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Green Flash Barleywine

Green Flash Barleywine

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Vista, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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3553.7/5.03.69/5.0Winter10%66.9 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our American-style Barleywine undergoes a three hour boil to intesify the caramel malts and the enormous Pacific Northwest hop charge. The result is a rich, estery brew with toffee notes and citrus hop flavors layered throughout. Enjoy this brew fresh today or lay it down for aging to see how the flavors of each vintage evolve.

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 thewolf (3392), Kolding, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20

May 6, 2008  
Bottle, bought @ Høkeren, Cph.
Pours clear coppery red with a big frothy yellowish head. Super duration and nice lacing. Aroma is deeply fruity hoppy with some fat toffee thickness behind it. Pine and grapefruit dominates. Lowish carbonation with a great, oily mouthfeel. Flavour is well vinious, lots of chewy caramel malts. Fine, but rather powerful bitterness. Grassy, pine and lightly fruity.


 mar (519), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 25, 2008  
deep ruby pour with a 3 finger cream colored head. dark fruits, caramel and sugar on the nose. great thickness and a good malt flavor with a small hop bitterness in the finish.


 blutt59 (521), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 19, 2008  
bottle, dark orange pour, good creamy head, flavors of caramel , hops and a little oak, sweet finish


 omhper (10145), Stockholm, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 18, 2008  
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.


 Lowe1983 (730), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Pours a darker amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of caramel malts, dark fruits, and some citrus hops. Flavor is sweet at first with caramel and toffee malts. Finishes strong with a little citrus hops and an alcohol warming. Pretty good.


MakeItDrinkIt (50), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Dark amber hue with a medium tan head. Aroma is hoppy (spicy, a little citric), and caramel. The flavor is a big splash of malt and hops at the same time - a little bitter/dry for my tongue, but I bet this will be a fabulous been in another year or so.




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