tasting in the mouth, kinda ruined the taste.

12-oz. Pours a crystal clear medium amber with scant white head, no lace, little carb. Dust and sweet malt, a bit of corn on the nose. Subdued attack; light flavor, low body, low carb. Dust, malt, and corn on the mid-palate again. Very slight notes of metallic sourness on the finish. An unambitious recipe indifferently brewed and barely realized.