4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 19/20From a 650ml bottle on 12/7/2012. Pours a fairly clear dark golden with a biggish fluffy head. Has an exquisite, heavy floral aroma featuring lychee, passionfruit, pineapple and grapefruit, against a light caramel background. This is a hop bomb flavour wise, with an extreme, lingering grapefruity, resiny bitterness the defining element (the listed IBU rings true). But there’s lots of lovely sweetness in there as well, with orange marmalade, apricot, honey and caramel all in the mix. The texture is slightly creamy. A huge, complex, wonderful balanced imperial IPA. Green Flash beers truly rock.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours a hazy deep orange with a thick white head. Aroma of light fruits, grassy hops, spicy hops, caramel malt. Flavor of rich sweet malt with big juicy citrus hops. Pretty much what I expect from a IIPA- big malt and hops. Not too sweet luckily but it is a bruiser.
8/4/8/4/14 (3.8/5)
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Good strong stuff. Aroma is of hops. Period. Nice amber/copper color with a small head. Average palate with good carbonation and crisp finish. This was very well balanced and not the hop soup I was expecting. The malts blended well and made this drinkable. It’s not the best Imperial IPA I’ve had but its near the top. If hops are what drives you, here’s one to definitely not pass up.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle from Premier Gourmet. Bright and clear bubbly amber-orange with a large, foamy beige lasting head. DIPA - yep: citrus zest, alcohol, dry, light resin - good. Taste follows- this is a big sucker, but it takes its time assaulting the palate - initially, nah, but breathe in and let the oxygen supercharge the hop acids - oh yeah! good stuff. light of body, slick, astringent, only lightly carbonated, but what a long borderline boozy bitter palate-coating finish. This thing has just a light malt backbone - it’s all about the bitterness and alcohol. Well done, you hit your mark.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle. Amber with small head. Very appropriately named. Huge, over the top hop bitterness. Ever so slightly balanced by some light malt, but definitely a hop bomb. Quite excellent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
It's a bitter IPA. Good if that's your thing although doesn't last on the palate as long as Ruination or others.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. Resiny pine and very bitter with a hint of tropical fruit. Decently strong caramel malt backbone. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark gold with fluffy white head. Big piney aroma, caramel, some fruit. Taste is resin, pine, sweet caramel, huge bitterness with a long piney finish. Something slightly unpleasant at the very finish but overall really good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Fat Bob’s in Buffalo, NY. Poured a dark reddish-brown, very dry, hoppy. A little bit of pine-ness, but not too deep on the flavor otherwise. Just a very strong powerful beer, I think.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Yes, it IS a palate wrecker, but , because of the malt it doesn’t seem as testicular as you might think. Conifer predominates, with a bit of citrus and forest floor funk backing it up.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
no palate wrecking here... just a great imperial IPA. Green Flash in fine form. great malt body dominated by hops. boom
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