Green Flash Hop Head Red

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

Bottle, courtesy kiefdog. Reddish brown pour, creamy lacing and white head. Big on west coast hops in the nose, dank bitterness. Hoppy flavors, some grapefruit, mostly just bitter hoppiness. Smooth and crisp, but very bitter and not that balanced, but meh, didn’t expect otherwise. Good.

Flaske: Superflot ravfarvet øl med et lækkert skumhoved. Masser af humleduft , græs primært. Dejlig afbalanceret smag med et ordentligt skud humle. Virkelig en lækker øl, der havde passet bedre en varm sommerdag.

Red copper beer with a huge, lasting tan head - I managed to pour it a finger over the rim of the glass, and it just stayed there like a Belgian ale or a Czech pilsner. Did I mention the lacing? The aroma is notable despite the head. Juicy orange, peach and pine - and plenty to make an ol school hop head happy. Sweetish bicuit-y malt flavour accounts for the red ale moniker, but balanced with some serious hops. Pine, orange and grapefruit flavour and a delicious bitterness with a somewhat violent finish.

Hoppy red ale with pine and grapefruit notes pushing into IPA territory. Attractive copper body is slightly hazed underneath a medium beige head that laces well. Just a hint of caramel in the taste to balance the assertive hop bitterness. Highly drinkable.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours a dark amber with a neat offwhite head. The nose is dominated of that caracteristic flowery amarillo, but also of some roasted malts, and citrusnotes. The flavour is mild and sweet with a light bitterness. The bitterness in the finish has a little more bite though. I taste honey, hops en’ mas some roasted malts, vanilla. The answer to if this is a red IPA is in my opinion...yepper.. ift it not, I dont know what is. Fresh, light and very drinkable.

Bottle. Dark copper color - somewhat cloudy. Strong aroma of hops. Intensely hoppy flavor. This definitely is a beer for hopheads.

Bottle. Pours a clear deep copper color with sediment throughout, and a monstrous light mocha head which tests the limits of surface tension as it pushes up high above the glass. Ample lacing. Rich resin filled hops would comprise the entirety of the aroma were it not for a rich toasty caramel note hiding in the background. Bitter flavor right up at the front of a medium mouthfeel with just a hint of sweetness in the middle. The finish rather creeps up on you with a slow subtle grapefruit note. I don’t get much sweetness in here to balance out the hops, but personally, that’s not something I mind.

Pint glass from bottle. Pours a red caramel color with a fluffy soapy head. Crisp fresh hop aroma, some citrus, warm and rich. Dull blunted hop bitterness on taste, grassy hops, toasty bitterness.