Full Sail Brewing Company has quite a large variety of beers that they brew. I recently went to a tasting of theirs, sampling 6 extremely different beers, which is just a fraction of what they produce. I purchased their Session Black Lager, cousin to their famous Sessions Lager. Being my first black lager I have ever drank, let us see of how this beer stands up.
Sight - They were not joking when they call this black. It has the same color as a double bock, or even Coke! It makes me wonder how this color could be a lager, but we will get to that soon.
Smell - This is defiantly a lager, as the smell reveals this instantly. The malt can be recognized from just opening the bottle. To make this beer 'black' they add more than enough malts to the beer early in the brewing process. This is shown through smell of the beer, as normally malts are hard to find in the smell of a lager.
Taste - One single sip releases malts into your mouth, a very tasty and delightful malt. Even as a 'black' lager, it still is a heavy drink, yet it is sweet as a lager can be. I did find it overwhelming almost as if I was drinking a Coke with a hint of alcohol to it. Yet there was still a bit of bitterness from the hops, reminding you that this is a beer. A good combination that is very easy to drink.
Overall - This is good choice of beer if you are looking for something different, plus it is rather cheap for micro brewery beer. You will not be blow away by this beer, just pleasantly surprised.
3 out of 5 cheers!
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