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Green Flash Le Freak

Green Flash Le Freak - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel

Vista, California USA

bottled
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on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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4133.71/5.03.7/5.0Special9.2%94.1Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Le Freak is a modern ale created by converging two beer styles, Belgian Trippel and American Imperial IPA. The use of two yeast strains further marries the styles and American hops give the beer its modern flare.
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 Skinnyviking (4142), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Draught. Low and quickly disappearing white head. Hazy yellow body. Spicy aroma and flavor with banana lemon and piney notes as well as some hoppyness as well. High carbonation. Long aftertaste. A bit strange but OK.


 joergen (8429), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 20, 2008    Updated: Jun 13, 2009
Draught at Falling Rock. Clear amber coloured with a small off white ehad. Fruity aroma of spices, hops and pine needles with notes of barnyard. Fruity flavour of hops and pine needles with notes of spices and yeast. Spicy and hoppy finish. 7-3-7-4-14 Rerate : Bottle #10 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Hazy golden coloured with a huge white head. Fruity aroma of spices and brett. Fruity flavour of spices, vanilla, brett, hops and oak with notes of grape fruits and hops. Dry hoppy finish. 7-3-8-4-16


 Beerman6686 (1263), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/511/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Poured a gldeon yellow/orange color with an off white head. Aroma was very strange, some sort of spice and garbage flavor? Flavor was much the same, maybe we got an infected btach but this stuff was bad.


 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Draught at City Beer, in Soma district of San Francisco, July 2008. What a fantastic, complex beer. Bartender called it a tripel. Internet calls it a hyrbid IPA/tripel. Poured golden orange in a small taster glass. Tasted citrus and banana in the hops.


 blklab2007 (932), Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Oct 17, 2008  
22 oz bottle poured into a tulip has a copper yellow color and a thin white head that diminished quickly. aroma has spices, light citrus hops, nice floral yeast, candy sugar, over ripe dark fruit, flowery pollens, and dough. mouth feel is light with hefty biting carbonation. flavor is really unique and interesting. there is some upfront bitterness, spices, hefty yeast, and underlying hops that get drowned out a bit. sweetness is just enough to keep the bitters in check, dough, and alcohol. certainly an interesting marriage of styles and flavors


 hopdog (5525), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 17, 2008  
22oz bottle. Poured a deeper and hazy golden color with a larger sized white head. Aromas of spices, citrus, floral, fruity, and some grassiness. Tastes of citrus, pine, fruity, spices, bread, and earthy. Alcohol content hidden. Some lacing left on the glass.


 Hank1980 (732), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 17, 2008  
Bottle shared at Trapppeze. Pours hazy gold with a big white head. Aroma of citrus, yeast, hops, spice. Pretty interesting. Taste is a liitte sour, with more hop bitterness, and yeast. Overall, this hoppy trippel is a nice smooth drinker. Body is light and carbonated.


 GuilTTy (527), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 16, 2008  
Bottle. Sampled at the Stock Market’s Wasting Craft Beer Tasting in Voorhees, NJ. Hazy orange under a generous and long-lasting off white head. Slightly sour but solidly citrus aroma that is very intriguing. Initially, the sweeter Trippel flavor profile pops out but it soon plays second fiddle to the more aggressive West Coast piney, citrusy, grapefruit hops. Sweetness grabs more attention again in the finish. Smooth texture. Perhaps an odd blend of styles but they play well with one another better than you might expect. Worth a try.



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