Green Flash Imperial IPA

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

Rich, seductive Columbus Hop aroma. Spicy aroma. Unbelievable taste. True hop head. Perfect amount of bitterness and blend with the citrus finish. A death row beer, in my estimation.

Pours a brigth golden amber with a creamy white head. Aroma is very hoppy with note of grapefruit, pine, and some fruit. flavor is very hoppy with alot of floral pine, grapefruit, lemon, with some carmel malt is the background to balance it out, has a nice creamy, resiny mouthfeel. overall, a excellent DIPA.

22oz bottle from Carlos poured into a tulip. Pours a bright clear golden amber with a medium-sized creamy white head that dissipates quickly and leaves only a trace of lacing. The aroma is big and just filled with hops. Tons and tons of grapefruit with lots of leafy floral pine. There’s also plenty of caramel malt sweetness but the big juicy hops are the main event here - classic West Coast aroma. The taste is more of the same with a seriously abrasive hop bitterness up front with some sweetness from the juicy citrus fruits after that. There is a solid caramel malt base and then a nice pine resin bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is sticky and resinous with a soft subtle carbonation and on the heavier side of things in terms of body. This is an excellent example of a West Coast hop bomb with huge pine and citrus from start to finish and enough malt to keep things from getting out of line. Very, very good stuff.

Bottled: Pours orange with a creamy mid sized head. Fruity pine apple and lychee aroma. Flavour is fruity pine apple and a little bit of liquorice, but only for a short while, after that it is all about resiny, piney hops; love it!

Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a diminishing white head. Smells of tremendous hops. The standard aromas of strong pine and citrus are there coupled with some slight lemon and a hint of grass as well. Smells incredible! Caramel flavors mixed with a bit of metallic character. Surprisingly very bitter for DIPA. Notes of pine and bitter hops are very prevalent. The bitterness lasts all the way through the finish. Truly, this is the Imperial IPA.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Total Wine - Richmond, 7/14/09

Aroma: Huge hoppy nose, pine, citrus
Appearance: Clear golden color, white head, spotty lacing, and some rising bubbles in the glass
Flavor: Big hops. Not a lot more to say here, not a complex flavor, but a hop bomb.
Palate: Nice mouthfeel, medium body
Overall Impression: This isn’t the most complex beer in the world, but I love the huge hops flavor, and I enjoyed drinking this one. It is a tasty beer for fans of the hops.

Pours a light amber with a medium head that leaves a nice lacing. Aroma of piney hops smack you in the nose. Flavor is hops, hops, and more hops with a slight malt backbone and slight warming alcohol. This is the hoppiest beer I have ever had, and I am in heaven! This is a beer for true hop heads only. Non hop desciples probably won’t like this at all, it is THAT hoppy and bitter!

22 oz bottle. Orange/amber with a medium sized off white head. Aroma of ganja, grass, pine, lemon and caramel. Sweet malt base cut with a very bitter flavor and a long bitter finish. Medium body with average carbonation, creamy mouth feel and a long finish. Light alcohol taste. This is a solid IIPA and would like to try on tap.