LTD Series - 05 - Full Sail Brewery & Tasting Room & Pub

Hoptometrist

Oregon

4.3/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Served from the bottle into a pilsner glass

A- Poured a very rich and dark mahogany red. Very clear, big fluffy white head that left splashy lace

S- Rich toffee, caramel, bready, chocolate, and mineral notes. Some cereal notes.

T- Rich toffee, caramel, fruity red malt character, quite bready, big mineral notes, and some chocolate and cereal malt notes.

M- High carbonation, very smooth, mostly dry finish

O- A very complex and rich tasting vienna lager. This is the best of the style that I have ever had, really great beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 01:55:23 | More by Hoptometrist

MadScientist

New York

4.03/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: a medium-light copper beer with excellent clarity. An agressive pour gives about a finger of creamy, off-white with a decent retention time.

S: Rich malt aroma that has a some bready character and a moderate spicy, Saaz hops aroma. A clean lager without fruitiness, diacetyl or DMS.

T: A very flavorful lager with a balanced, moderate malt and hops flavors. The hops are spicy and the bitterness is at a moderatly light level. The balance is even. The finish is dry with a hops flavor in the aftertaste.

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a bit crisp.

O: A very flavorful lager with the flavor of malt, spicy hops and hops bitterness all balanced.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2012 23:27:47 | More by MadScientist

rangerred

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a clear dark brownish-red with a one finger tan head that fades rather quickly leaving very little in the way of lacing.

Aroma of toffee and caramel along with noble hops. There is also some toast and nuttiness.

Flavor has caramel and nuts up front nicely complimented by spicy hops. Toffee and caramel in the background along with a little bit of toast. Moderate bitterness with a little bit of a creamy mouthfeel. Clean finish with just the smallest amount of stickyness.

Overall, a tasty lager but not one that really stands out from the pack. Really reminded me of SA Boston Lager. I would pick it up again if I saw it.

Serving type: bottle

10-16-2012 22:31:23 | More by rangerred

mjurney

Texas

3.95/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Look:
Deep amber color, clear. Lots of fine carbonation rising to the top. Thick frothy head that disappear slowly. Leaves a nice lacing behind.

Smell:
Malty, caramel, crisp, hint of earthy.

Taste:
Malty up front. I'm getting caramel and toasted malts mostly. Slight bitterness along with earthy-herbal hops. Crisp finish. Medium-light bodied, carbonation is nice.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2012 23:15:10 | More by mjurney

twiggamortis420

Texas

4.1/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle pours a clear copper color with a moderate cap of off-white head. Retention is ok and lacing fairly good.

Nose is nice, nutty chocolate with a little bit of toast. Malts are offset by a clean floral hop aroma. I like this one already.

I like the malt profile on this one quite a bit...just enough sweetness on a cocoa, hazelnut, caramel flavor. Kiss of leafy hops add the right amount of bitterness. Mouthfeel is decent with an appropriate carbonation. This is my favorite in the LTD series since the very first one. It is kind of somewhere in between a dunkel and an amber lager. I wish I would have found this one earlier in the summer, I would’ve bought it on more than one occasion, that’s for sure.

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2012 19:13:22 | More by twiggamortis420

Brenden

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

This beer is a rich, clear brown with a deep red-orange hue with a light tan head that struggles to grow, fizzles to a respectable foam then disappears, leaving just enough spotty lacing for an average appearance.
This beer has what seems to approach a doppelbock profile, sweetness leaning toward molasses without quite the same flavor as well as something almost like anise or licorice. Otherwise it's a mix of toasty and fruity with a bit of barley, making me imagine even a bit of meatiness in the flavor. The caramel malts are evident as well as something a touch dry, and there's an underlying nuttiness the whole way.
I expect this beer to be light and crisp, but this beer is too spritzy and lacks smoothness. It's not bad, per se, and the smoothness does come in with the carbonation after the bite of the fizziness backs off a little, but it's still too much.

Serving type: bottle

09-26-2012 15:17:19 | More by Brenden

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I'll step outside of the great Utah Brew Hunt for this one. Have no fear, I'll be back on track very soon. Most likely within a few hours.

This beer strikes me as muddled and uninteresting. It's kind of just "there." Nothing really inspiring or, sorry to say, interesting going on here. It's a beer. Amber lager, yeah great. Blah blah. Snoozer.

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2012 20:30:41 | More by RblWthACoz

zeff80

Missouri

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Poured out a clear, burgundy color with a one-finger, white head of bubbly foam. It left thin rings of lace on the glass.

S -It smelled malty with some caramel and toffee. Slightly floral notes.

T - It tasted malty and toasty with some sweet caramel. Slight bitter hopping.

