Full Sail Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1987

Contact
506 Columbia St, Hood River, OR, 97031, United States
+1 541-386-2247
info@fullsailbrewing.com
Description
The reason Jamie Emmerson and Irene Firmat started Full Sail in the first place was to build a company that was completely different from the ones where we’d previously worked. It wasn’t about business as usual. It was about finding our calling in life — about truly appreciating our “human resources,” and balancing work, life, family and friends in a way that makes life truly worth living.

Determined to make world-class beer in our own backyard, one of our first, and perhaps best, decisions was to invest in new, state-of-the-art brewing equipment. So we bit the bullet, laid down our borrowed cash, and spent the better part of 1987 installing the new system. Our love for the environment is what drives our sustainable practices, so pure water, local ingredients and responsible processes are poured into each and every tasty pint.
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mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Barrel Aged Barley Wine from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear dark amber with a tiny white head. Aroma reveals a nice red wine barrel character, replete with a nice woodiness, tannins, dark fruits, and toffee. Flavour is rather complex and integrated, with lots of red wine, tannins, oak, toffee, and some red fruits. Complex, cohesive; nice use of the red wine barrels. Very good.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 19:05
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Session West Coast Hoppy Lager from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma reveals grassy hops, some pine, some herbaceous qualities, and soft bready malt. Flavour is bright and clean, with a nice bright, piney hoppy bitterness, some grapefruit, grass, and crisp biscuity malt. Good balance, clean, and vibrant. Solid.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 19:04
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Auld Mackenzie from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear dark amber with a small white head. Aroma has dry bready malt, a touch of caramel, and some red berries. Flavour is very malty and yet not too sweet, with big bready malt, toasted caramel, and a dry, slightly metallic finish. Good malty base to this, maintaining drinkability by not being too sweet. Good stuff.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 19:03
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Short Circuit from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
0.9/10 — Appearance 1 Aroma 1 Flavor 0.5 Texture 1 Overall 1
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is pure diacetyl, with not much redeeming hoppy character beneath. Flavour is an absolute abomination: nothing but nasty diacetyl clobbering the taste buds. 39 years and I get diacetyl in my second beer of the flight. Fuck off.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 19:01
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Juicy Fruit from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is juicy and piney, with lots of juicy stone fruits, piney hops, citrus peel, and biscuity malt. Flavour has a great juiciness embedded within the bitter piney hops and grapefruit peel. Finished bitter, juicy and well-balanced. Very good.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 18:59
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Hop Pursuit from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a pretty dull, sweaty hop character, a touch of citrus peel, and dry breast malt. Flavour comes across better, with lots of bitter grapefruit peel, gentle floral notes, piney hops, and bready malt. A bit obscured hop expression but comes together decently. Pleasant.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 18:58
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Onshore from Full Sail Brewing Company
2 months ago
1.6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 1 Overall 1
On tap at Full Sail, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is a major diacetyl bomb, with nothing but butter. Flavour is a pure diacetyl bomb with no redeeming qualities. Fucking egregious.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 22 Jun 2026 at 18:56
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stevoj
stevoj (19003) reviewed
Night Sailor from Full Sail Brewing Company
6 months ago
7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
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Stout flight at Full Sail. Dark brown pour, thin, creamy beige head. Simple roasty aroma and taste .
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 12 Feb 2026 at 23:46
stevoj
stevoj (19003) reviewed
Better Than Cake from Full Sail Brewing Company
6 months ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Stout flight at Full Sail. Dark brown pour, thin beige ring. Aroma brings subtle notes of spice and orange peel. Taste brings flavors of spice cake and candied orange on top of sweet chocolate and mild bitter roast.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 12 Feb 2026 at 23:34
stevoj
stevoj (19003) reviewed
Dark & Salty from Full Sail Brewing Company
6 months ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Taster flight at Full Sail. Black pour with a few beige bubbles. Aroma is cocoa, roasty, mild bitterness. Taste is chocolaty, cocoa powder adna hint of salt.
Tried from Draft at Full Sail Brewing Company on 12 Feb 2026 at 23:29