Full Sail Nugget Special Red Ale

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

Brewmaster’s Reserve 2007

9/23/2007: Full Sail Nugget Special Red Ale pours a dark, mostly clear amber color. It has a frothy tan head that leaves some slight lacing. The aroma has a distinct caramel maltiness with some hops. The malty flavor has caramel, hints of fruit/apple(?), and hints of chocolate/roasted malt. This medium-bodied beer is smooth on the palate. This is a pretty hoppy amber, that is balanced, but it isn’t anything special...

22 oz bottle (Alc. 6.5% by Vol.) from Haggen Food & Pharmacy in Bellingham, Washington. Rating #82 for this beer...

Draft at Portland spring beer and wine fest. Pours a Red/brown hazy color. 1 finger white head. Not a lot of aroma. Flavor starts off with a lot of toasty caramel mats and finishes with hops. Not a lot of bitterness but a great citrusy fresh hop finish. Somewhat crisp at the end. Will be a really good refreshing summer beer.

Picked up a 22-oz bottle via trade with chriso420 at the Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon. Pours a clear dark golden amber brew with an average off-white head that slowly dissolves to a fine film. Nice lacing. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, toasted oatmeal cookies, with a touch of earthy flower hops. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of sweet caramel malt, citrus zest and an earthy hop bitterness. Finish is dry with a green vegetable aftertaste.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, off white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear dark amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain, cookie), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin, flowers). Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Just another hop-centric brew, but pretty decent in the mouth experience...well balanced and a pleasant texture.

Gorgeous mahogany body topped with a lush head. Fruity hops with bubble gum and punch notes. Little bitterness.

Name: Nugget
Date: 12/15/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

dark amber, wispy beige head, drippy lace, dark caramel malt aroma with floral and earthy hops, sweet caramel malt flavor, well balanced with earthy hops, touch of candy sweetness,
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Date: 02/10/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

more sweetness coming out of the caramel aroma as the hops fade a bit, flavor pretty much unchanged,

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

A dark amber appearance. The aroma consists of toffee, caramel, and faint citrus showing. The flavor is rather malty with some toffee. A little bit of citrus, lemons and oranges, are in there as well. The finish is slightly sour. Overall it was ok.

Very interesting slightly cloudy red brown. Nice head form and formation. Farily fruity with some dark toffee notes. Has a very woody/earthy hops aroma. Fairly dry body with nuttiness, banana, and and mostly crystal malt backdrop with a touch of roasted malt thrown in. Finishes moderately bitter, with a slight bit of astingentness.