Full Sail has always been the red-headed stepchild of the Portland microbrew movement. Nestled in Hood River, Oregon, this employee owned brewery is about 45 minutes outside of the city. Their core beers suck. Just terrible. Recently, however, Full Sail has redirected their efforts from ales to lagers and it has proven to be a smart business (and brewing) decision. Never buy a Full Sail ale; Always buy a Full Sail lager. In addition to the inexpensive and totally delicious "Session," Full Sail is releasing a limited series in which they roll out different lagers every so often and right now we are on #3: a nice full bodied pilsner. #3 is a good, solid brew but it ends up leaving something to be desired. As far as pilsners go this was pretty good, I guess. But I will probably wait for #4. 3.5 out of 5. Drink it, I guess.
6 comments:
Beer tastes like fancy vomit.
Spoken like a person in world devoid of microbrews.
Spoken like a person that drink whiskey and gin!
Spoken like a person who lives in a trailer.
I agree, that ale is shit, and the sessions is like natural light with a 5 dollar markup. But they're getting better, and the brewery is fancy pants with the food, so props there.
They really have turned their shit around the last few years and started to become a legitimate brewery. They should just ditch the ales.
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