Full Sail Brewery

Full Sail LTD (Limited Edition Series)

LTD

LTD means Limited Edition. But around here it means something even more: Live The Dream. And in celebration of our 21st birthday we’re doing something every brewer dreams of: Concocting an ever-changing series of small batch beers, available for a limited time only. Each new LTD Series brew will showcase an original lager recipe, pimped out by our ace crew of libationary wunderkinds.

LTD is dedicated to everyone who’s livin’ the dream whatever that dream might be. We started Full Sail to make killer beer – goes without saying. But more importantly, we started it to live our dream: To seek that perfect balance between work and play, art and commerce, friends and family. It’s not always easy being independent. In fact, it’s almost never easy. But there’s no other way we’d have it. If you’re living your dream, props to you. Peace.- The Full Sail Crew

AWARDS:
This silver medal winner apparently rocked the judges’ taste buds at the World Beer Championships.

ABV: 5%

Full Sail Wassail

A few unmistakable signs tell us when winter has arrived here in Hood River. The waterfalls in the Gorge start kicking out the jams. The snow report for the backcountry regains its hold over us. And the Wassail starts flowing once again. We’ve brewed Wassail every holiday season since 1988, and it’s now as much a part of the festivities as sharing a roaring fire with our closest family and friends. A deep mahogany color, Wassail is brewed with four different malts and a blend of Pacific Northwest hops, giving it a malty full body and a pleasantly hoppy finish that appeals to both hop and malt lovers alike. In other words, a Christmas miracle.

ABV: 7%

Full Sail Session Black

Premium Dark Lager

Short, Dark, and Drinkable

Our newest member of the family, Session Black, carries the mantra of drinkability into new territory.

Most beers this dark are so heavy-duty, you could eat them with a fork. Session Black, on the other hand, lets you have your dark beer and drink it, too. With just a hint of roasty chocolate character, Session Black is short, dark, and totally drinkable.
At long last, a dark beer that doesn’t drink like a meal.

ABV: 5.4%

Full Sail IPA

The superstar Full Sail IPA is a rich golden amber color with a faint mousse. Herbal soap and buttered golden raisin toast aromas have a dried meat edge. A soft entry leads to a low carbonation light-to-medium body of buttered white toast, honeyed dried citrus peels, and grassy hops finishing with a soft delicate fade with firm but supple herbal and earth hops. A clean, refreshing sensation finishes off this offering well.

ABV 6.8%

Full Sail Amber

In 1989, when we brewed our first batch of Full Sail Amber, not only was it the first Amber ale here in Beer Mecca (aka Oregon)—it was the first craft beer to go into a bottle. Two things became immediately apparent. It wasn’t regular and it sure as heck wasn’t Light. Our Amber is a sweet, malty, medium-bodied ale with a spicy, floral hop finish. It’s brewed with 2-row Pale, Crystal and Chocolate malts with Mt. Hoods and Cascade hops.

ABV 6.1%

Full Sail Pale Ale

When you think of American pale ales, you first think of hops. But Full Sail hasn’t forgotten that all great beers need balance, and to balance hops you need malt. The aroma of this beer reveals its malty base right from the start. Don’t worry – the hops still come through, but they don’t dominate. On the tongue, the rich copper beer has a clean hop flavor that is also balanced by bread-like malt flavors, then the hops and yeast burst into the finish unleashing a palate-full of fruity flavors. Usually, a beer this fruity is also quite filling and dense, but this pale ale is refreshing and clean through the finish.

ABV 5.4%

Full Sail Session

Session is Full Sail’s way of bringing back the pre-Prohibition American Lager. It’s an all-malt Continental Pilsner brewed with American and European hops, so it’s flavorful, refreshing, and has a touch of that import-style taste. (Which, once upon a time, you didn’t have to buy an “import” to get.) Oh, and it comes in a stubby, 11-oz bottle like the one your grandpa used to buy. This seemed appropriate since he was invented back before Prohibition, too. So after your next session (surf, jam, gab, whatever), crack open a Session and drink to the good old new days. Rich old gold color, flax, dried lemon, dough, and slightly soapy aromas follow through to a round, frothy medium body with a lemon-orange custard, nut bread dough, and riverbed fade. A nice, zesty session beer.

ABV 5.0%