Session Lager
Full Sail Brewing Company
- From:
- Full Sail Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #222 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #64,180 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 14.29%
- Reviews:
- 500
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2025
- Added:
- May 18, 2005
- Wants:
- 82
- Gots:
- 239
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
The original Session that started it all is a classic, all-malt lager that’s crisp, smooth, and refreshing. Winner of multiple gold medals at the top national and international competitions, Session Premium Lager is a beer that truly crosses boundaries, from blue collar to white, red state to blue, cocktail bar to bar-be-que.
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.53/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear, golden color. Big, white head.Aroma of grain, grass, and malt . Malt and grain dominate in taste. Mild, hoppy bitterness at the end. Fair lager.
Mar 02, 2025Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
3.42/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
This an inexpensive beer that has a good taste for the money. It's nothing special, but a good go to if you can't find anything else. It is a bit better than the mass market beers, but that's not saying much. Rated 2-25-2021 18 IBUs
Feb 01, 2025
Reviewed by ATL6245 from Georgia
3.69/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Clear pale gold, fluffy white head with moderate retention.
Aroma: Grainy, spicy, floral.
Flavor: Grainy, spicy, floral. Restrained bitterness. Drying.
Mouthfeel: Semi-dry, low carbonation, short clean finish.
Overall: Good "everyday" beer. Low on bitterness but enough for some balance. Low but pleasant aroma and flavor. Quite sessionable (as the name suggests)! Crisp, clean lager finish.
Dec 08, 2024Aroma: Grainy, spicy, floral.
Flavor: Grainy, spicy, floral. Restrained bitterness. Drying.
Mouthfeel: Semi-dry, low carbonation, short clean finish.
Overall: Good "everyday" beer. Low on bitterness but enough for some balance. Low but pleasant aroma and flavor. Quite sessionable (as the name suggests)! Crisp, clean lager finish.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.48/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
crazy ive never written about this one before, certainly drank my share. its not bad for the price, better than a lot of the macro stuff in this space, a little full bodied by some standards maybe, and certainly not completely dry, but compare to like a coors banquet or something, its in that range, maybe corn based with a little grainy sweetness in the center, no flavor hardly at all from the lager yeast either, but i dont really miss it. it almost is more about rate of consumption than enjoyment, especially when its good and frosty, each sip just wets the whistle and goes away fast enough, thirst quenching without being boring or bland. no much happening on the hop side, but it does have an almost mexican lager vibe, that yeast maybe or some noble hop in the background, simple beer really, but pretty solidly done. not going to change the world, but after hockey in the locker room with the boys, this is a pretty easy one to ease the pain. unexciting but not half bad either, although i definitely prefer some of the other beers in this line...
Mar 21, 2022
Rated by odannyob from Colorado
3.92/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
SOLID.
Jan 27, 2022
Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon
3.64/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Look: Semi-clear deep yellow in color with a good head quickly forming and retreating just as fast
Aroma: Freshly baked bread, malted barley, some damp straw, and more grainy notes
Taste: Follows nose well but more pronounced. Lots of malt/grain notes through and through and honestly, though I know they are there, the hops are squarely in the background and only felt in the lack of any unbalanced malt sweetness
Mouthfeel: Solid. Medium carbonation, full-bodied, not at all thin or watery, and very crisp and clean on the finish
Overall: A tasty no-nonsense American lager here. This has been a warm weather or sessionable beer for me for over a decade and honestly, I usually don’t have a fresh palate when cracking one open so very interesting that to me, this is very malt-forward. Well priced, easy to find, and tasty – can’t beat it
Aug 28, 2020Aroma: Freshly baked bread, malted barley, some damp straw, and more grainy notes
Taste: Follows nose well but more pronounced. Lots of malt/grain notes through and through and honestly, though I know they are there, the hops are squarely in the background and only felt in the lack of any unbalanced malt sweetness
Mouthfeel: Solid. Medium carbonation, full-bodied, not at all thin or watery, and very crisp and clean on the finish
Overall: A tasty no-nonsense American lager here. This has been a warm weather or sessionable beer for me for over a decade and honestly, I usually don’t have a fresh palate when cracking one open so very interesting that to me, this is very malt-forward. Well priced, easy to find, and tasty – can’t beat it
Reviewed by Mister_Faucher from Washington
3.52/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A regular offering at summer bbqs up here in the PacNW.
If poured in to a glass, honey colored, modest off-white head, light lacing. Active carbonation as it sits.
Smell is grainy/bready malts, light fruity notes and a bit of grassy hops.
Taste is much of the same, really light though.
Watery and pretty crisp, carbonation is on the heavier end.
Not bad, not great. If you opt not to have this you're not missing out on anything. Fairly priced though.
Feb 28, 2020If poured in to a glass, honey colored, modest off-white head, light lacing. Active carbonation as it sits.
Smell is grainy/bready malts, light fruity notes and a bit of grassy hops.
Taste is much of the same, really light though.
Watery and pretty crisp, carbonation is on the heavier end.
Not bad, not great. If you opt not to have this you're not missing out on anything. Fairly priced though.
Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
3.51/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
(12 oz bottle, packaged 07/09/19; purchased single off shelf... poured into 14 oz mug)
L: polished-clear, pale yellow-amber liquid; tall head on pour, breaks down quick... lousy, spitty collar left for a sec; bubbles all but disappear after a bit
S: pale malt with a kiss of toasty caramel-y grain; subtle essence of floral, soapy hop fragrance; overall intensity low-moderate
T: bit more semi-sweetish, burly maltiness on the palate compared to degree suggested in aroma; golden bread roll crust aftertaste, along with a very subtle spicy-grassy hop bitterness; semi-dry finish... it actually creeps into malt liquor territory, with the wheat giving it that extra little doughy umph missing from an adjunct brew
F: bit of a slow plush roll to its flow; delicate back-end sizzle, latent gas... faint sense of residual viscosity preventing this from feeling thin
O: maybe only had this once or twice almost a decade ago; was surprised to still see it around here in NJ... all branding - not bad, not great... no need to put this in a glass, tailor-made for bottle (or can) swillin' (1540)
Oct 04, 2019L: polished-clear, pale yellow-amber liquid; tall head on pour, breaks down quick... lousy, spitty collar left for a sec; bubbles all but disappear after a bit
S: pale malt with a kiss of toasty caramel-y grain; subtle essence of floral, soapy hop fragrance; overall intensity low-moderate
T: bit more semi-sweetish, burly maltiness on the palate compared to degree suggested in aroma; golden bread roll crust aftertaste, along with a very subtle spicy-grassy hop bitterness; semi-dry finish... it actually creeps into malt liquor territory, with the wheat giving it that extra little doughy umph missing from an adjunct brew
F: bit of a slow plush roll to its flow; delicate back-end sizzle, latent gas... faint sense of residual viscosity preventing this from feeling thin
O: maybe only had this once or twice almost a decade ago; was surprised to still see it around here in NJ... all branding - not bad, not great... no need to put this in a glass, tailor-made for bottle (or can) swillin' (1540)
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