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Pennichuck Engine No. 5 Firehouse Red Ale 3.07 69

Pennichuck Engine No. 5 Firehouse Red Ale

Percentile
53
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
693.1/5.03.07/5.05%68.4English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Engine 5 has caramel and dark fruit notes with an earthy hop balance and a dry finish.
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 SSSteve (2104), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 23, 2009  
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.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 28, 2009  
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.


 Birdiebeagle (815), Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 1, 2009  
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.


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Bottle. Malty, nutty aroma. Dark red body, small off-white head. Flavor is malty, lightly sweet, earthy with some nuts. Nice finish. Good and sessionable.


 lithy (1825), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Bottle thanks to decaturstevo. Dark dark brown with red hints and a finger of light eggshell head. Malty brown sweetness, lightly roasty, burnt caramels and butterscotch. Taste is chocolate, more malty sweetness and burnt caramel.


 Rciesla (3845), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/511/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a red brown body with a 1 finger off white head. Sweet caramel malts, light cherry and earhty hop character. Finish is dry lightly floral with a note of toasted malt.


 argo0 (6998), Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 2, 2009  
(12oz bottle) Clear brown body topped by small off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, butterscotch, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, some floral, chocolate, light earthy. Light-medium body.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of decaturstevo. Poured a soda brown with a thin fizzy off-white head. Sweet aroma of chocolate, caramel and a hop background. A little more hop in the flavor with a malt backing. Medium body, crisp, medium hoppy aftertaste.



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