Green Flash Imperial IPA

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Vista, California USA

22 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with 3 cm of foamy off-white head that is slowly diminishing. Aroma of bitter and sweet citrus hops. Initial flavor is sweet, but quickly turns overly hoppy and spicy. Medium body, moderate lacing, light carbonation, and some alcohol presence. Overall, decent imperial ipa, had better but worth a try.

while there can never be enough west coast double IPAs in the world, this one was too "nice" for my taste. it did have a rather pleasant and rounded hop profile, but it wasn’t as sharp as i would have liked.

Golden-orange colour, white head. Aroma has nice citrus and grapefruits hops. Flavour has malts and generous pine and grapefruit hops. Palate is bitter and dry. Long finish. Excellent!

tropical mango papaya aroma let’s me know i’m in for something good. orange red sunset with an initial dense head that looks like it could sustain a cherry. great lacing. white pepper throughout softens the bite and the tropical syrup base. flavors are solidly together, none of them rise out of the pack.

Pours gold with a good sized white head. Strong citrus hop (grapefruit, orange, etc.) aroma. Flavor was the same but had some burnt plastic and a really off malt character. Slight garbage juice flavor as well. Finishes pretty thin, very bitter.

Bottle from IrishBoy. Thanks!
Pours an average cheddar orange with a pine resin, grapefruit, and orange nose. Flavor is malt upfront, with a nice finish of grapefruit. Feels nice on the tongue but the flavor fades too quickly. Pretty good, but the malt detracts from the sour tones that should be first and foremost in the beer.

My Bottom Line:
This immensely fun Double IPA’s hop celebrations jump from piney, resinous greenness to orangey, citrusy fruitiness and sandy earthiness over and under svelte biscuity cereals until dashing bitter hop fireworks send the tastebuds reeling...and coming back for more.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A lofty head of foam recedes to a lasting veil atop the relatively clear blond-amber.
-You might say this lacks malt presence, but I guess malt is not often the point in a Double IPA.
-Amenable big bubbles and slender maltiness make for high drinkability, especially for the style.
-Alcohol is well hidden by the boisterously joyous hoppiness.
-Hops also produce a pipe tobacco-like character at times.

Bottles.

Bottle acquired via trade with hillfiiiiire...THANKS AGAIN NICK!!! This one is definitely a step above the rest of Green Flash’s brews (my opinion, of course). Hop Head & West Coast IPA seem to be hoppy just for the sake of being hoppy, if that makes sense. This one, although BIG, exhibits some balance of flavors. Golden, aggressive, refined.