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Fire Station 5 Steam Pumper IPA

Fire Station 5 Steam Pumper IPA - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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45
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Brewed by Portland Brewing Company (Pyramid)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Portland, Oregon USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1153.02/5.03/5.0-10.4Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
The Fire Station 5 beers are brewed by Portland Brewing exclusively for the Fred Meyer grocery store chain. A well-hopped, deep golden ale with a malty, full-bodied taste and refreshing finish. Sip and reflect on long journeys to exotic lands.
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 leems (147), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 5, 2009  
This beer is not memorable at all. I wish I could write more about it but it left no impressionable flavors or aromas and I can’t recommend anyone drink it.


 Beardface (977), Eugene, Oregon, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 22, 2009    Updated: Jul 5, 2009
Another lame offering from Fire Station 5. This one pours a light golden with a minor head that is gone before you notice it. Way too overly malty for an IPA, and has a very heavy astringency level. Bland and bad.


 troopie (848), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Bomber. Poured cloudy orange with Medium white head. Some lacing. Light aroma of citrus and hop. Flavour is sweet malt core with a hoppy kernel, but a metallic ting kept the flavour from being better. Hop finish with more metallic tinge


jarndyce (38), Idaho, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/56/20
Jun 10, 2009  
Bottle I’ve never heard of Fire Station 5, and now I know why. This beer is mislabeled. It is just another boring, forgettable "quasi-lager" dressed up as a "micro" IPA. If my beer had any hops in it, the hops is no longer detectable. The beer seems to have fermented into a Lager. It’s not an IPA. Very disappointing and pondering a drain pour with the rest of the sixer. Avoid this one at all costs.


 savnac (393), Palmer, Alaska, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
May 18, 2009    Updated: May 19, 2009
22oz bottle. Pine, citrus, floral hop aroma. Clear golden amber with a fluffy off white head, highly carbonated. Mostly bitter flavor with a slightly sweet backbone. Slick soapy mouth feel with an abrupt finish. The hops are a little harsh in this one and not balanced to well. A good beer if the price is right.


Doon (89), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/510/20
May 12, 2009  
$5.99 on sale at Fry’s....didn’t bother with a glass pour...crisp nondescript flavor. It’s definitely a "watered down" attempt at an IPA for the masses....Also, easy drinking for the budget minded...might try again...


 Rynoplasty (500), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 21, 2009  
Pours a slightly hazy light copper color with a decent sized off white head. Aroma is of citrusy, slightly piney hops. Taste is not so up front citrusy, but with a slight bitter citrus finish. Not bad but not great.


 scrizzz (1246), kirkland, Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Very clear golden, short lasting fluffy white head, clean citrus hoppy aroma. I wanted to disagree with the two previous ratings and not be influenced by them, but I have to agree. Thin and watery. It has the basic character of an IPA but is lacking any real body. Finishes a bit soapy.



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