Green Flash Hop Head Red

Green Flash Hop Head Red is a cloudy, orangish red ale with particles in it. The off-white head fades to a film and leaves nice lacing. It has a fresh hop aroma, like juicy citrus. It has a medium-light body with low carbonation. It’s a little papery, but pretty smooth. The finish is loose. It’s nice and bitter, with notes of grapefruit peel and orange peel. It’s very top heavy, so I can’t really tell what’s going on with the malt. It’s pretty invigorating.

Poured a red amber color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of toffee, floral hops, Amarillo, dark fruits, pine, light toast, and citrus. Taste of citrus fruits, grass, toast, caramel malts, and a hoppy finish.

Resinous, oily, pine, citrus hops blend well with toffee and caramel malt sweetness in the nose. Opaque burnished copper coloured body is topped by a generous and lasting fine bubbled, off white head that coats the glass with very nice lacing. Pungent and oily, resinous pine and citrus hops with aggressive bitterness in the flavour. Malt sweetness is quite subdued but emerges in the aftertaste before lingering bitterness returns. Medium body with moderate to strong carbonation that engages the tongue and cheeks. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle purchased at Brewery Creek in Jan-09.

Oh, you hoppy, amber bastard. Amber beers are not supposed to be like this, though I don’t agree that the overwhelming IBUs "ruins" anything. The beer is simply an amber striving to be an IPA. It has a nice, foamy head on the pour. Scents of molasses, pine, herbs de provence and resin on the nose. I whole lot of hoppy stuff - pine sap, pine needles, uh, other piney things - in the flavor. Great for hop heads...uh, that is probably why it has this particular name.

Tap at Ritual. Both super red and super hoppy, which somehow ruins both. Malts are dominant and dark and are paired with very bright hops, so the flavor kind of has a very sharp top and a very solid finish with no gradient in the middle.

A- Pours a clear, deep amber hue with 2 fingers of creamy, off white head with good retention, tiny effervescent bubbles, excellent lacing on glass S- Nose is of citrus and pine resin hops with equally strong caramel malts, very minimal esters T- Initial taste is dominated by high hop flavor (grapefruit, pine), sweet malts followed by caramel flavor, hop bitterness in the finish M- Medium-bodied, carbonation feels slightly high, smooth hoppy finish with slight alcohol warmth D- Wow, this is one of my new favorite reds. Definitely more hoppy than most other red ales, it is still quite balanced and the abv (i am guessing around 5%?) is well-masked

On tap at the brewery. Pours a deep red color, as advertised, with a beige head. Smells a lot like an IPA, with plenty of floral hops and citrus. tastes much the same, with a nice malt profile to balance out the bitterness of the hops. Not bad at all.

APPEARANCE: Pours a hazy copper color with a medium size tan head that dissipates at slowly. Lots of sticky lacing. SMELL: Big hops aroma (pine and citrusy grapefruit). Sweet caramel comes through too. TASTE: Taste similar to aroma with hops the predominant flavor. This is balanced with some toasty malts and caramel sweetness. Finishes with grapefruit bitterness that lasts awhile. MOUTHFEEL Medium to full body with slightly syrupy texture and then finishes dry. Soft carbonation. DRINKABILITY: Big flavorful hoppy beer that has enough sweetness to give it nice drinkability. The only drawback is the long lasting bitter finish that keeps it from becoming a session beer. NOTES: BBCSD-0812