Session Fest
Full Sail Brewing Company

Session FestSession Fest
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From:
Full Sail Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Lager
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.67 | pDev: 11.17%
Reviews:
90
Ratings:
211
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 29, 2019
Added:
Sep 30, 2011
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  23
According to Full Sail Executive Brewmaster, Jamie Emmerson, “Session Fest is a Czech-style strong lager called polotmavé or literally “light dark or semi-dark.”
Brewed with 2 Row Pale malt, Munich malt, Caramel malt and Wheat malt, and hopped with a blend of Glaciers and Cascades.

6.2% ABV
26 IBU
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Rated: 3.61 by Kolb from Montana

Apr 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.38 by mmmbeer89 from New Mexico

Mar 15, 2018
 
Rated: 2.66 by matodowd from Oregon

Dec 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.69 by CoryR from Oregon

Nov 20, 2017
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Reviewed by gandres from Philippines

3.77/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Friday, November 17, 2017 9:03 PM
Bottle 11 ounce bottle poured to tulip glass
Sight: dark amber, clear, small tan foam
Smell: fragrant malty Taste: very good, low bitterness
Feel: good carbonation, good follow through, dry finish, sweet bitter aftertaste
Overall: very good beer, ok to repeat but not look for BA RB
Nov 18, 2017
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Reviewed by Md35 from Washington

4.35/5  rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
It's a sweet malty little bottle of winter goodness. I love milky unfiltered wheats, I love (strong/ABV) Stout's. Ironically I can't handle strong hops I.E. IPAs.. I'm a regular guy with a regular mouth. I taste a sweet malt. Medium body. "Chemical" secondary mouth note that finishes with a kiss of hops. I like it but probably won't buy it again.... until next winter. Because I will completely forget that I've had it. Cheers.
Oct 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.34 by MadeInOregon from California

May 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.28 by tubeyes from Texas

Feb 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by MammothTarantula from Colorado

Dec 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Tiernan from Texas

Dec 20, 2016
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Reviewed by SamuelMiller from Montana

3.24/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
The look is a amber brown. The smell is a bit rich for me, not a terrible smell at all but not a smell I want from a beer. The taste is subpar but the feel is quite nice. Full sail tends to do a good job on getting their beers to "pop" in the mouth, but I'm not impressed with the flavor. I can taste the caramel but it doesn't pair with the other flavors as much as I would like. Overall a decent beer that adds a nice variety to a craft pack, but I wouldn't go buy a six pack of just these.
Dec 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by akolb from Colorado

Oct 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.39 by B_B from California

Sep 30, 2016
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Reviewed by Czequershuus from Minnesota

4.19/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This beer pours a rich clear cooper with a large head. The aroma is full of rich malts, with caramel, toffee, musky spice, and earthy and floral hop notes. The flavor offers mild and dry caramel and toffee, with earthy and spicy notes, and a rather dank bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied. Overall this was a really nice beer with full flavored but not overly sweet malts, and a distinctive and appropriate hop character.
Sep 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by karlt from Minnesota

Aug 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.66 by Lavonnq from New Mexico

May 15, 2016
 
Rated: 5 by Metal_N_Brew from Utah

Apr 25, 2016
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Reviewed by Skywave from Oklahoma

3.53/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours out to a rocky white head and copper red color. Not much lace. Aroma is strong Munich malt and not much hops to speak of--what hop there is in the nose is grassy/spicy. Flavor is malty and on the sweet side with peppery hops in the background. Slightly biscuity and nutty. Mouthfeel is light and slightly astringent. Not bad.
Feb 14, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.39/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Red hues, lighter to the edge, good 2/5" white head on it. Aroma had a mix of red malts and grassy hops.

Hops imparted, I'm impressed, usually full sail's new beers are massively geared towards to gateway craft customer, this one wasn't too bad, a little heavy on the alcohol to qualify as a session ale. Mild malt sweetness, its not bad. Not too bad at all.
Feb 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana

3.67/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Very clear tarnished copper, could pass for iced tea. Head is light tan and fluffy, of modest retention. Bread, toffee, light vegetation, faint peppercorn aromas, but all very weak and clean, understandable for a lager. Interesting metallic quality throughout, most prominent up front but arguably increasing, just harder to tease out of the balance as caramel and bread backbone, vegetable broth and strong peppercorn notes enter. Finishes leafy to bean-like and metallic to soapy. Lighter medium-bodied, spritzy and sudsy, very quenching. I think this is the 10th one of these I've had in the last month. Top-tier amber. Especially appreciate its Czech influence, as opposed to being a purely American concoction.
Dec 12, 2015
Session Fest from Full Sail Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 211 ratings