M - It was crisp, sharp and smooth. A light to medium bodied lager with a clean finish.

O - This was an okay red lager. Nothing too exciting but it is very sessionable.

Serving type: bottle

08-29-2012 01:29:40 | More by zeff80

barczar

Kentucky

3.28/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear, deep amber color with a frothy cream head that dissipates fairly quickly from one inch to a small pool of foam.

Citrus hop, a bit of earthiness, and pine resin lead the aroma, with substantial caramel malt, slightly toasted/nutty accompanying.

Flavor is very cola-like, with caramel, a bit of clove, and pepper forming the backbone. Slight hints of grapefruit are overtaken by floral hops. There's a bit of medicinal phenols at the finish. The aftertaste is almost fruity, and slightly bitter.

Body is moderate, with high carbonation, a touch of astringency, and significant alcohol warmth.

Overall, the aroma promised more than the flavor delivered. A bit cloyingly sweet and lacking hop presence in the flavor.

Serving type: bottle

07-12-2012 05:30:12 | More by barczar

Mora2000

Texas

3.58/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Cavie for sharing this bottle.

The beer pours a yellow-orange color with a white head. The aroma is heavy on the grain and grass, with not too much else going on. The flavor is similar. The toffee and grain notes really stand out, with some grass from the hops thrown in. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

07-07-2012 03:37:25 | More by Mora2000

metter98

New York

3.58/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: The beer is clear reddish amber in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half finger high dense beige head that died down but consistently left a thin head covering the surface.
S: There are aromas of toasted malts in the nose along with some hints of floral hops.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste has flavors of toasted malts along with a light amount of bitterness. Some hints of caramel also become noticeable as the beer warms up.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied and somewhat smooth on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is quite malty but is rather easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2012 23:08:26 | More by metter98

hosehead83

Ohio

3.88/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a standard pint glass.
Dark, clear copper color,moderate off-white head of foam
Aroma-Bread/pilsner malt,floral hop note
Taste-Toasted malt,spiciness, caramel. Smooth, flavorfull, and sessionable. A good "crossover" craft brew. A "pre-prohibition" style lager that would go great with a couple og grilled hot dogs.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2012 15:42:18 | More by hosehead83

DavidST

Texas

3.03/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a tulip / fluted glass. This pours a dark amberish brown with a short lived off white head. The smells are of light crisp malts not any real hop presence. The feel is medium to light. The taste is okay, not real strong, a little nutty, light hops, didn't convert me to lagers that's for sure.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2012 03:38:36 | More by DavidST

denver10

Colorado

3.1/5  rDev -15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

So...a beer to convert amber ale fans towards a lager? Hmm, I tend to have more interest in checking out Ambers than I actually enjoy them and maybe that curiosity got me with this one.

Pours a cola looking brown with an amber hue. Slight brown head as it poured but by the time I put the cup down there was no head to speak of. A very sweet, sugar candy aroma with some brown sugar and a hit of hay that I associate with lager. Flavor starts off sweet with some brown sugar and candy, a little lager yeast comes in mid stream, and it closes out with the sugary sweetness with some herbs. A little too sweet for me in general. Thinnish to medium bodied bodied. Overall, meh.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2012 00:01:57 | More by denver10

TheSixthRing

California

3.3/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Appearance - Pours amber with a reddish tinge. Head is a good finger with average retention. Resulting lace is sparse.

Smell - Really herbal aroma, can't quite pinpoint it... close to chamomile. Not really liking it. A faint whiff of cocoa.

Taste - Follows the nose. Herbal, chamomile qualities, faint hint of cocoa. Slight bitterness. Finishes as it starts, with a decent fade.

Mouthfeel - Light in body. Tingly carbonation.

Overall - Decent beer. Not really digging the herbal qualities presented here. Drinkable, but I probably won't buy again.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2012 03:34:02 | More by TheSixthRing

UCLABrewN84

California

3.55/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Best by 9/9/12.

Pours a clear dark amber/copper with a 1/2 inch foamy tan head that settles to an oily film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, and some herbal hop aromas. Taste is of malt, slight caramel, and an interesting earthy, herbal hop flavor on the finish. There is a mild bitterness on the palate after each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a very crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a nice mouthfeel but probably not something I would go after again.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2012 03:09:52 | More by UCLABrewN84

Luigi

North Carolina

3.93/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours out a deep copper/light ruby color with a two finger bubbly. The head settles down to a decent blanket on top of the lager, yet retains through out the life of the beer.

The aroma is grassy with spicy hops and and gives off hints of caramel, and toasted malt.

The taste is a great balance between the spicy hop and soft bread malt. Hints of caramel are present, but no flavor is in your face.

Medium/light bodied and moderately carbonated. Has slightly dry finish with a mild bitterness.

