Here at COMDB we’ve sampled Campfires and Bon Fires. Then there was the Fire Ban, which we ignored and instead has a bittersweet encounter with an Old Flame. We scored a Fire Glow by the fire and enjoyed a Blackburn or two while we were at it. We stoked up the BBQ with some fire and Brimstone then climbed on board the Ol’39 to put the fire out. We shimmied up the rickety old ladder of the Spark House, which some would call the Fire Tower. And we were warmed by a Burning Ember amber wannabe. We celebrated something with some Roman Candle fireworks and then signed on with Capt.25 and their volunteer fire fighting brigade and ended up at, you guessed it, the Firehouse!*
A great place to put the fire out.
Lake of the Woods tell us that we don’t have to go to England to enjoy a classic English style brown, we just need to belly up to the bar at their Kenora brewery that was once the town firehall. I wonder if they still have the pole or if it’s a family friendly establishment now? I digress.
An au-burn pour, for this out on the town brown going down. A fulsome fire extinguisher froth. No smoke, just a toffee aroma. The first quaff is a caramel watery body with a hoppy tang finish, almost a sour? The sour subsided substantially but a bit of a tang remains all the same. It has a mild backend fizz. The subtlest nuttiness shows up about half way through and then fades. A different kind of brown, not really nutty, not really an amber, and the hoppy tangy finish makes it unique.
The burning question, how does this brown pour score? The smouldering answer, it’s an OK ale, it didn’t leave me all fired up, but it did put out the fire.
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