Fire Station 5 Steam Pumper IPA
Portland Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.19
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle poured. Pours a bright clear orange color with a lasting fizz head. Earthy hop aroma. Orange fruit, and hop forward flavor with a bitter finish. Orange flavor is a good highlight. Decent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2015
at 19:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
Every time I had this beer, I had it in a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent orange brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated leaving a decent lacing sticking finely to the sides of the glass.
The smell tried to be hoppy bitter, but was basically just bitter to be bitter.
The taste was bitter at times and then it showed some sweetness to it as it ran back and forth. There was no aftertaste nor was there any finish.
On the palate, it sat a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable quality to it.
Overall, this was a basic AIPA and most likely one I probably won’t revisit.
Every time I had this beer, I had it in a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent orange brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated leaving a decent lacing sticking finely to the sides of the glass.
The smell tried to be hoppy bitter, but was basically just bitter to be bitter.
The taste was bitter at times and then it showed some sweetness to it as it ran back and forth. There was no aftertaste nor was there any finish.
On the palate, it sat a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable quality to it.
Overall, this was a basic AIPA and most likely one I probably won’t revisit.
Tried
on 21 May 2014
at 01:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Light grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light earth and light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 19:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle into shaker. I’ve learned to expect extremely substandard quality from these Fire Station beers. Every one I’ve tried has been mediocre to terrible. So that’s my mindset before even ranking. Aroma is surprisingly not bad. Not great, but not bad. Has signature IPA aromas of pine and floral notes. Pours a slightly hazy orange with no head and a collar of foam full of big bubbles and mediocre lace. Tastes pretty good, but there’s a faint offnote of vegetable matter. Highly carbonated, medium bodied. Overall, the best Fire Station beer I’ve had, but it’s definitely substandard for the style. It’s drinkable at least, unlike the "Hefeweisen."
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2010
at 23:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
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
Tried
on 14 Jun 2009
at 16:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Shamrock Liquors in Ashland, KY. Pours a slightly cloudy amber-orange color with a medium off-white head that has decent retention. Thick rings of lacing on the glass. Herbal hops and earthy malt in the nose, along with a bit of pine. Medium-bodied and moderately bitter with flavors of spice and floral hops with a fairly solid malt base. The finish is lightly spiced hops with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Fairly straightforward all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2008
at 13:25
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear gold, with a thin white head. Earthy hop aroma. There is little in the flavor other than a persistent bitterness, there is little malt backing here. It comes across the palate as being a bit thin. Overall, this beer is way out of balance to be in the upper leagues.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2007
at 17:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours light copper to gold with thin off white head. Light aroma that is vaguely sweet malts and hints of wet floral hops. It has a pale to nearly grainy malt taste initially. Along with the malts is a floral hoppiness that leads into some biscuit malts. Comes up a bit short on flavor and hops for an IPA.
Tried
on 18 May 2007
at 22:30