Full Sail Equinox

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Hood River, Oregon USA

Name: Equinox Extra Special Bitter
Date: 10/15/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clean amber, good head, sweet malt aroma with just a touch of hops, very dry smooth malt flavor with just a hint of bitterness
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Date: 06/07/2006
Source: tasting
Score: ii to ii+

hazy amber, whispy frothy head, slightly sweet malt aroma with big floral hops, lightly sweet malt flavor, well balanced, hint of tartness, nice long bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Cloudy golden-amber. Earthy, fruity (peach, pear) aroma. Woody, earthy flavour with light citrus and some dusty yeastiness. Quite bitter but without much complexity.

(22oz bottle) Crystal clear apple juice body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit.floral, light caramel. Taste is medium sweet, pine/grapefruit, light bread. The hops dominate. Light-medium body, some chalk.

(22oz bottle, courtesy of Walt) Pours a clear amber body with a small white head. Aroma of Peeps Easter candy, caramel, and pine. Flavor of caramel malt and mild hops.

Pours a clear copper orange with a large, forthy, and well-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly toasty English malts and lots of earthy, mildly citric English hops. Body starts with a mild grainy earthy maltiness with a touch of lemon rind before a slightly more bitter dull finish. There’s a little too much citrus hop character and not enough sweetness for my liking.

Bottle... Clear, golden ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Herbal, citrusy nose. Leans on the bitter side of balance with notes of grapefruit rind and tangy notes of lemon peel. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Bitter, astringent finish. Thanks to Argo0 for sharing.

Had this at the Horse Brass pub in Portland. Was called Full Sail Brewmaster Reserve Equinox Ale. Clear yellow. No head. An aroma I can only describe as that of gummi-bears. Tastes a little too sweet, too much sugar, with a mild hop profile, and a nice even maltiness. Dry but weak bitter finish.

Bottle: Amber color, thin head, lots of lacing. Nose of tangy malt, underhopped, lightly tart. Not that good. The flavor is thin, no good malt or hop notes, just boring. Light toast or something. Ho-hum.