 beerbill (1916), Laurel, New York, USA
Nov 3, 2009 12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with blutt59. Pours a hazy amber with a moderate off-white head that lasted through the first third of the glass and leaves lots of tiny pinpricks for lace. Very pleasant aroma of grapefruit along with some notes of sweet malt. The flavor is less fruity and more pith with grapefruit bitterness washing over a moderate malt and caramel backbone. Bitter finish. Solid beer.
arondee (173), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Nov 1, 2009 Pours a dark red amber with a fluffy white head. Tons of carbonation, good lacing. Aroma is piney hops and malt. The taste is earthy, piney hops, some caramel, with slightly sweet sticky malt. Very good, I’m glad I got a 6 pack.
Gr0ve (1382), Oslo, Norway
Oct 31, 2009 355 ml bottle. Dark copper colour. Floaties in the botton of the bottle. Medium-sized white head that clings to the glass. Distinct caramelly sweet aroma with a definite grassy hop background. Rich and velvety malty body. Resiny hops. Caramel is there all the way. Not that bitter, as there is a lot of residual sugars. Nice. Very drinkable.
emerica56 (575), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Oct 29, 2009 Pours a cloudy amber color with a thin white head that fades rather quick. There are also suspended particles of yeast floating in the beer. It has a very hoppy aroma and full of caramel malt. The flavor is very robust and full of hops and malt. Overall it is very good and full of carbonation and malt and it is constantly biting your palate and mouth.
ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
Oct 25, 2009 Sampled at Flying Saucer’s Second Annual Fall Beer Festival in Austin on October 24, 2009. Reddish-amber color, thin soapy head. Hoppy malt aroma. Syrupy amber malt flavor is a bit of a letdown, though, with only a moderate amount of hops and a thick syrupy mouthfeel followed by a light hoppy finish. Very ambery... the style is too obvious.
donfardz64 (406), Wellington, New Zealand
Oct 17, 2009 Pours reddish orange, tan foamy head.
Aroma is quite piny, very very hoppy. A bit of malt but hops dominate this aroma.
Hoppy, bitter flavour. Again quite piny, grapefruity bitterness and an almost raisiny fruit. The ‘redness’ in this does come through a little bit, but the hops are the main show. And I love it.
rudolf (1734), Buffalo, New York, USA
Oct 15, 2009 Bottle, Goodbar Beer Club. Nose is dank & meaty (?!?) hops, mint, a nice medium caramel maltiness. Flavor is dank, pine, caramel and a hint of chocolate. Fruity dank finish with solid maltiness.
bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
Oct 9, 2009 Pours a nice deep murky amber into the glass, with tons of granulated yeasty "floaties". The head is offwhite, 1-finger, dense, diminishing to window-wash lacing. The nose is of big floral and grassy hops. Flavors are excellent, and very similar to their West Coast IPA... some drier pale malt, biscuit flour, light grapefuit/citrus, and tons of dry-hopped Amarillo bitterness. The finish is pine resin and biscuit flour. This is indeed an IPA, albeit red or whatever color (the palate doesn’t lie). IBU’s actually feel a bit stronger than 45 units, but I could be mislead. The mouthfeel is almost chewy/sticky, but cleanses the palate well, and is an accepted quaff. This is a bit complex and strong for a traditional amber ale, but regardless of the categorization, this is indeed a superb offering from Green Flash!
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