LTD Series - 03 - Full Sail Brewery & Tasting Room & Pub

DavidST

Texas

3.4/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a clearish light yellow color with a white head. The smells are pretty light, I get some grassy hop smells with some grainy aromas. The body is light. With the taste is get more grainy malts with a slight hop bite, this is clean and probably good for a summer beer, light and crisp, not over done (although this is normal to me for most full sail products which seem to be less aggressive than some of the others).

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2011 19:22:16 | More by DavidST

lsummers

California

2.9/5  rDev -20.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

Pours a hazy straw golden yellow. Thin crisp head that diminishes quickly.

Smells of a pear with nutty malts and cereal.

Taste is a little sub par for the style. Starts with some sweet bread pudding and leads into a more cereal, fruity note. The hops are prominent towards the middle with some pear/pineapple notes. Ends on a nutty creamier note

Mouthfeel is somewhat sharp and smooth. Fairly carbonated.

Overall, this is a decent offering, but nothing to necessarily seek out. It's worth a try if your a fan of Full Sail Brewery, but otherwise it's an average pilsner. There are far more superior selections of the style out there.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 04:20:46 | More by lsummers

BigTrubble

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +9.6%

03-08-2013 00:14:36 | More by BigTrubble

weerezboy

Washington

4/5  rDev +9.6%

03-06-2013 17:26:04 | More by weerezboy

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

02-06-2013 16:25:07 | More by RedneckBeerz

cliff1066

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

01-16-2013 05:38:12 | More by cliff1066

barczar

Kentucky

3.48/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a brilliant golden straw color with a one inch white head that leaves light lacing.

Aroma is slightly sweet and grainy, with floral hops and cracker-like pilsner malt rounding out the profile.

Flavor is a touch fruity and slightly sweet, with light citrus notes of lemon pith accompanying an eventually dry, cracker-like malt character into the lightly bitter, peppery finish. Floral and earthy hops are also present.

Body is moderate, with slightly high carbonation. It's a little grainy.

A little sweet and fruity for the style.

Serving type: bottle

12-19-2012 09:52:19 | More by barczar

Proclarush

Rhode Island

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

12-09-2012 06:37:49 | More by Proclarush

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

4.13/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a light gold color, with a thin white head that fades quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains lager yeast, light caramelized malts and a good amount of hops.

T: The taste starts out with some breadiness from lager yeast and a thin malt character. Then a hops presence that is strong for the style but not over-powering comes in. There’s some mild malt sweetness in the background and a good balance. The after-taste is slightly hoppy and slightly sweet.

M: Smooth and very crisp, light-to-medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.

O: Tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, this is a very nice lighter beer to pound down for a long time.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2012 00:05:40 | More by TheManiacalOne

rangerred

Tennessee

3.03/5  rDev -17%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a slightly hazy straw yellow with a half finger white head. Good carbonation leads to a long lasting head with a minimal bit of lacing.

Aroma is a mix of flowers and steamed vegetables. There is also a solid bready malt base that is very appealing and pilsener-like.

Everything goes wrong on the flavor. It's like eating a huge pile of cooked vegetables. The DMS is off the charts! It overpowers the floral hops and the malt is barely able to sneak through. It becomes about the only thing noticeable about the beer and that is not good. Mouthfeel is very watery with an odd sharp, almost metallic, bitterness.

Overall, not a good effort from Full Sail. I can tell there is possibly a good beer lurking underneath the off flavors but there is too much for it to overcome. One to avoid.

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2012 01:26:48 | More by rangerred

Sakimurano

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

11-24-2012 05:59:57 | More by Sakimurano

UCLABrewN84

California

3.58/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Best by 10/12/12.

Pours a clear light gold with a foamy off-white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy patches of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and a mild herbal hop aroma. Taste is much the same with a mild hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is very drinkable but somewhat unexciting.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2012 06:19:31 | More by UCLABrewN84

Jmick28

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

11-16-2012 00:23:43 | More by Jmick28

MarkyMOD

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

11-14-2012 03:27:37 | More by MarkyMOD

slimntubbs

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -24.7%

11-11-2012 02:17:20 | More by slimntubbs

reynolds2121

3.25/5  rDev -11%

11-07-2012 23:27:32 | More by reynolds2121

dmorgan310

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

11-06-2012 01:40:25 | More by dmorgan310

RhodyNative

California

4/5  rDev +9.6%

10-22-2012 16:16:34 | More by RhodyNative

chriswarren22

Arizona

3/5  rDev -17.8%

10-15-2012 05:17:52 | More by chriswarren22

kojevergas

California

2.6/5  rDev -28.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

12 fl oz brown glass bottle with twist-off pressure cap served into a Uinta brewing glass in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, California. Acquired at a Trader Joe's for somewhere between 1 and 2 dollars. Reviewed live. Expectations are average given the brewery.

Served straight from the refrigerator. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.

A: Pours a four finger beige head of decent cream, decent thickness, and good retention. Colour is a light pale yellow. Transparent and translucent. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. Not extraordinarily vibrant. Pretty standard for the style.

Sm: Dry malts and generic floral hopping - I'd guess saaz or spalt. Straw. Generic barley. An average strength aroma. This is shaping up to be pretty meh.

T: Straw and barley form the foundation, with minimal specialty malts coming through. Background floral hopping is hardly noticeable. Obscenely simple. Boring and bland. Not at all subtle. Very meh.

Mf: Smooth and wet, with some increased coarseness and dryness in the third act. Light. Too thick for the lack of flavour.

Dr: Drinkable but boring and bland. I wouldn't bother with this again. Another mediocre offering from Full Sail. Why brew this? If I wanted affordable pasasable garbage, I'd buy Simpler Times pilsner.

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Serving type: bottle

10-12-2012 06:46:12 | More by kojevergas

t0rin0

California

3.25/5  rDev -11%

10-01-2012 01:40:25 | More by t0rin0

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.8/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a light fizzy head, reinforced by many bubbles rising from the etch at teh bottom, bit of lacing, over brilliantly clear pilsner tan colored beer.

Nose is typical pils, light toasty pilsner malt, little hay, hint of straw, touch of soft lager, just a bit of grassy hops.

Taste has a bit more than the nose, more in the toasty pilsner malt, some straw and light hay, light soft layered lager malt flavors and a crisp lager flavor, touch of sweetness. Light bitterness with some grassy and slightly earthy hops. Finish is dry and crisp, more light grassy and slight herbal hops, bit more lager flavors with light hay.

Mouth is med to lighter bodied, decent carb.

overall not bad, decent pilsner flavors, lighter on the hops but tasty and drinkable, although overall a bit lighter than I expected.

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2012 23:15:53 | More by jlindros

bh123

California

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

09-28-2012 07:14:06 | More by bh123

RoryOMoore

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

09-28-2012 03:54:43 | More by RoryOMoore

Rekrule

Massachusetts

2/5  rDev -45.2%

09-27-2012 14:03:33 | More by Rekrule