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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translucent mahogany, thin beige head, smooth medium body, medium co2.

aroma: sweet dark malt, notes of cola and chocolate and dark bread.

taste: lots of toasted malt, notes of char and cola, moderate astringency, a hint of leafy hops.

very nice. seems more like dry irish stout than schwarzbier, as the malts are a bit chocolate/coffee and there is no noble hop character

Pours dark reddish brown with a short-lasting tan head. Smells of hops and caramel malts. Tastes like caramel and chocolate, not too sweet, but well rounded. Medium-bodied with a smooth texture and mild mouth-carbonation, Session Black by Full Sail finishes sweet and smooth, like cocoa.

This is an excellent and my favorite dark lager ever. The bottle itself is just as cool and unique as the beverage itself. So Kudos to the bottle, kudos to the dark inky pour with fine mocha head. The smoothness from the lagering process makes this black lager complete. Dark dark chocolate, smooth, medium-full body, and a semisweet finish make this very "sessionable". My complaint is that the black lager is much harder to find than the Premium Lager...also, dude where’s my extra ounce?

Overall one of the best beers I have ever enjoyed. Perfectly named, this stuff drinks very easily despite having lots of flavor. Just a wonderful, drinkable beer perfect for any occasion.

Poured from bottle into tasting glass. Great example of the style. Very light sweetness/caramel in the aroma. Appearance is true to style: deep amber with some ruby highlights, quickly disappating foam stand. Good crispness and light roastiness in flavor. Would like to see a little more carbonation, but had a nice, light body. Overall, really enjoyable. Would benefit from just a touch more sweetness in the flavor.

Pours a clear dark brown and small tan head film. Very nice beer. Sweet and dark, hints of cocoa, nutty. Extremely sessionable. I would probably pick this up over just about any other beer in this style. And a good price in a cute grenade bottle. Nicely done guys.

This was really a pretty good black lager. Smooth, some roastiness to it. The best part of this is that it doesn’t have a weak tinny finish, like so many black lagers. Tasty.

The boys and girls from Full Sail really hit a home run with this beauty of a beer. I dunno if schwarzbier is the style it falls under, but freakin’ tasty and easy to drink would be where I’d put it (I know, Session isn’t a style....yet). First, it comes in a very cool stubby bottle with a twisty cap. It pours out of the bottle like a root beer brown body, clear with a scan head at initial pour. I quick swirl awakens the head and it stands to attention nearly immediately for several seconds before melting.

The aroma started out rather weak, with notes of Play-Doh and banana. But after it warms up, it starts showing off the roasted malts and subtle cocoa. Upfront the dry coffee angle dominates the palate, almost like a dry stout. Light earthy notes, soft powdered chocolate also shows up and it finishes very briskly. Light on the palate, just clean, tasty and quick. Phenomenal job at creating something easily quaffable, super tasty and easy to afford.

11 ounce stubby bottle - $5.00 at Taco Mac in Kennesaw, Georgia. Appearance: Pours a clear, deep, dark brown body with a sustained inch of light khaki-colored froth which deposits a minor smattering of lace on the descent. Smell: The malty nose is made up mostly of a basic chocolate scent with lesser, lighter hints of roast and toast and a faint, underlying earthiness. Taste: Quickly goes from toasty to roasty and then to a smooth, pleasant chocolaty taste. Modestly sweet. With a little warmth on it, it gradually adds some caramel to the mix. Light earthy hops with an expectantly light, brief bitterness, leaving the flavor to tip back towards those initial malty tastes. Finishes drying and malty. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Why, that’s a pretty tasty beer, actually! If it’s time to have a fine, flavorful beer with a reasonable amount of alcohol then Session Black is a good place to start.

Roasty and toasty caramel nose. Reddish brown in color with a nice head and lots of carbonation. Nice melding of caramel and chocolate, slight corn and slight hops. Refreshing and quaffable. I like it!