About
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.
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.
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Poured a nice medium amber color with a small head. Tasted of malts, caramels, and traces of citrus. Very light, faint flavor. Not much of a kick in this beer.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2006
at 19:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A pretty nice amber, drinks alot like an ESB. Reddish amber with big creamy head. Rich caramel aromas and flavors, floral hops. Quaffable with a really easy finish.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2006
at 19:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A touch boring, but otherwise a well executed english pale ale. Brownish amber color with a firm 2 finger head. Floral hops with a nutty-caramel malt base. Balanced, with just a touch of fruit. Smooth, easy drinking.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2006
at 21:12
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
The blackberry flavor is separated from the rest of the flavors. It seemed as if they were competing against each other. I liked the idea of a blackberry for a fruit beer, but this didn’t work for HW. Nice try though...
Tried
on 27 Mar 2006
at 11:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Had a nice dark color, but didn’t follow through on taste. Sort of a weak maltiness and a thin taste. On the plus side, it goes down smooth with a decent hop presence in the finish.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2006
at 11:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
For $4.75 a six pack, may be the best beer for the dollar at the local grocery store. Medium bodied and you can actually taste some malts and hops in this pale lager. Its no hero, but better than a Bud or Coors, thats for sure.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2006
at 11:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2004 version. My first impression was that this could almost pass for an IPA especially when chilled. But as it warmed, it revealed more of its barleywine characteristics. Light copper, translucent body with thin head. Leathery, earthy, hop floral aroma with a hint of caramel. The flavor starts sweet with reminders of plums, raisins, apples. Then the floral hops kick in with a bitter bite. The ale sits heavy and sticky on the palate. Long finish, very little carbonation. The alcohol stands well behind the malts and hops.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2006
at 21:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
2004 sampled in 2006: This is better younger. Pours black-red, small foam and oily lace and coating. Acrid roast soured milk, plus chocolate, this is alot like malted milk balls. Fusel notes burn the sinus slightly. Bourbon character restrained. Lingering hop bitterness. Slight woody note in the finish, too. Chocolate seems to come and go as you make your way through the glass, with a bittersweet dark chocolate character.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2006
at 19:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bright golden with medium head. Lemony aroma with a touch of buttery malts. Lemony and underhopped, borderline bland.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2006
at 19:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Big bourbon aroma. Oaky and whiskey with a touch of vanilla. Light husky atringency and grainy nose with some alcohol notes. Black showing red. Traces of a head with oily lacing and coating on the glass. Big vanilla bourbon flavors. Suprisingly light bodied and mellow. Sour-mash bourbony finish.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2006
at 18:57