Full Sail Brewing Company Session Dark (Black) Lager

Session Dark (Black) Lager

 

Full Sail Brewing Company in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular
Score
6.52
ABV: 5.4% IBU: 22 Ticks: 53
Most beers this dark are so heavy-duty, you could eat them with a fork. Not Session Dark. You've heard of tall, dark and handsome? Well, this black lager is short, dark and drinkable. With notes of roasty chocolate, it's the perfect complement to original Session - a dark beer that doesn't drink like a meal. Session Dark was named #1 in the "Top Ten List of lagers Brewed in the United States" and has nabbed 15 golds over the years, to say nothing of other shiny metallic colors.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 10 Apr 2022 at 03:53


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dsrk brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Light breadish. Roasted malt, breadish and sligh sweet caramelish. Lingering roasted breadish into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2017 at 21:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

325ml bottle. Clear, mahogany colour with small, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Caramel malty and minimally nutty aroma, a touch of milk chococlate. Taste is slightly sweet caramel malty, minimally nutty, a touch of milk chococlate, minimally citrusy hoppy counterweight, a spicy touch of liquorice; oily texture, super soft palate.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2017 at 17:01


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Session signature short bottle, skipped the pour. Thanks to Eugene for the bottle/reminder that I never rated this back in my Session kick days. Creamy chocolate malt. Almost like a sweet cream, milk chocolate porter. Interesting, unique lager. Dark, but cool finish. Pretty good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2016 at 15:01


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

At a tasting, thanks Tom L, small creamy head, quite clear darkish brown color, aroma of wood and caramel with a hint of cola, flavor of dark bread, caramel and cedary hopes,light to medium mellow bitterness. Really nice.

Tried on 11 Jan 2015 at 00:15


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Dark clear brown color, beige head. Aroma of lightly toasted caramel. taste is roasty cocoa and caramel, not much bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2014 at 05:50


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Drought. Reddish brown with small beige creamy head, light caramel aroma, roasted malt taste, thin body, low carbonation, medium finish with caramel aftertaste. Light but easy to drink.

Tried on 28 Aug 2014 at 10:19


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

This far too much like a cereal lager, and not enough of the roast grain bitterness which the style should have. Sweet grains dominate the aroma and taste, almost no bitterness or bite at all. Disappointed...

Tried on 29 Mar 2014 at 20:43


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Re-rate 1/15: Bottle sample at a tasting at Stas’s place. Thanks Tom L. Dark amber-brown. Caramel, toast, nuts, chocolate. Sweetish. Seems fresher than last time, but still just OK. 6/3/6/3/12

Bottle sample at a tasting at Zvika’s place. Thanks zvikar. Clear deep amber with red hues. Oxidized aroma with a bit of cardboard, chocolate, a bit of nutty notes and a bit of caramel. Sweetish flavor with caramel, a bit of chocolate, light roastiness, a bit sugary. Medium-bodied. 5/3/6/3/11=2.8

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2013 at 11:21


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Cocoa malt aroma. Brown with moderate head. Sweet chocolate syrup and malt flavor. A bit cloying.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2013 at 18:19