Full Sail IPA is just a great beer

A quickie post today. It's been a few months since I bought Full Sail IPA. I picked up some last week and was reminded how good it is.

It's bitter and hoppy in that great West Coast way. Drinking it reminds me of my visits to Oregon, where Full Sail is brewed. Plus it's usually less than $8 a six-pack, which is a bargain for beer this good.

And Full Sail is employee-owned, which is also pretty neat.

My notes:

Great hoppy aroma: citrus and herbs. The hoppy aroma carries over to a nicely bitter flavor, this isn't balanced at all, but that's the way I like it. Hop flavors abound, of course, with a nominal amount of malt flavor. It has a nice, slick body with plenty of heft. Easy to drink and pretty easy on the wallet.

This is the best of the Full Sail beers (Amber, Pale Ale, Session Lager) available in Florida on a regular basis. For hopheads, this is a great default beer.

A final note: Full Sail has best-by dates stamped on their bottles, which is a good way to tell if the beer is fresh, this is one beer you don't want to drink when it's old because the hop flavors will mellow. For more information on fresh beer, check out this previous post.