This is amber lager is very easy to drink. And is one of the few dark beers that is great for the summer time. Very refreshing, crisp, and very easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2012 02:48:20 | More by Luigi

intensify

Colorado

3.7/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a copper colored body. Head didnt hold up for too long and lacing was poor.

S- biscuit, caramel, honey and a hint of hops and malts.
T- bready and malty. Reminds me of fresh rye bread. Also, caramel makes a strong presence with hops balancing everything out and to add to the character.
M- medium bodied and a slight oily finish. The carbonation is on the easy side making this beer very drinkable.

A solid brew for Full Sail. One of there better ones.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2012 00:56:12 | More by intensify

oberon

North Carolina

4.03/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a becker a full rich deep bronze color with a well defined sticky 1/2 finger off white head,what great color and clarity.Alot of German malty goodness in the nose with toasty bread and a bit of iron to go with sweetish caramel.Crisp toasty bread on the palate with mild caramel sweetness in the finish,a smattering of leafy hops as well.This is a great amber lager,to me it has a little marzen in it with crisp bready malt,and iron/mineral notes.A great lager,this should be much higher rated in my humble opinion.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2012 21:18:15 | More by oberon

RoyalT

Ohio

3.53/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance - This is brown in color with a puffy, white head that came up on an easy pour.

Smell - There's a musty smell, and I mean that in a bad way, a little like stale air and the malt is light, like faint caramel.

Taste - The malt is much bigger at the taste. It is somewhat toasty and again loaded with caramel.

Mouthfeel - This is a tick past medium-bodied, perfect for the style, with subdued carbonation and a very creamy feel.

Drinkability - The wonderful texture of this ale made it worth drinking.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2012 02:41:12 | More by RoyalT

snaotheus

Washington

4/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a pint glass

Pours a nice coppery color, clear, with a good size pale tan head. Lots of carbonation. Smell is lagery yeast with some nice caramel malts.

Taste is a pleasant round maltiness with a little roasty bitterness and a mild lagery aftertaste.

Mouthfeel is full and pleasant. Overall, not bad at all.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2012 20:48:00 | More by snaotheus

beergoot

Colorado

3.23/5  rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Nice copper-red color; thin white head.

Caramel malt notes mixed in with a fairly floral hop smell. Light, roasted grains.

Pretty mundane taste. Not much malt character, but the hop bitterness is there, along with a slightly astringent aftertaste.

Light body, smooth and crisp.

A so-so lager offering. Not bad, but really wound up lacking with any distinctive malt flavors. Sure, I'd drink it again, but wouldn't hesitate to pass it up for a more flavorful alternative.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2012 23:49:38 | More by beergoot

LiquidAmber

Washington

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a nice medium red-orange amber. Light off white head and a bit of lacing. Looks nice. Mild, slightly sour sweet malt and wheat aroma, hint of grain. Light spicy hop finish. Light bodied and very subdued flavor. Light malt, nuts, light fruit. Tastes like a decent lager that has been somewhat watered down. The taste that is there is pleasant, but faded. Might do in a pinch.

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2012 22:27:11 | More by LiquidAmber

paulginva

Virginia

3.58/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

APPEARANCE: This beer, poured from a bottle into a pint glass, produced a light tan foamy 1/2" head that dissipated quickly leaving thin head lacing. Carbonation was soft in a clear amber body.

AROMA: Moderate grainy bread with very light herb and floral hop notes.

TASTE: Malts again -- bread, a light nutty taste and a bit of chocolate together with very light citrus and floral notes. Also, a bit of alcohol warmth.

MOUTHFEEL: This beer has a light body with a slightly oily texture, soft carbonation and thin body lacing that dissipates rapidly. The initial flavor is moderately sweet with a lighter sweetly dry finish that lasted for a moderate length of time.

DRINKABILITY: This beer is definitely repeatable and easily drinkable, particularly on a hot day. It reminds me somewhat of Magic Hat Vinyl. It provides good value for the cost and I'd probably buy it again but wouldn't necessarily seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2012 00:13:57 | More by paulginva

obywan59

Virginia

3.53/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer is a crystal clear coppery or orange/amber in color with a light tan 1 1/2 finger head that recedes quickly leaving copious lacing.

The smell is of nutty toasted malt and tart lemony citrus.

The flavor of sweet malts hits me first, followed some yeastiness on the swallow with tart citrus and light bitterness in the end.

The mouthfeel is peppery and light syrup coats the mouth. The beer is medium to medium-thick bodied and warms a bit in the throat. It's a bit drying.

This is a pretty good beer, especially after it warms up. I could have downed a couple more, but this was part of a mixed 6-pack.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2012 03:24:04 | More by obywan59