Full Sail Prodigal Sun IPA

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

22oz bottle. Mostly clear medium dark honey colored body with a sizable tan head. First whiff is dried dog food/bran... but the nose becomes more tangy after a while, with crusty bread malts, crusty, dried orange peel and nutty, sharp honey. Striking, abrasive, harsh body, flavors of nut-heavy, nut-centric, a lot of bread crust, stale crackers and mellowed citrus. Not really doing much for me.

22 ounce bottle purchased at the Davis Food Co-Op. Aroma is initially sweet, but it fades a bit and becomes a little more herbal, but it still has some citrus aromas present. A little ethanol retronasally, but all in all, this is pretty aromatic stuff. Mildly have copper-orange body with a nice, strong off-yellowish head present.Well, very straight forward bitter bitter medicinal hop flavors. Becomes a bit grainy and burnt in the middle. Finishes long, dry, and just a puckering bitter. I don’t know what kinda hops they used for this, but they impart a medicinal, tylenol-ish flavoring. The dryness of this beer just magnifies that. Definitely not enjoyable.

(22oz bottle, thanks CaptainCougar) Medium off-white head atop hazy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, floral, light grapefruit, dusky. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit/orange, pine. Medium body, light chalk.

Clear golden color, thin white head. Citric hop aroma is moderate in strength. The taste is much less hoppy and more grassy than I would have anticipated from the aroma. The hop finish is pretty weak.

22 oz bomber. Orange hazy color, Dry hop flavor that strips the tongue. Leaves a clean hoppiness. Quite dry finish. It’s not my favorite style, but for a hopheads, it’s super.

22oz bottle, courtesy of CaptainCougar. Thanks, Tom! Pours a hazy, orange-amber color; thin, light-tan head with solid fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of mineral and citrus bitterness in the aroma; pretty, straightforward, bitter hop character. Medium mouthfeel: lots of chewy, bitter minerals and citrus hoppiness; solid levels of carbonation; reasonably drinkable and solid hoppiness; tasty, clean hoppiness. Medium finish: dry citrus and mineral hop bitterness throughout; reasonably dry.

Courtesy of captaincougar. Hazy amber body with a small white head. The nose is sweet cotton candy with citrus and floral hops. The flavor is lightly sweet, moderately bitter with caramel, cotton candy, citrus and floral hops. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation.

Bottle. Pours dark amber and very cloudy. Thin head that disipates quickly, with a fair amount of lacing. The aroma is wonderfully sweet with just enough hop to balance. Very smooth taste with a great bite that finishes dry. Overall I enjoyed the beer and will buy it again.