Fireman's #4 - Real Ale Brewing Company

Durge

Connecticut

3.6/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Found at Pappadeaux's restaurant in Austin this blonde ale shows a clear pale gold
color with very fine carbonation that looks pretty active. The head is snow
white, thinnish but it holds well and leaves modest lacing. The nose picks up
only a subtle wheat and maybe a very light grass. The flavor jumps right out
with a hardy grass and wheat malt. Simple but well balanced and pleasing. This is relatively light bodied with a very crisp feel. A flavorful choice for the style.

Serving type: on-tap

01-27-2013 18:15:49 | More by Durge

RealAleBlanco

Texas

3/5  rDev -13%

06-15-2013 05:23:25 | More by RealAleBlanco

djre4orm

Virginia

3/5  rDev -13%

06-13-2013 19:14:55 | More by djre4orm

LifeByTheDrop

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-13-2013 03:36:35 | More by LifeByTheDrop

drinkAK

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-10-2013 06:05:40 | More by drinkAK

blastoderm55

Texas

2.5/5  rDev -27.5%

06-08-2013 02:15:13 | More by blastoderm55

Gatordaddy

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

06-07-2013 05:43:18 | More by Gatordaddy

jngrizzaffi

Texas

4/5  rDev +15.9%

06-07-2013 05:16:08 | More by jngrizzaffi

ygtbsm94

Virginia

2.75/5  rDev -20.3%

06-07-2013 01:13:54 | More by ygtbsm94

Premo88

Texas

2.99/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.75

12oz. bottle poured into pilsener

7/23/13 best by date

L: pale yellow; almost clear but a slim bit of opacity; white head of almost an inch off a very hard pour, dissipates quickly, just a wee bit of lacing

S: weak grain; very standard-issue macro brew stale grain

T: first taste is very nice, sweet, bit of malt with some grain -- a taste that would be fantastic if it lasted, but it doesn't; with each quaff, you get more and more dry grain and less and less sweet malt; the hops offer more spice than bite, but they are present

F: great carbonation; suprisingly not too watery

O: I love Real Ale ... they make some good, solid beers. This is not one of them. At times it shows some promise with a little hop spice and sweet finish with light barley notes, but the rest of the time it's grain water. If I didn't know any better, I'd think this was a meager adjunct lager -- there's very little that says "ale" about this.

This might be a good gateway beer only in that it's made by a company that also makes some great pale ales, a decent brown ale, a nice tripel and other decent stuff. Get somebody on this one and maybe they'd branch out to other Real Ale products. But the beer itself is only better than or different from the average BMC offering by a fraction.

Serving type: bottle

05-26-2013 20:50:57 | More by Premo88

mikeincharleston

South Carolina

3/5  rDev -13%

05-26-2013 19:37:30 | More by mikeincharleston

pauldevay

Texas

4/5  rDev +15.9%

05-21-2013 18:33:03 | More by pauldevay

flip387

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

05-20-2013 22:49:26 | More by flip387

KDE

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

05-20-2013 20:25:03 | More by KDE

DarthBeer

Texas

4/5  rDev +15.9%

05-20-2013 17:30:51 | More by DarthBeer

BlueMoon10

Mississippi

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

05-18-2013 04:58:49 | More by BlueMoon10

scratch69

Missouri

3.26/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

I poured a bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance- Clear golden color with a fingers worth of quickly disappearing head. Minimal amount of lacing.

Smell- Grainy malt aroma with some hints of lemon zest and grassy hops.

Taste- Tastes like it smells with some sweetness as well.

Mouthfeel- Light bodied and crisp. An average amount of carbonation.

Overall- Easy to drink and thirst quenching but not spectacular. The flavors are a little on the light side.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 22:09:23 | More by scratch69

csfcmitchell

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

05-13-2013 15:44:56 | More by csfcmitchell

Xzfgiimtsath

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

05-10-2013 00:22:10 | More by Xzfgiimtsath

tastymug

Ohio

3/5  rDev -13%

05-06-2013 22:11:36 | More by tastymug

jkn09

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-02-2013 14:56:22 | More by jkn09

sbartnik01

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

04-30-2013 01:50:53 | More by sbartnik01

Lagerquestrian

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

04-28-2013 04:58:34 | More by Lagerquestrian

rdooley

Texas

3/5  rDev -13%

04-27-2013 16:50:22 | More by rdooley

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

04-27-2013 03:30:06 | More by SmellsofMahagony