Full Sail IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Pours amber with a big white head. Nose is citris and malt. Taste is pine hops and malt. For an IPA this is really weak on the bitterness level, more like a pale ale. Smooth and drinkable, but if you’re in the mood for the IPA style you might be disappointed.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Fruit and hop aromas. Small white head. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity with a crisp and bitter slightly dry finish.

12 oz bottle. Boring IPA. Gold pour, white head. Sweetness, grain, malt, and some citrus and hops. Fairly bland, but not offensive.

2009 Bottle - Pours golden with a small white head...aroma is grainy citrus and some caramel malt...flavour is floral and bitter piney hops, decent malt balance with a lingering bitterness...decent...

Full Sail IPA 7/8/09 (bottle . . . and quite disappointing. Pours gold with average head. Aroma has pale malt sweetness, some faint grains, and possibly a touch of floral hops. DEFINITELY not enough, nor pronounced enough. Flavor was more in line with a Golden Ale or Kolsch than either a firm Pale Ale, or an average American IPA. Not a whole bunch going on here, but on the flipside, not an unpleasant flavor either. Finish is clean, grassy, and mildly bitter.

Big fan of Full Sail, the brewery, and several of their beers. I was very excited to try their IPA and was quickly disappointed. A - Pours a crystal clear golden straw. Questions marks began in my head upon seeing as most IPAs I’m fond up are darker. S - Actually, if I closed my eyes.....I would have guessed I was smelling an Amber. Maybe not quite as bready/malty as most good Ambers but certainly less hoppy than a Pale Ale and not even close to the aroma present in most quality IPAs. T - Tastes like a decent Pale Ale to me. Very very little bitterness and certainly not much in hop flavor. Maybe a tad citrus, but malt flavors are more prevalent. M - Solid mouthfeel. Not too thin, not too substantial. Has the mouthfeel of a session beer, D - This isn’t a bad beer, just not a good IPA. If you are looking for hops, steer clear of this one. It’s certainly plenty drinkable if you’re a fan of Pale Ales.

Bottle into an Imperial pint glass. Pale orang/yellow color with a thin head. Slight citrus aroma. Seemed more like a pale ale than an English style IPA. Not bad at all but not great either. I’d drink it again but wont seek it out.

Golden orange in color.. Floral hops aroma... Flavor is light and slightly bitter of floral hops, with an overly bitter palate... Okay beer, not great, but not terrible