Green Flash Barleywine

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 50cl. @ home.
[ Vintage 2008 ]. Clear medium to dark orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, dry fruity, raisin, prune, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft. [20090113]

A hazy dark amber beer with a nice thick orange head, that leaves slight lazes on the glass. The flavor is sweet with lots of hops and lots of caramel. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of caramel and hops, the hops giving it a good bitter end. Nice, but closer to an Imperial IPA than a Barley Wine IMO.

(Bottle 65 cl) Pours a clear orangey brown with a creamy, yellowish head. Very caramellish nose. Full-bodied with lots of caramel and a vague burned edge. Pehaps a note of vanilla. Marked bitter finish, but it’s a somewhat blurred, not distinct and crisp, hop profile. 220406

UPDATED: AUG 6, 2008 22 fl oz bottle. Pours slight cloudy and dark orange/amber with a lacing off-white and creamy head. Aroma is solid hops and malt, light alcohol note. Flavour is quite hoppy, light woody and with a mild liqourice like note. Warming alcohol finish with a solid hops bitterness yet with a persisting hops oily flavour. Solid barleywine that is a nice blend between IIPA and barley wine.7-4-7-4-15=3.7

As 2nd Anniversary Ale. 22 fl oz bottle. 3816/6000. Pours hazy and deep orange with a lacing tan head. Aroma dense hoppy too. Smooth and light woody flavour with a solid bitterness and smooth woody finish. Dry and smooth finish. 8-4-8-5-15=4.0

Bottled. Deep rubyish amber, mediumsized pinkish white head. Aroma is alcohol, raisins, plum, vanilla and wood. Flavour is quite much the same. Nicely balanced.

Bottled, thanks Crosling! Hazy ruby, small head. Aroma of juicy lychee and grapefruit. Sure, it’s malty, but it’s dominated by juicy fresh citric hops. The carmelly malt is a mere excuse for the 10%. The hoppy lychee flavours later turns into long powerful bitterness. Certianly not the most complex barley wine, but very good.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a huge off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, dried fruits, hops and pine needles. Flavour of malts, caramel, hops and pine needles.

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2011 2011-07-06, bottle, vintage 2008, 3 years old, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Beautiful dark amber color; medium sized creamy head. The deep malt aroma start having an intriguing phenolic vein. Although still powerful, the body seems to get thinner, which may improve the drinkability; there is a quite strong flavor of caramel with a side of roasted nuts; the sweetness is moderate; there may be some indirect signs of age, but not much oxidisation; quite strong bitterness, although the hop character is somehow lost; the final also portrays some roasted nuts.
Still very enjoyable, well balanced instead of the bomb it used to be; probably easier to drink so.

2008-02-20, 8-5-9-5-18=45
Beautiful hazy red dark amber color, with a creamy head. Nutty and sweet caramel dominates this beer; the aroma has also a resiny hop and traces of phenol and bitter almonds. It’s full bodied, sweet and extremely bitter, with rhubarb candies, evident resins and bitter almonds. Very long final, satisfying every desire for malt and hop.
Out of my memory, I associate it to Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. Overall is powerful and well balanced, the kind of beer that I need.

2006-04-30, as 2nd Anniversary Ale, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Hazy dark brown color; creamy head. Malty aroma, some aromatic hop, light fruits, light phenol, light pine needles. Strongest malt taste, sweet caramel, strong hoppiness with some resins and light grapefruit. Not really elegant, but very good.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Name: 2nd Anniversary Ale
Date: 04/29/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Dark Lord Day, 2005

Appearance: dark amber
Aroma: sweet malt aroma
Flavor: big hoppy malt flavor, well balanced, touch of sweetness, earthy hop character, nice bitter finish, slightly fumey, very nice
-------- /> Name: 2nd Anniversary Ale
Date: 11/28/2005
Source: tasting

ditto
-------- /> Name: 2nd Anniversary Ale
Date: 04/29/2006

over the hill, hops are subdued, malt has dried too much, turned into a muddy mess

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 04/28/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Dark Lord Day, 2007
Vintage: 2007

Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy beige head,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of earthy hops,
Flavor: hot caramel malt flavor, lots of balancing hop flavor leads to a long and very bitter finish,
Overall: over the top with the bitterness and needs age

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4
-------- /> Date: 09/06/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2008

Appearance: hazy orange, wispy beige head, bits of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with caramel sweetness and a touch of citrus,
Flavor: lots of sweet fruity flavor, sweet crystal malt, lots of floral and citrus hops, good balancing bitterness leads to a long bitter finish,
Overall: more of a double IPA

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Red brown with tiny head. Sweet aroma with fruity and hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel and hops. Yummi.