Full Sail Limited Edition Lager (LTD 02)

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

Name: LTD 02
Date: May 05, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!
Appearance: clear dark gold, scant head, drops of lace
Aroma: strong sweet corn aroma
Body: big body
Flavor: lots of malty sweetness, light balancing bitterness, touch of corn, light bready character
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

aroma of sweet malt~nice copper pour~very sweet malty taste could really use more hops for balance

This premium lager pours a deep orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is orange and malty with a touch of hops. A medium to light bodied lager. The malts are fruity and sweet, lots of orange flavors. The hops are citrusy and a touch spicy. The lively carbonation helps cut the graininess and orange-ness of this beer. Not bad really, just kind of too citrusy. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

28-Aug-07 (12 oz bottle: $7.49/six-pack at BevMo in La Jolla, CA) Gorgeous copper color has a very slight haze, but not enough to interfere with the visual attractiveness of the dozens of streams of slowly rising carbonation bubbles. Creamy, rocky, off-white head rises to an inch and a half in height and settles at a very slow rate. Sweet flavors of caramel, honey and grain set a very solid malt base and are mostly balanced by an overall British hop character. This sweet, initial flavor also has a generally fruity tone. Slight lemony tartness in the evolution aids in breaking up the sweetness a bit. The beer finishes with a distinctively British nutty and buttery flavor, plus a spicy, grassy hop bite. Body is medium, and the medium carbonation has a soft mouthfeel, but the palate isn’t especially clean or crisp. Overall, this is quite a complex and interesting beer that would be lost with mindless quaffing. But while I can appreciate the journey this beer takes me on with each sip, I don’t find the beer’s flavor all that enjoyable, so future purchases of LTD 02 are highly unlikely.

Not much on the nose but it has a nice sweet/malty taste. Nice even carbonation and good mouthfeel. A little hoppier than most lagers but that is just fine with me.

At Hops in Humboldt 2007 in Fortuna, CA this poured a clear golden amber with a nice fat off-white head and big lacing rings. Very attractive. Nose is spicy hops and light malts with a hint of alcohol showing. Medium body and very smooth. Flavors are caramel, citrus hops, and are in good balance. Nice bitter finish. Very nice to drink.

Light amber color, with a very thin white head. Aroma is a light caramel and alcohol, without much else showing. Taste is light caramel with a fruit aspect in the background, light alcohol and pale malts. It’s alright.

(Bottle) Pours a copper color with a lasting white head. This beer seems to be a simple mix of light malts and crisp hops. Some nutty notes with grass and sugar in the aftertaste. Definitely an interesting mix of ingredients. Could have been a little bit less sweet, with more hops in the finish. Overall not too bad though.