Green Flash Rayon Vert

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Belgian Ale
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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It foamed up quickly in the pour with lots of head. The body is cloudy medium straw colored. The aroma is a spicy lemon and pine candy smell, pretty nice though. It has a bold pine bitterness up front, followed by mild citrus sweetness. The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation. Besides the super-foamy head, it’s a really great drink.

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a really thick creamy off white head. Aroma is funky, wet hay, spicy, citrus, with a big Belgian yeast presence. Taste is citrus, horse blanket, Belgian yeast, spices, and a faint malt character.

Bottle:   Orangish amber, hazy, large frothy white head, nice lacing.   Bright floral nose, in the low shrub sense.   A little barnish and musty.   Floral start, very mountain berry shrubby like.   Very soft melon like fruitiness as well.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   Finishes with a little heat, soft breadiness, some melon, and that mountain berry shrubiness.   Not exactly what I think of when I think Belgian, but it was clean and had a decent body.   Enjoyable at least.

12 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Poured cloudy amber huge exploding off white head and lots of sticky lacing. Aroma of fruits, some spices and yeast. taste is dry, earthy citrus flavors bitter not too hoppy, Although I was expecting a sweeter beer, is not bad, very drinkable.

This is a really good beer. Very refreshing flavor, nice little hop bite, beautiful big head on the beer. Great stuff. Perfect for a hot summer day.

Brown bottle (1 pint). Pours hazy dark amber with an excessively foamy white head that bursts from the bottle but laces nicely. There are definitely Brett elements to the aroma on top of oranges, pineapple, bready malts and peppery spices. Palate is dry, earthy and bittersweet reminiscent of an Orval Trappist which is high praise indeed if you ask me. The body is medium sized and the finish is dry and resinous. Overall pleasant and easily drinkable despite the high ABV. I like it but it is rather pricy Down Under (cheaper to get the Orval originals).

Bottle at Sybarite Pig. Hazy light gold with extreme thick head that lasted a long while. Thick lacing as well. Barnyard aroma with Brett and bread. Taste is light with yeast, bread, barnyard funk, hay. Good carbonation and dry finish.

Tannish brown and mostly clear with a touch of haze, a monstrous, lasting head and sticky lace. Very spicy with tons of Belgian yeast character. Strong and enticing smell, almost like a spring day on the beach, mixes with flavor experience nicely. Tons of earth, green grasses. It’s right up there with other top Belgian pale ales, and that’s a pretty heavy-hitting list. A top notch beer in any category.

Poured from 1 pt (6 fl oz) bottle. Very active head. Pours deep golden yellow with nice white head. Aroma of apricot, orange, yeast, sour vinegar. Very oily but smooth. Mild hops. Touch of sour as if its a very very light gueze with a dry finish.

From a bottle. Light gold pour with a big foamy head. Fluffy and light in the mouth with a bit of sugar and belgian yeast & spice. Some fruity hoppiness added with the US hop addition. Really good.