Full Sail Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Hood River,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1987
Contact
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.
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.
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the local Grocery Outlet. Pours clear, light bright gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma of grain with hints of Saaz hop. Med minus body. Flavor is grain/sweet with not enough Saaz grass to conquer the malt. Fairly clean tho. Definitely sessionable.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2020
at 00:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
No more hazy than the average NE-style IPA--guess I don't quite get the name for this one. Pours a slightly hazy, pale golden yellow, with mid-sized, fast-dissipating head. Aroma is grassy, with some citrus and a touch of piney hops. Flavor is grass, citrus, and a lightly bitter, pine-hop finish. I'm not tasting vanilla in this, nor lactose. Tastes like a run-of-the-mill, classic IPA pretty much.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2020
at 22:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours amber with a thick white head. Aroma of pine resin and lemon. Taste has massive grapefruit and pomelo notes, hints of orange. Palate layers tart citrus on a malt body with distinct lemon and orange notes abound. Fantastic.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 21:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Toby. Showing its age. Medium, clear brown. Sweet, maple notes. More brown sugar, light malts. Close to not being a Doppelbock anymore.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2019
at 03:11
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Pours clear gold with a thick white head and intense carbonation. Aroma of dry malt. Taste is plain and beerish. Palate has tropical floral notes. Plain but more interesting than is typical of the style.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2019
at 02:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a medium white head. A big sweet toffee caramel nose. The flavor is sweet, caramel, berries, light sweet hops. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2019
at 07:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear orange hue with a medium white head. A light toast and malty nose. Sweet, fresh hops, light lemons. Almost a pils malt. Light, easygoing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2019
at 06:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle from a mixed 12 pack. Pours a clear orange hue with a large white head. A light fruity nose. Soft, perfume, the flavor is quite juicy, soft as hell palate, light resin. This is pretty good. Surprisingly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2019
at 04:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Albertsons. Hazy, milky poor with a one finger fluffy head. Aroma is milky with a hint of vanilla. More lacto notes in the taste, Touch of orange peel and a bit more of the vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2019
at 00:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Not bad, more of a normal juicy IPA than a malted milkshake-inspired one, with strong veins of grapefruit, berry, pine, passion fruit, and resin backed up by a nuanced vanilla-tinged sweetness and a fair amount of bitterness on the back end. The subtlety with the vanilla is appreciated; ice cream notes flit around the periphery instead of turning the brew into a sugary, dessert IPA nightmare. Still, it comes across more generic than anything, a good IPA in a market full of amazing ones.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2019
at 23:54