Full Sail IPA

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Hood River, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

12oz bottle at The Bayou
Appearance: Pours a medium amber with an off white head and some lacing
Aroma: Pine, citrus, sweet malts
Taste: Pine, citrus, caramel, sweet malts
A good IPA, well balanced. Maybe a little light on the hops though.

12oz bottle: Pours a dark yellow, thick white, clingy and foamy head. A rich aroma of lemon, caramel and butter.. enticing. Quite light in the mouth, but very smooth. Quite bready, faint citrus hopping. It’s tasty but not as hoppy as I would expect. A reasonable, sessionable ale though.

Pours bright golden with a thin wispy off-white head. Notes of sour citrus, pineapple, peach, mango and pine. Full bodied with soft carbonation.

Full Sail Brewing Company--India Pale Ale--Bengal--1998 Release--12 oz. Bottle--6.50% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) IPA--Light bright golden color. Floral aroma and nice hop profile. Rich pale malt is a little sweet. Bitterer than seasonal version, but excellent hot finish. 55 IBU’s. Sampled 10/7/1998. Full Sail Brewing Company--India Pale Ale--Seasonal--1998-- oz. Bottle. 6.50% ABV--55 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) IPA--Good hop profile. Malt is a little sweet. Rich satisfying brew. Sampled 9/10/1998. Full Sail Brewing Company--IPA--2000 Release--12 oz. Bottle. 6.50% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) India Pale Ale--Clear rich medium golden color. Light head leaves nice lace. Enhanced floral hop front retains earthiness. Rich sweet hot malty body with light citrus nut note. Finish has lost some earthy bitter. Sampled 5/19/2000. Full Sail Brewing Company--IPA--Dark Label--2001 Release--12 oz. Bottle. 6.50% ABV. (3.5 / 5.0) IPA--Very clear rich golden red color. Rich strong earthy floral hop front. Dry body continues with earthy hop cast. Mildly sweet rich malt body fails to balance hops. Earthy bitter hop finish. Rich lace. Sampled 5/26/2001. Full Sail Brewing Company--IPA--India Pale Ale--Beer You Can Believe In--1999 Release--12 oz. Bottle--6.50% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) IPA--Clear bright light golden color with hints of red. Floral front and sweet crystal malt body balanced with earthy bitter finish. Hops dominate and flavor accents echo throughout brew. Sampled 8/21/1999. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail IPA--India Pale Ale--New Postcard Graphic--Independent Shield--2005 Release--12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV--60 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) IPA--Mild lace head. Clear thin bright golden color. Rich earthy floral hop front. Crisp dry sweet tart tasty caramel body. Earthy rich hop spice bitter citrus clean dry puckery end. Tangy tasty easy hop brew. Sampled 4/1/2005. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail IPA--India Pale Ale--2006 Release--12 oz. Bottle--6.00% ABV--60 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) IPA--Mild lacy head. Clear bright gold color. Earthy floral hop front. Crisp coating mild sweet earthy caramel mild grapefruit malty body. Rich hop spice bitter mild citrus end. Balanced. Full Sail Brewing Company--Full Sail IPA--Rediculously Tasty India Pale Ale 2007--12 oz. Bottle.--6.00% ABV--60 IBU’s (4.5 / 5.0) IPA--Lacy medium head. Clear rich bright dark gold color. Mild earthy Rose Petal Cascade hop front. Cloying mild sweet earthy creamy caramel grapefruit body. Mild citrus pine hop spice balanced smooth end. Sampled 7/2/2007. Medium IPA. Sampled 10/8/2006.

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Nice aroma that is earthy and hoppy, as is the flavor, which is also hoppy. The color is golden with tints of brown. Has a nice balance and is pretty smooth.

Solid but unspectacular especially in comparison to the "sun" IPA’s that are regularly released. Just not enough hops oomph for this lupulin freak.

bottle, pours light carmel with a medium off white head. Aroma is soapy with a light pine hop note. Flavor is toasted malt, some nuttyness and a fairly well balanced pine and again soap flavor in the finish.