Full Nelson Pale Ale
Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.84
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Hold onto your seat. You are about to enjoy a Full Nelson Pale Ale, handcrafted in the bold new tradition of real American beer. Brimming with raw hop flavor, Full Nelson weighs in at 15 Plato and 60 IBUs.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12oz can pours a clear, amber with some thin, lacing white head. Nose is nice, resinous, orange, grapefruit, pine, honey. Flavor is the same, cracker, biscuit, orange peel, dried lemon, some malt, slightly floral, lit one. Medium, dry, bitter finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2013
at 17:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can in NYC. Pours clear, rich gold with a huge, off-white cream head. Sugary, bredy and lightly toasted malts on the nose, with notes of fading pine. It tastes alright, medium sweet with bready malts, suggestions of caramel, a bit of dry grass and pine, mellow earth. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet and faintly resinous to finish, with nips of caramel, toasted bread and piney, herbal bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2013
at 10:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: Draft at the Brewpub, 11/21/12
Aroma: The nose has some caramel, some citrus, a little pine, and a little grain
Appearance: This one pours a caramel color with a white head and lots of lace on the glass
Flavor: The taste of this one is a little sweet, and it has a medium hop bitterness to it
Palate: It has a fairly clean feel to it, with a medium body, average carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I’m surprised I haven’t rated this one before, as this is probably the Blue Mountain beer I have seen the most in stores and bars, and I am pretty sure I’ve tried it before. Anyway, this is a very solid APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2012
at 10:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Crisp copper coloured body with a nice amber glow and a one centimetre tall tan head - nice. Aroma of caramel malt, nuts, earth, grass and a bit of raisins. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and malty notes up front with a bit of an english hop flavour of caramel and earth and the fleeting taste of apples and pears on the finish. Aftertaste shows some nuts, earth, grass and a bit of european hoppiness. Overall, a nice beer - definitely showing more english roots (hence an EPA) than american - but a solid beer that isn’t phenomenal, but good. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Falls Church (Tyson’s Corner), Virginia on 31-October-2012 for US$1.99 sampled at home in Washington on 12-November-2012.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2012
at 23:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A copper amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, sweet caramel with light veggie notes, light cinnamon, faint hops. In mouth, a sweet caramel malt with woody notes, burned character, herbal hops, OK. On tap at Ginger Man NYC, Sept 21, 2012.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Oct 2012
at 17:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lost Dog Cafe, Dunn-Loring tap ($7): Pours a copper color with a whitish head. Aroma is fruity and piny hops. Nice hop bitterness throughout in this one. Nice body. This is a relatively standard, but well pulled off APA. Unlike most reviewers, I thought this was more on the leafy, piny side than the fruity side.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2012
at 19:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft: Woody caramel and dandelion bouquet. Clear orange pour, medium yellow head and excellent lacing. Thin-medium body tasting of generic creamy bitterness. Woody finish. Nice beer and an IPA more of the English variety than American.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2009
at 17:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thanks to decaturstevo for this one.white head. Pours a clear dark orange with a Fruity malt almost a bubblegum aroma. Dry bitterness in the flavor with a touch of malt at the back. O.K. ,nothing special.
Tried
on 10 May 2009
at 16:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Pours a bronze color. Aroma is light pine, citrus, caramel. Flavor is pines, citrus, solid IPA flavor. IBUs are perfect. Finishes very clean and is quite a refreshing beverage.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 13:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
60 IBU!!!! Bottle from Vintage Cellar. Amber color with a decent white head. Aromas of lightly roasted caramel, florality and fruitiness. Near medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is roast malt with resin, floral and fruit hop. The bitter seems to come from roasted malt as much as from hop. It’s nicely bitter, and finishes arguably balanced. It’s tasty, and I wouldn’t turn down another. Fresh hoppiness with each mouthful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2008
at 23:37