Green Flash Hop Head Red

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

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

Pours an awesome red color with a beige head. Floral hoppy aroma, along with some sweet malt. This basically tastes like a well-done west coast IPA along with the malt character you expect from an amber ale. Nice satisfying citrusy finish with medium-to-full mouthfeel for the style. I’m starting to like these Green Flash guys.

Ruby red, strongly hopped with a taste of malt still poking through. Great aroma. A well balanced hoppy beer.

very nice cloudy ruby pour with a thick light tan head and some nice thin lacing. sweet resinous aroma...notes of pineapple and grapefruit and a hint of maltiness. flavor is piney and follows through with grapefruit. mouthfeel is thick and silky smooth with a dry ligering grapefruit finish. awesome beer.