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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
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3803.69/5.03.69/5.0Winter10%66.6 Snifter P  Stats

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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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 LtJudge (355), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20

Mar 2, 2008  
Pours a dark amber color with a off white head. Big floral citrus aromas with aromas of caramel malts. Taste is of sweet malts and maybe a hint of toffee foloowed by a nice big hop blast. Not bad at all! Thanks Ubamartian!

 RunDWP (159), San Jose, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Bottle. Reddish, amber color with a frothy tan head. Lots of sheeting and lacing on the glass. Buttery, sweet toffee aroma. Tastes rather sweet, with a caramel or toffee flavor, with an astringent aftertaste of tea, and hops bitterness. I found this a bit agressive and harsh to drink, despite its strong points.


 kidmartinek (718), austin, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Pours deep amber clear/cloudy. There is a ton of foam on the pour that is light tan in color. It settles to 1 inch frothy head and holds for as long as you need it to. There is little bubbling in the glass. The ale has a strong sweet, enticing barley aroma that you can smell from 18 inches away. Upon closer inspection a nice floral hop aroma is present. The flavor is strong, bready, grassy, malty, alcoholic and incredibly bitter. The mouth feel is rather flat and I coughed after the first sip, and it gives a slight burn on the way down. The finish is "kill you" bitter, and hides under the tongue. Somehow, it spite or despite all of that, its a good brew.


 heemer77 (3667), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Bomber, thanks, theisti. The body was deep amber to copper with a khaki head. The aroma was massively sweet with caramel and apples. The taste was sweet toffee with some apple core. A nice tobacco spice hint. A decent brew.


 Furseth (1142), Kungälv, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Bottle: Cooper red colour, with, creamy head. Aroma of honny, citrus, flowers, and lots of malts. Flavor is malty,viny mouth feeling,medium body and medium malty/alcy fnish Nice


 mmm///beer (540), Austin, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 29, 2008  
2008 vintage 22 oz. bottle served in trappist glass- poured turbid darken amber with red tints, light carbonation, 4mm off white head bubbled away a little too quickly, small groups of foam for lacing. Aroma of a caramel malt and citrus hops. Hits the mouth with a high-medium body, sweetness can be found in the background of a well concealed hopbomb that goes from the start to almost the finish, ends bitterly. Not sure what to make of this one... just seems out of balance to me.




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