Green Flash Imperial IPA

(Bottle at a beer tasting in Göteborg on July 4, 2008)
Clear golden color, white head. Strong hoppy scent, some green peppers. Hoppy, bitter, citrus taste. Bitter aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.

Bomber: A nice medium golden with toned down hops from the hop head red. Hops are infused more into the body and extend longer thru the mouthfeel. This sucker went down fast and smooth for a 9%er. The bomber left me feeling wobbly and content with life. If that is not high praise, I’m uncertain what is.

On tap, very nice smell, kind of like hemp. Nice dark gold color. Finished very nice, with a nice amount of smooth bitterness. From Apr. 27 08’

ABV: 9% RateBeer rating: 97 Calories: estimated at 400 C Volume: 22 fl oz. Glass: snifter, tulip Purchased at: Oak Tree, South Plainsfield, NJ (Thanks, jay and Matt!) Price: $5.99 Consumed at: home First Impression: deep, smoky aroma and a simple gold body with a white head. Aroma is smoke, hops, and some funk. Visuals are a gold body with a persistent white head with very intricate lacing. Taste is a roller coaster - a bit metallic, somewhat mechanical, deeply hoppy, and lacking balance, which I don’t mind. Palate is sharply bitter with a smoky sourness. Long dark, deep finish. Rich. Second Impression - a very special IIPA, in that it imparts a sausagey flavor to the hoppy bitterness, and avoids the cloying answer to the bitterness and preserves the bitter crunch nicely. A great buy for such a very uniquely treated co-style. Aroma: 9 out of 10 Visuals: 4 out of 5 Taste: 10 out of 10 Palate: 5 out of 5 Overall: 18 out of 20

Nice head, good color, a bit sour pine on the nose, a bit more bitter on the hops, rather than floral, good mouth feel, wonderful lacing.