Fire Station 5 Golden Brigade Blonde Ale

Brewed by MacTarnahan’s Taproom (Pyramid Breweries)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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a bit sweet and not enough hopping but it’s not nearly as bad as everyone is rating it here! Much better than your average american swill but it’s about the same price as other craft beers so why bother?

It was good. It has has the drinkability of a cheap light beer, but has better taste.

I got a bottle of this for thirty cents at Grocery Outlet. Not bad for thirty cents. Nothing bad about it. Ranks at the low end of craft beer.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2010 Fire Station 5 Brewing Company--Golden Brigade Blonde Ale--2004 Release--12 oz. Bottle--4.50% ABV?--20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Blonde Ale--Foamy lacy head. Clear thin light bright golden color. Tangy CO2 mild floral hop front. Crisp mild citrus caramel dry mild sweet fruit ester ale body. Clean smooth tasty mild hop easy end. Well Made. Sampled 9/23/2004. Fire Station 5 Brewing Company--Portland Brewing Company--Pyramid Breweries, Inc.--Golden Brigade Blonde Ale--Assurance--Stubby Neck Bottle--2009 Release--12 oz. Bottle--5.00% ABV--22 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Golden Ale--Big foamy foam lace white head. Clear bright thin fizzy gold color. Crisp mild hop front. Zesty crisp mild sweet delicate pale caramel fruit hint Blonde Ale body. Mild crisp balanced zesty CO2 delicate hop citrus refreshing end. Sampled 2/10/2009. $7.99 / 6 Pack. Fire Station 5 Brewing Company--Portland Brewing Company--Pyramid Breweries, Inc.--Golden Brigade Blonde Ale--Assurance--2009- oz. Bottle--5.00% ABV--22 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Golden Ale--Foamy lacy white head. Clear pretty bright rich yellow gold color. Mild floral hop front. Delicate slightly creamy sweet mild doughy butterscotch breadfruit smooth fresh Pale malt body. Smooth refreshing balanced mild hop spice clean end. Mild-Tasty-Well Made Golden Ale. Sampled 10/17/2009. $2.79 Each. Fire Station 5--Olympia, WA--Fred Meyer. Inc.--Golden Brigade Blonde Ale--Assurance--2010 22 oz. Bottle. 4.00% ABV--22 IBU’s. (3.0 / 5.0) Fizzy no lace thin white head. Clear thin bright yellow gold color. Delicate floral fruit hop front. Mellow sweet cloying butter caramel light dough hint flat light but tasty Golden Ale body. Smooth mild hop refreshing end. Balanced & smooth sessionable Brew. Sampled 3/26/2010. 2 @ $2.79 Each. Fire Station 5--Olympia, WA--Fred Meyer. Inc.--Golden Brigade Blonde Ale--Assurance--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 4.00% ABV--22 IBU’s. (3.75 / 5.0) Lacy white mild head. Clear thin bright yellow color. Delicate flowery mild hop front. Slightly creamy mellow sweet butterscotch fruit white bread light tasty body. Clean refreshing mild hop balanced smooth end.Well made Light Blonde. Sampled 4/10/2010. 6-Pack $6.99.

Bomber from the local Grocery Outlet store. Pours hazy apricot with a decent foamy white head. Aroma is citric light fruit. Meidum body with mild carbonation. Rather like light stone fruit with some citrus hop bitter. It’s not too bitter at first impression, but it builds. Thought it might be a drain pour. Nope. Better than very many lighter ales.

22 oz. bottle- A really good blonde ale, way better than the shitty tasting amber. More hoppy than usual for the style.

22 oz bottle. Aroma is of hops (not what I expected from a blonde) and malt. Pours a nice golden color with a thick head which whittles itself down pretty quickly, leaving a thin but constant head. Flavor is more bitter than expected, and there’s definitely some maltiness here. There’s also a metallic taste I’m not too crazy about. All in all, I’m pleasantly surprised by this beer. I’ve always equated blonde ales with bland ales. This one isn’t too bad.

Pretty empty and metallic for the most part. Hints of flavor of some sort on the swallow, maybe a faint buttery or dandelioney kick. Pairs well with potato chips.

Picked this up in a six pack at Grocery Outlet for 3.99 so its likely expired. Anyway, poured medium yellow with a nice head that actually hung around a while. Slight lacing. Decent carbonation and mouthfeel. Slightly fruity with malt dominating and a dry finish. No real hop detection. Not a great beer but drinkable. I wouldn’t go out and get it again though.

Yellow and white, grainy aroma. Tastes like average domestic (American) swill. Not into it.