Pennichuck Engine No. 5 Firehouse Red Ale

12oz bottle from Shaw’s in Londonderry. Pours a dark brown translucent body with a good inch of off-white head which dissipates somewhat quickly, Smells nutty with some caramel malt. Tastes nutty with a fair bit of caramel and toffee, some chocolate and coffee notes toward the finish and in the aftertaste. Medium in body with moderate carbonation. Super drinkable, balanced... A solid brew for sure, as good as any beer I’ve had from this brewery. Awesome.

Bottle. Nice reddish amber color with thin white head lacing. Nice balanced beer with slight hops and moderate malt flavors. Strong caramel notes. Decent session beer if cool, but refreshing ale if ice cold. Not bad.

Clear cola brown with a crimson tint and a medium to large tanned beige head. Grain, malt, touch of hops, but nothing memorable, and a touch of cardboard. Thin to medium body, malty. Finishes with a light touch of bitterness. Nothing to repeat.

Pours a reddish amber with a thin offwhite head. The nose is sweet, malty, bready, some leafy hops. Flavor is similar, straightforward and standard red/amber ale.

Bottle sampled at Noog Four-0 5/31/08 courtesy of jcwattsrugger: Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin, stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet grainy toasty pale malt and a touch of grassy hops. Body starts with some doughy toffee sweetness and toasty character before a drier, smooth finish. A pretty decent amber.

muddy brown under a frothy beige head. restrained nutty, cereal malty aroma. chocolate, nuts, a bit of burnt malt flavors. a light soured tang. creamy texture. very "dark" for an amber. almost stout/porter-ish.

Pours hazy burnt sienna with fizzy, loud, off-khaki head that says, "My label is cool, jackass!" Nose is liquid Wheaties, brown sugar, malt, very Celebrator-like. Tastes malty, with a lot of cereally malt, truly like liquid Wheaties, with blackberry a hoppy bitterness that stays for the full beer. Good, but not great. Eberyone knows what a hop-bomb is; this beer is an excellent example of a malt bomb.

Bottle Pours a black with a thin off white head. The head leaves quickly, but makes some nice lacing. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, and nutty. Has a taste of sweet with hints of nuts and malts. Has a light carbination. A light body. An okay mouthfeel. Has a watery texture with a light finish. Its beer but definately lack complexity and depth.