5 Seasons Westside Full Nelson Ale

Brewed by 5 Seasons Westside
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Golden pour. Aroma of hops. I love dry hopped beers. This is one of them. Herbal earthy hoppiness. Nice grain flavor. Pale malts. Smooth hop bitterness. Nelson Sauv is such a great hop. This is a great beer.

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010
Name: Full Nelson
Date: January 12, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy orange, creamy beige head
Aroma: big sweet and fruity aroma, lots of hops with a light grassy character, citrus
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice fruity character, plenty of balancing hops
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Lightly golden pour with a hint of haze. Citrus hops and light malt. Lgihtly sweet malt with a dry citrus bitter finish. Medium/light bodied.Very nice beer.

on tap-pours a white head that laces and hazy gold color. Aroma is grapefruit, some light/medium malt. Taste is grapefruit hops with some bite, some sweet light malt. Very dry finish.

Serving: Draft at the brewpub. It pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a small, foamy, white head. The nose is sweet and citric, loaded with hops. Grapefruit and berry notes are dominant. The taste is malt forward at first then a bold, astringent bitterness. The grapefruit aspect really comes through on the palate. Medium body with a lengthy, bitter finish. I would be content to sit back and drink a few of these.

Had this one at the brewpub a few weeks back on business in ATL. Pours cloudy amber with a bug white head that laces the glass. Smells slightly musty and earthy hoppy with slight citrus and a hint of dishwater. Pretty good. Tastes hoppy and clean with citrus. Lightly pungent. Good overall. Medium body, good carbonation.

Appearance: Deliver to my corner of the bar a head, burnished orange body with a dense, frothy head with a slight yellow tinge to it. Smell: Bright hop aroma imparts inviting notes of white grapes, zippy spices, and fresh flower petals. In back are the mild, lightly toasty notes of pale malts. Taste: Pale malts accompanied by tastes of both French bread and crumpled biscuits serves as a light platform to launch us into the Nelson Sauvin hop character. The hops are zesty, floral, spicy and impart hints of white grape and lychee. Also, the slackened malts provide a nicely bold bitterness to come through. The beer is quite dry on the back half and finish with some of that bitterness enduring into the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Just speaks into medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A pleasant ale utilizing a strikingly unique hop. As dear glid would say, it’s worth a shot!

Cask: pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is honey, berry, slightly earthy, and juicy. Flavor is caramel, grain, biscuit, berry, and a spicy earthy bitter finish.