Full Sail Amber Ale

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Hood River, Oregon USA

Dark amber with thin head that disappeared in seconds; no aroma to speak of; hop taste more evident than malt; medium-bodied; overall, an okay beer, but doesn’t stand out for me.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine in Chesapeake, VA. Dark brownish-orange pour with a thin off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt and grassy hops. Taste is mostly caramel malt with some hop bitterness. Leans a bit toward being like a rich lager more than an amber ale (in my opinion, at least). Just ok.

12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear dark amber color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, citrus hops and a faint nutty note. Taste is caramel malts, leafy citrus hops, a bit of toasted grain and a bitter finish. Medium bodied. Tasty beer.

Barley nose, a little mushroomy. Clear chestnut, no head. Thin mouthfeel. Barley and cherries with a nuttiness to it, dandelions underneath. Vanilla and walnut finish. Not a bad amber.

Beer poors light amber wiht a white head that fades quickly. Aroma has hints of malty sweetness and citrus hops. Beer hops and malt balance well for an easy drinking beer, but leaves more to be desired. Palate has average carbonation with a medium boday and a bitterness that fades quickly. Overall the beer would be a good crowd pleasure for a BBQ, but nothing I would buy a six pack of myself

Full Sail Brewing Company--Amber Ale. 1998 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.5 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Aromatic with hop and fruit esters nestled in a sweet dry body. Deep red color is almost a Porter, but with a light chocolate malt character. Excellent! Sampled 9/13/1998. Full Sail Brewing Company--Amber Ale--Beer You Can Believe In--1999 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Clear copper bronze color. Floral hop toasted malt front. Cherry caramel body is rich with good mouth feel yet dry. Hints of nut. Chocolate malt used exquisitely. Clean hop spice lingers at end. Sampled 8/17/1999. Full Sail Brewing Company--Amber--2000 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.75 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Clear dark bronze red color. Rich malty hoppy mild fruit front. Toasted body with rich malt and mild sweet fruit flavor balanced by hops. Ends clean with mild hop balance. Nice rich lace. Excellence! Sampled 6/9/2000. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail Amber Ale--Dark Green Label--2001 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. (4.5 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Clear rich dark copper bronze color. Rich malty floral hop front. Richly laced light tan head. Medium textured dry malty lightly roasted balanced sweet fruit body. Hoppy balanced fruit malt end. Best Amber Available? Sampled 7/27/2001. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail Ale--Amber--New Block Logo--2003-B 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Clear dark bronze red amber color. Light mild lace head. Toasted floral mild hop front. Toasted dry sweet rich crisp tangy caramel biscuit mild fruit body. Clean mild earthy balanced hop end. Tasty. Sampled 7/11/2003. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail Amber Ale--Dark Green Label 2003-A 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Clear very dark bronze amber color. Light lacy head. Toasted mild floral hop mild fruit front. Tangy toasted dry sweet mild fruit rich biscuit caramel body. Dry mild earthy hop end .Smooth balanced ESBish end. Sampled 7/9/2003. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail Amber--New Postcard Graphic--Independent Shield. 2005 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV--45 IBU’s? (4.5 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Mild lace head. Clear dark thin amber bronze red color. Toasted floral hop front. Crisp dry sweet biscuit toffee mild burnt toast fruit body. Clean crisp balanced mild earthy hop mild citrus end. Classic! Sampled 4/13/2005.

Bottle. Pours a clear, dark amber beer with a weak offwhite head. The aroma is malt and caramel. The flavor is malt with a weak bitterness. The palate is sweet. Overall a good amber, but average beer.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Roasted malt and light fruity hops aroma. Sweet caramelish flavoured, light toffee like and with a mild fruity hops note. Bitter and slight citrusy to the malt profile into the finish.