Green Flash Hop Head Red

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Vista, California USA

12oz bought at Julio’s. Powerfully aromatic ale with its explosive dry-hop aroma, loaded with resin and tangerine. I can’t say it’s particularly attractive with its numerous beige sediments floating around the dull light brown body. Its head is initially uite large though, but again fades away within minutes. Still, the nose catches back the poor first impression with its apt inclusion of caramelly more than toasty malt. Plenty of hop aromas in mouth also while the bitterness remains limited, the latter being especially due to the malt’s heavy consistence for the style, in the Californian mold. Lasting spruce resin finish does not completely annihilates the cerealic base. Successful in its genre. While relatively straightforward, a full-flavoured and most drinkable ale.

On tap at the Neighborhood in SD. Another good, but undistinquished effort from Green Flash. Malt dominates, where’s the hops? Call it Malt Head Red Light and I would be more impressed.

From Voldby, DK. Bottled, 150309. Amber-red with small head. Aroma of malt, hay and spruce. Flavor is caramel with a solid hoppiness of spices, ctrus and bitterness

12oz bottle. Excellent beer, definitely more on the IPA side of things. Great hop presence with a very dark reddish brown color. Godd lingering after taste.

Caramel brown in color, with a head that fades away quickly. For an amber ale this appearance is very nice. Huge malt aroma. The fact that this has only 45 IBUs I wasn’t expecting a very bitter beer, but with a name like "Hop Head" what was I expecting? Huge malty aroma that leans towards a barley wine-type aroma. This was not the aroma that I was expecting. Slight bittering hop that adds a weird flavor to the beer. It seems like this beer should be, or was meant to be a barley wine. The bittering hop is great, but it doesn’t compliment the malt aroma, or flavor. Very sweet malt flavor at first but then that hop hits you very hard. Decent beer, but not one of my favorites.

It is hazy, nice red-brown and the head is huge and creamy. The aroma has notes of fruit, caramel and citrus. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of malt, caramel, candy sugar, fruit, mango, citrus and a dry bitterness in the finish, that is a little out of balance IMO.

Bottle. Hazy dark reddish beer with lots of floaties. Medium thick yellow head with a green shine. Hoppy aroma with a good malty base. Notes of grass, pine and fresh fruit. Very pleasant grassy flavour of bitter amarillo hops with caramel and it ends up fruity and hoppy. Smooth mouthfeel. Great amber.

Bottle. Pours a dark reddish amber color small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy piney aroma with caramel hints. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel hoppy flavor. Has a long hoppy bitter finish with a long bitter aftertaste.