Green Flash Trippel

On draught @ Gingerman... Pours yellow, hazy thick, highly aromatic with a white head. Fruity, tastes like banana, cotton candy. Fantastic. The more I try these Green Flash beers, the more I love them !! Great stuff

2007 Vintage. Thanks to Hellbilly for this one! Cloudy copper pour with fluffy white head. Fruity nose. Full bodied. Notes of grain, candy sugar, citrus, and alcohol.

Spicy fruity nose with candied roses. Dense foamy head, great lacing, brilliant orangey/amber color. Peppery sweetness, some banana, and enough bitterness to balance it. Body is full and has a frothy mouthfeel. The finish is the key, all the flavors explode then slowly drowned into a smooth alcohol burn. A bit more aggressive than expected, but a very tasty beer.

Pours a coppery burnt orange, cloudy with a lasting moderate white head. Aroma is blend of Belgian tripel and IPA, but not as pungent as either. aroma of citrus, earthy grain, hay, flowers, uncooked bread dough, and spruce. Tastes of doughy malt, hay, grass, earth, tangy yeast, flowery hops and vague citrus. Finishes mainly with the pungent yeast flavor but more citrus hops, grass and earth than most tripels finish with. The yeast seems cleaner, however which I don’t prefer. Medium bodied and soft carbonation make this easily drinkable for me. Decent beer that I’d drink again.

IT HAS A NICE FLORAL SMELL. THE FRUITS AND SPICES MIX VERY WELL TOGETHER. I WOULD NEVER KNOW THIS WAS NOT MADE IN BELGIUM BY THE TASTE.

1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ Raja Liquors in Livermore, CA. The pour: Good caramel color, with very good head retention. The bouquet: some good maltiness, breadiness, and fresh yeastiness, as a trippel should be. The palate: creamy, I agree with the banana aroma, but also with hints of fuits such as peaches or nectarines. The hoppiness that come through lets you know this is a "California" brewed trippel. The finish is mild and pleaseant. This is a slighlty lighter version of a Rochefort trippel. Great job!

(bottle): Pours a golden fizzy body, somewhat opaque. Creamy off-white head, fine bubbles, lastingish. Belgiany flowery sweet taste. Some spiciness, maybe clove, or corriander? Spicy taste, floral, somewhat sour. More sour as it warms. A little too sweet as it warms up. Soft mouthfeel, somewhat bitter hoppy.

Aroma is pleasant. Hints of banana over the maltiness, quite good, but a twinge of alcohol. Appearance is decent, a bit cloudy on the second pour, but is to be expected. Flavor is initially great, but the sweetness tends to wear on you a bit as you continue drinking. Has the alcohol warmness of an 8.5%, but isn’t overpowering, like other lesser Trippels. The banana comes out a bit with what almost tastes like peach. Palate is good, especially for the style. A bit heavy, but creamy. Nice. Overall, quite a good trippel. I like the fruity hint, and the added alcohol iisn’t off-putting as it typicaly is for the style. Nice stuff, again, Green Flash.