Full Sail Wreck the Halls

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

22 oz bottle, brewmaster reserve 2007. Pours amber with frothy head. Aroma is malty with slight hint of citrus. Grapefruit flavor with a piney backbone and light spices. A bit on the light side for moutfeel. Overall, not too impressed, a bit one dimensional.

Copper amber color; small head. Earthy malt and grain aroma. Grapefruit hops, pine resin, chalk, caramel, black pepper, juniper, alcohol...long dry and bitter finish.

Poured from a 22oz bomber (2007 version) and served in a shaker. This IPA poured a highly hazed amber with a one-finger thick head of creamy beige foam. Some nice lacing was left around the sides of the glass. The aroma of the beer was made up of fresh oranges, lemon zest, pine, and a ton of sugary caramel. The flavor consisted of grapefruit, peach, and mild caramel. A nice amount of bitterness, but the beautiful caramel malt found in the aroma didn’t really show up in the flavor. The mouthfeel was light to medium-bodied with mild carbonation. Thin and watery. Looked and smelled good, but it was all downhill from there.

Not really sure what to think of this one, the flavor is aggressive but the mouthfeel is all over the place. All of the flavors kind of cascade onto the palate in a crash that kind of overwhelms you. Lots of spice and citrusy pine notes, with a simple but standard caramel malt background. This could be better with a little tweaking.

pours a dark amber color with small white head. the aroma is very hoppy with notes of citrus and caramel. the flavor is also very hoppy, yet sweet with very bitter dry finish.

Glad to finally get this, and in growler form, too! Pours out a hazy dark orange, with minimal head, some glimmers of white foam, but maybe it’s lost something in the travel. Aroima is beautiful, lovely, sparkling mix of potent, fruity hops, mainly the Pacific Northwest variety of course, Cascade, Centennial, ...Mt. Hood? Now, I’m just guessing, but it’s spilling over with citrus, pine, and spice. Nice. Taste: fresh, vibrant, alive, bubbling with brisk, hoppy flavor. Love it. Clean, classy, and bristling with crisp hop bite. Wait, I think I wrote the same sentence twice, two different ways. Whatever. Tasty, biscuity caramel malt underneath. Snappy. Lean, but not light bodied, and never too bitter, either. Terribly drinkable. I will polish off this growler with no trouble at all.

22oz bottle. Murky brown orange color with a thin film of white head. Citric and grassy hop aroma with chalky caramel and alefruit. Sweet raisin and caramel malt flavors up front. Citric metallic hop character percolates underneath earthy tones. Spicy, herbal flavors in the finish, some alefruit. Mouthfeel is medium, somewhat dry.

[bottle] Poured gold with a moderate hop aroma. Aroma is decent with piney, citrusy hops. Pretty well balanced, with a spicy, bitter finish.