Green Flash Trippel

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel
Vista, California USA

65cl bottle courtesy of mfielden. Pours a hazy dark caramel color with a thick and creamy one finger white head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of citrus, sweet malt, caramel, honey, bready yeast, some slight spice. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of caramel and spice, honey, some hints of floral hops and spice. Fluffy mouthfeel that leaves a little to be desired in a tripel -- not as rich and velvety as the best Belgian examples. Notes of caramel of floral hops on finish.

22oz bottle (10/8/08 Pre GABF tasting)-Pours a hazy orange with a bunch of floaties and a nice thich white head. Aroma of belgian yeast and candy sugar. Taste the same with some nice Belgian flavors. This medium bodied brew is a pretty damn good trippel.

Cloudy with a pretty thick creamy head. Not my favourite style, in fact I thought i was getting the Green Flash Imperial IPA.... Whew what a difference.. But I’ll give props for what it is, and this was for sure drinkable. Belgian spicy aroma. Belgian spices taste. even a little bitter.. Note bad. Mostly malt. Golden not clear color. Some lace down the glass. Full bodied, Nice.

Pours a lightly hazy, golden tangerine color. A dense, spongy, cream colored head shows great retention, leaving thick, broken rings of lacing on the glass. The aroma is nice, showing notes of candy sugar and pale malts in the base. White grapes, candied lemon peels, and hints of nectarine add fruity depth, while spicy, floral hops and bready, estery yeast lend a distinctly Belgian feel. Flavors show the same elements, with the addition of bitter, spicy coriander and more alcohol. Big, sugary, and hot on the tongue, the mouthfeel leaves alot to be desired, finishing somewhat sticky and alcoholic. Long story short, it looks pretty and the nose shows promise, but the rest of the brew doesn’t really deliver. Another decent but lackluster tripel.

A light bodied trippel that goes down smooth. Consumed at 50 degrees. Pours with thin white head and has a sweet flowery aroma. Tastes of candy sure and lacks a bit in complexity. Also is a bit light for an ale. Definitely not mad at it, but nothing to rave about it.

Pours gold with a white fluffy head. Good start, given this is only the second West Coast Belgian I’ve tried. Aroma certainly maintained a strong Saaz Hop presence, with firm yeast notes, soil, and some light fruit. Palate did not impart the crispness that I like in a Tripel ala Westmalle or Unibroue. Flavor was yeasty, with clove and perhaps grains of paradise. Fruit and hops kick in for the mid-palate, which was predictably the typical “West Coast treatment” of traditional styles. Not bad overall, but I’m sure Green Flash’s specialty is far from Belgian-style beers . . .

Very clear amber with a viscous white head. Spiced up aromas of clove, coriander. Medium body. Unbalanced flavor is astringent spices, clove, fruits, on a thin grainy malt base. Mis-labeled, should be Green Flash Wit Beer.

22 ounce bottle, 2007, courtesy of ucusty. Thanks! Pours a hazy butterscotch color with a large head, medium head retention and lacing. Sweet aroma of candi sugar and fruity notes. Taste is sweet, with candi sugar, cotton candy, caramel and stone fruits leading into a bitter hop finish. Full bodied. Nice.