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Green Flash Imperial IPA

Green Flash Imperial IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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98
overall
Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Vista, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6843.85/5.03.84/5.09%88.6Snifter, Tulip
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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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 curly (548), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 16, 2009  
pours clear amber with a thick white head. Sweet pineapple and other citrus aroma. Very crisp hop taste, not overly bitter or sweet but both, and balanced very nicely. Thanks to Butters, this is truly excellent.


 harbuck76 (127), El Cajon, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 8, 2009  
22 oz. Pours a pale amber with medium white head that sticks around for awhile. Nice sticky lacing.Aroma is bursting with fresh citrus, pine hops. taste was bitter grapefruit with a slight carmel malt backbone. Nice and oily. Yet another great example of a west coast dipa. Well done.


 Beerdedone (1873), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Jun 4, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a thick off-white head that laces the glass. Aroma was mostly hoppy with fresh pine trees, citrus, grapefruit and some grass. Flavor was sharply bitter with piney resin, grapefruit, citrus, orange and light caramel with a medium body and has a dry and bitter finish.


 bigrond (1043), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Jun 4, 2009  
Aroma is unreal. Hops fills the room as you pour it. goes down smooth as silk. I loved it. Another winner from Green flash.


 tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Nicely crafted IIPA. The aroma is earthy hops, some fruityness. the appearance is an attracive red/gold hazy color, white head. The flavor is crazy, citrusy, lemony, bready-like and malty. Very nice. Clear distinction between the aromatic hops, and the hops used to flavor the beer. Finish has a sweet residue on the palate, but is dominated by a grapefruit citrus flavor, which is enduring. Medium mouthfeel. Very nice IIPA.


 mcmd (132), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Jun 2, 2009  
Bomber into pint glass. Pours a clear golden orange with a thin-medium size white head which lasts. Golden raisins, grapefruit, pineapple, honey in the aroma. Flavor is sweet malt, apricot, pineapple, and grapefruit hop profile. NIce and smooth at the finish. An interesting IIPA - different than most.


 Slipstream (734), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
May 27, 2009  
Tried this from a cask at Rattle’n’Hum. Fine herbal and floral aroma. Pretty dry flavor, but floral too, can taste grapefruity hops and malt. The bitterness brings it close to the edge. It is a little harsh, but still very good.


 Pawola22 (676), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 24, 2009  
On tap at the brewery in Vista. Pours a clear, darker golden body with a finger-width, dense, off-white head that dissipates slowly and remains nicely laced. Aroma of piney citrus and sweet floral hops. Not quite as intense as I was expecting, but abundant. Flavor is resiny and oily pines along with more floral citrus. Some caramels come in to balance this out before a dry, semi-long grassy finish. Palate is light to medium bodied and pretty slick and oily. Overall, a solid DIPA that doesn’t really scream "over the top," but rather seems to focus on its balance. Tasty.



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