Full Sail Session Premium Lager

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

Serve in Lager glass

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I moved to Portland, OR a year ago and lived there for 3 months. A friend of mine introduced me to Session and I loved it. I don’t know if I can get it in the northeast, so I’m having major withdrawals :-P

Now this is a great beer. Easy to drink with no nasty aftertaste. This is what beer should be.

Great lager. The stubby is fun, but 11oz is disappointing (I want more). Great pour and easy head. This is a good on the tongue and offers mild fruitiness and a nice finish off the tongue.

This beer rocks as an everyday beer. Call it a Lawnmover, call it a light beer, (It’s not a light beer) call it what ever style you’d like, it fills the bill with every swig. I travel across two states just to bandit it back to Chicago. And everytime I do bring the required 10/12’s back I wonder if it’s worth it. Then I chill it and crack one open and all the wondering is quenched.

Poured out of an 11oz stubby bottle into a pint glass. Pours a clear gold maybe slightly darker than a BMC beer with a thin fizzy white head. Some light lacing remains after head fades. The smell is sweet malty grains. Some light lemony notes are also detectable. The flavor is much like the smell. Light maltiness throughout with a slight sweetness. There is also a bit of grassyness which is nice. Bitterness is present although light with no hop flavor detectable. This is a nice, balanced beer that is just as its name implies, a session beer. I would drink this on a regular basis if it were available in my area.

Another beer that is disheartening to see the reviews for. Especially given that most people provide positive comments and then give it about a 2.5.
2005 bottle shared by OldGrowth on 2/25/06. Valiant appearance, large amount of well-retained, very aerated white head clings to the sides, even creating minor lacing, while a brilliantly clear golden-to-light-amber body is full of carbonation. The nose rises up with a challenging amount of hoppiness, grassy and even lightly spicy notes combine with soft honey, perhaps just a touch of appleskins and plenty of lemony notes. The hops are not complex in the nose, but nor does the style dictate that. This is about as hoppy as it gets, though it still remains dry and under control.
Flavor is surprisingly clean, very crisp throughout, with plenty of honey notes from a wonderfully extracted and appropriated pils malt. Dry and bitter hop notes, light grass clippings, hay and even a hint of dry tangerines and light grapefruit. Moderate carbonation, well-to-style, with an actual palate that is ever so faintly doughy. No wateriness whatsoever, and challenging and interesting to the last drop. Very clean flavor, with all malt and hops notes. No alcohol, of course, and a crisp yeast bite on end. Perfect balance. Only thing keeping it in check somewhat, is the mild appleskin note in the aroma. Thanks Tom, I think I found my new session beer, too bad I live in Boston.

First off, this beer is way too easy to drink, it is almsot gone before I can review it. Nice yellow color with an earthy, dirt-like, mineral smell that I get from lagers but is not at all bad for some reason. Clean lager taste, goes down so easy. This is a perfect summer beer that I am sorry I have not been drinking! A keg of this would be good. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-02-2008 04:57:33

Are you kidding me? It’s about time an American Craft Brewer got the pilsner right! This is what Lagers were meant to be before the big guys started using corn and rice, and the imports started advertising to the cattle. Nice aroma, golden appearance, phenomenal flavor, thicker than domestics, but by no means a heavy craft. When you are hot and thirsty and not in need of big craft beer, this is just the ticket. The packaging is classic and I love the Ro Sham Bo bottle caps. A fun beer perfect for the BBQ thirst quenching season. Import style pilsner made by an American Brewery. They definiteley got this one right!!!

For what this beer is designed to be - a light beer for everyday drinking - this is near perfect. With the weather warming this has the crisp hop bittering to balance a mild sweetness. Yes, this is a great beer by any measure - not something you’ll settle into at the end of the day, but perfect for the days spent working around the house or in the campground. This beer is exactly what this beer market needs.

This was a great beer. I liked the flavor this would be awesome for after mowing the lawn or doing some hard yad work. I agree with most this is not a true session due to the alcohol level, but in all still a good beer. Great job Full Sail.