Full Sail Half Pipe Porter

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Hood River, Oregon USA

A nice, drinkable Porter. Thinly carbonated, light flavor for a porter, slight coffee taste. Leaves a slight bitter aftertaste. Not a robust, get your attention type of stout, but tastes very nice.

Ruby brown, it looks pretty clear. Candy-like aroma (not in a bad way), fizzy, wussy, but OK as a lawn-mower porter.

Pours very dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of walnuts and a little roasted malt. No chocolate in the aroma or flavor. Kind of thinly carbonated. Thin body as well. Okay but nothing special.

Very dark ruby hints with a foamy beige head out of the 12 oz. bottle. Faint grain nose. Sweet caramel malt flavors with some hints of something roasted. Not complex but very drinkable. Thanks to tannertavernboys for the bottle.

Bottle: pours dark brown with head diminishing too quickly for my tastes. Thin mouthfeel, could pass for a swartz. As long as the price is decent it is worth while as a session beer.

Easy tan head. Dark body with hints of red. It was smooth and felt fuller in the mouth but light. It wasn’t thin. Weaker flavors noticed as chocolate(not dark) and coffee. Sweetish. Finish was slightly bitter, a bit dry and light coffee. Easy to drink and simple. Worth having another one at a later date.

This was a gift from my brother-in-law stationed in Seattle WA, Air Force. Deep ruby black. No head but it would be a nice tan. Smells sweet like oatmeal, perhaps some raisin/prune, malt, chocolate. Bitter and very dry, some coffee flavor, nice and smooth. Nice microbrew, and a good porter.

Draught: Nutty brown color with a light brown head. Aroma has a hint of coffee and some bitter nutty malts. Thin palate and a strange lactic sourness. The least of the offerings on tap at the Full Sail tasting room.