Full Sail Session Black Lager

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Date: January 03, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Ticker
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, wispy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel and roasted aroma
Flavor: sweet roasted malt flavor, caramel sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

(12oz bottle, courtesy of Cavie) Pours a deep amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, grain, caramel, and cocoa. Flavor of grain, nuts, honey, chocolate, and caramel malt.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with weak hints of licorice. Roasted malty caramel and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.

11oz bottle. Small beige head that mostly dissipates, atop clear dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, molasses/caramel, some anise, nut, light chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, chococaramel, some orange/earthy, light nut, roast. Thin light-medium body, undercarbonated.

12oz bottle-pours a tan head and dark brown with red color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/ashy/bakers chocolate, earthy hops. Taste is dark malt-roasty/ashy/bakers chocolate/licorice root, biting earthy hops. A bit more than a session beer.

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a rather darkish ruby with a slim beige head. Aromas of dark malt and chocolate. Medium body with firm carbonation. There’s some light fruit beneath the dark malt and chocolate. Rather refreshing. Good drink. Finishes towards bitter.

Bottle... Clear, dark copper lager with a mid-sized, creamy, light-khaki head. Great retention. The nose offers mocha, toasted nuts and vanilla. Medium to full-bodied with a milky mouthfeel and buzzing carbonation. The flavor is toasty, lightly sweet and a smidge acidic. Crisp, roasty, tangy finish. Darn nice schwarzbier.

Bottle. Poured clear black color with an average frothy light brown head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted chocolate malt aroma. Medium body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Moderate toasted bittersweet flavor with a moderate bittersweet finish of medium duration. Good brew.

Stubby bottle. Poured a medium to darker and clear brown color with a smaller sized off white head. As soon as I popped the cap, I got a roastiness. Some caramel and earthiness too. Tastes of caramel, roast, earthy and chocolate.

A dark reddish copper lager with a thin moka head. In aroma, nutty herbal chocolate,and mashed grains, rye bread. In mouth, a smooth nutty brown chocolate, coffee, a bit herbal and smooth. Bottle at ROC Empire Brewfest, Feb. 19 2011.