Green Flash Hop Head Red

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Vista, California USA

355 ml bottle. Dark copper colour. Floaties in the botton of the bottle. Medium-sized white head that clings to the glass. Distinct caramelly sweet aroma with a definite grassy hop background. Rich and velvety malty body. Resiny hops. Caramel is there all the way. Not that bitter, as there is a lot of residual sugars. Nice. Very drinkable.

Pours a cloudy amber color with a thin white head that fades rather quick. There are also suspended particles of yeast floating in the beer. It has a very hoppy aroma and full of caramel malt. The flavor is very robust and full of hops and malt. Overall it is very good and full of carbonation and malt and it is constantly biting your palate and mouth.

Sampled at Flying Saucer’s Second Annual Fall Beer Festival in Austin on October 24, 2009. Reddish-amber color, thin soapy head. Hoppy malt aroma. Syrupy amber malt flavor is a bit of a letdown, though, with only a moderate amount of hops and a thick syrupy mouthfeel followed by a light hoppy finish. Very ambery... the style is too obvious.

Pours reddish orange, tan foamy head. Aroma is quite piny, very very hoppy. A bit of malt but hops dominate this aroma. Hoppy, bitter flavour. Again quite piny, grapefruity bitterness and an almost raisiny fruit. The ‘redness’ in this does come through a little bit, but the hops are the main show. And I love it.

Bottle, Goodbar Beer Club. Nose is dank & meaty (?!?) hops, mint, a nice medium caramel maltiness. Flavor is dank, pine, caramel and a hint of chocolate. Fruity dank finish with solid maltiness.

Pours a nice deep murky amber into the glass, with tons of granulated yeasty "floaties". The head is offwhite, 1-finger, dense, diminishing to window-wash lacing. The nose is of big floral and grassy hops. Flavors are excellent, and very similar to their West Coast IPA... some drier pale malt, biscuit flour, light grapefuit/citrus, and tons of dry-hopped Amarillo bitterness. The finish is pine resin and biscuit flour. This is indeed an IPA, albeit red or whatever color (the palate doesn’t lie). IBU’s actually feel a bit stronger than 45 units, but I could be mislead. The mouthfeel is almost chewy/sticky, but cleanses the palate well, and is an accepted quaff. This is a bit complex and strong for a traditional amber ale, but regardless of the categorization, this is indeed a superb offering from Green Flash!

Pours a beautiful brick red with a medium head. Aroma of caramel and citrus hops. Great caramel malt flavor perfectly balanced with crisp bitter hops. An extremely well balanced beer. Excellent!

Pours a nice red amber color. So many floaters it looked like a huge batch of sea monkeys. Little to no head. Aroma is malty and smooth with a hint of hops. Taste is decent with malt and a quick hit of bitterness.