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Session Fest
Full Sail Brewing Company
- 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:
- 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
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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Ratings by Bp123:
Rated by Bp123 from California
3.72/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Jun 11, 2015
3.72/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Jun 11, 2015
More User Ratings:
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
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, 2017Bottle 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
Reviewed by Md35 from Washington
4.35/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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, 2017Reviewed by SamuelMiller from Montana
3.24/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
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, 2016Reviewed by Czequershuus from Minnesota
4.19/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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, 2016Reviewed by Skywave from Oklahoma
3.53/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
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, 2016Reviewed 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
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, 2016Hops 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.
Session Fest from Full Sail Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
211 ratings
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