Green Flash Imperial IPA

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Vista, California USA

Intense hops indeed. A very piney hop aroma gives way to a flavor that is similar, very resiny and piney, with great citrus character too. The bitterness isn’t as perceivable as the actual flavors that usually accompany it. This is a really nice IPA.

Bottle from Hi-Time. This pours a clear golden-amber color with a thick off-white head. Nice tight lacing. The aroma consists of orange peel, grapefruit, resin oils, but doesn’t scream huge hops. The flavor here is hop oily and resiny up front with clear malt support and citrus grapefruit following towards the back end with firm bitterness. Some lemon and grass mixed in as well. I wouldn’t rate this in the top tier of Imperial IPA’s but it might be the notch below. Very good.

Bottle picked up at Lone Hill. Needed some IPAs... some real IPAs. I haven’t had a lot of Green Flash before, though what I have has been good. Usually gets edged out by a couple of Stones or Pizza Ports. So the Imperial IPA. The aroma is very understated here.. some IPAs you can smell from across the room, but even taking a good beakfull off the top of my pint glass, it was pretty mild. Color is an orangy pale amber with not too much head. The selling point here is clearly the flavor--good, solide aggresive hoppiness right on the tongue. Smooth going down. Nice after taste--hops all around.

Poured from a bomber, amber-orange with medium off white head with lacing. Nose of hops and citrus and freshly cut pine, dry to the taste with a bit of a sweet, malty, finish.

God bless all beers with three-digit IBU ratings. This is a fantastic IPA with a great complexity of hop flavors and aromas; lemons, grapefruit, wet grass, and hay all present. Some caramel malt sweetnes for balance. A little less alcohol and I think this would be outstanding. But its still damn good as it is. Excellent brew.

Tap at Pap. Aroma of sweet, grassy, clean hops - more sharp than bitter. Flavor is the same, with cream and sugar balancing the sharp hoppage. Very refreshing, very enjoyable. A true West Coast dubs and the rare Green Flash beer that I love.

Appearance - Pours a dark, cloudy, copper orange color with about a 2 finger head. Beautiful looking DIPA, can’t wait to taste it! Smell - MMMM, this smells like pine needles stuck in grapefruit! Very citrusy and piney. This apparently has the kind of hops that I absolutely love. The smell reminds me of a HotD Blue Dot. Taste - Wow, tastes like a HotD Blue Dot. Has a nice hop kick to it that contains the pine and citrus the smell held. This is very heavy on the pine taste. Mouthfeel - Feels good, like resin slipping through my mouth. Its not too thick feeling, which is perfect for a DIPA. Drinkability - I could easily drink a couple of these, especially on a hot and sunny day like today (well, it was sunny at least). Definitely one of the more drinkable DIPA’s I have ever had.

Pours a pale yellow with an orange haze. Very lucid, huge fluffy head, not great lacing, but thats ok. Glass was still a tad damp. Smells of bright hops, slight pine, slight citrus. Tastes is outstanding. Hops are balanced. Nopt too piney, but still delivers on the front with that aroma, and on the back with some nice bitter hops.