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Green Flash Imperial IPA

Percentile
98
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6883.85/5.03.84/5.09%88.7Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
"San Diego-style IPA, as it has come to be known by many, is a super-hoppy, high gravity, yet highly quaffable ale. Green Flash Imperial IPA is created in this new tradition, with intense hop flavors and aromas from a unique blend of Summit and Nugget hops. It’s all about the hops!" -- Brewmaster Chuck Silva
101 IBU
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 Palidor19 (1762), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 5, 2009  
great amount of hop flavor with all the right points to make this a great DIPA. the malts are pretty good but well enough on its own, the hops are flavorful through the entire beer, with deep piny flavor. works well


 nick76 (2646), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2009  
The aroma is very citrusy and piny with caramel malt and bread. The appearance is golden amber with a large head for the style. The flavor is like the aroma, simple but good. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s very good.


 nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Mar 3, 2009  
650 ml. Orange-copper with a lasting quarter inch of cream. Aromas of orange, pineapple, tea leaf, resin and vanilla. Medium body is super smooth and creamy, and of course hop-tingly and dry. Tastes of pineapple, peppery resin, grapefruit, earthy leaf, oak and orange-caramel. This beer is great cause it has the malty gumption to stand toe-to-toe with the great flavor blend of the 101 IBU hops. Paints the glass with a creamy lace.


 Hoptagon (138), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 28, 2009  
22oz. Bottle. Hazy orange color with a thin dissipating head. Nose is full of hops, with lots of crushed pine and a hint of grapefruit. Flavor is heavily hopped with strong citrus and an impressive tongue buckling bitterness. The bite is well balanced with caramel and toasted malts. Body is medium to thin which allows the hops to stand out. Finish is lingering, dry and bitter. Akin to taking a hop sledgehammer to the dome.


 CapnCascade (116), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Pours hazy orange-amber, moderate white head with good retention. Super spicy aroma reminiscent of Bolognese sauce and barbecue, and a spicy-leafy hop flavour that hangs on for a long, peppery, bitter finish. Mouthfeel is suitably rich and bespeaks high gravity. Subtle as an anvil but very enjoyable.


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Pours a bright clear golven orange with a healthy creamy white head. (This is what an IIPA should look like!) Bright hoppy nose. Floral to grapefruit with some vague citrus. Overpowered malt, is a little more grainy than malty something lightly fruity seeming to come from the malt. Smells a little like half of the beers from FFF... The mouth is a bit slippery and creamy. Definitely some substance and some slightly higher than average carbonation. Sweet malt pops out much more in the flavor. The hops come across more bitter and slightly piney in the nose, though the predominant hop notes are grapefruit. Light fruity astringency. A little bit creamy, but it’s rained in by the hop bite and alcohol, though neither is too much. Aggressive lingering bitter finish, a little aspirin. A fine IIPA, I should have opened it when I got it a month and a half ago, but oh well!


handsomejn (27), Arkansas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Feb 17, 2009  
complex flavor, grapefruit with a nice caramel sweetness as a balance. Foggy orange color with a nice white head that leaves a beautiful pattern. Rich and delicious.


 Nebulor (109), , California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/57/103/518/20
Feb 16, 2009  
Pine needle and grapefruit aroma with a sourness note and caramel malt in the background. Clear apple juice color with a minimal bone white head and some action. Lots of bitter sharp pine and grapefruit flavor with English Tea and a pale malt taste. Medium bodied, resinous, crisp and soft carbonation with an astringent finish. A hophead delight not for the weak or those who don’t like bitter hops.



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