Green Flash Imperial IPA

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

Pours a hazed orangish-yellow color with an aggressively lace-inducing off white head composed of microscopic bubbles mixed with larger frog egg-like bubbles...the nose at first was unadulterated mango flesh but it started to smell like piney herbs after a while...and then growing towards a hippy-like smell...but after sniffing for a very long time, all i could smell was soil and fruit juice. Mouthfeel here was somewhat on the thick and syrupy side but the hop character was very herbal, piney, and dry..so it somewhat made the beer as a whole feel less syrupy than it probably was. The hop character in this beer can be a love/hate thing for just one person and during the same bottle...at times the hops are herbal, piney, and earthily bitter...other times, it almost tastes as though the hops are rotting..and you are eating lettuce out of the compost pile...split personality.

Orange-amber hue with a nice white which had excellent lacing. Aroma was rich with pine notes some sweetness hidden in there but the pine was front and center. Flavor was far sweeter than I expected. Nice Fruit notes and some honey followed by a great hop profile.

22 oz bottle - crystal clear slightly dark yellow color with small pure white head. Aroma is full of fresh, piney, resiny hops, orange and lemon zest, touch of honey. Flavor has a ton of sharp, pungent, herbal hops, with touch of oranges, light caramel. Finish is very bitter. Definitely a prototypic west coast style, fantastic aroma.

pours a hazy yellowish orange. almost glowing. resinous piney aroma. sweet malty taste. Bitterness is very strong, but hop character is more limited. seems to have a fruity tone to it. I taste peaches or apricots. Bitter, with a heavy dense sweetness; reminds me somewhat of a barley wine but not as much bitterness and harshness. pretty well in balance.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden amber with a very fine and thick head that quickly dissipates. Smells of hops, pine, and old wet grass. A contrived balance of very bitter and very caramely. Light body with very mild carbonation. Extremely dry and rather astringent finish. I thoroughly appreciate many IPAs but this is a bit over the top hopped.

A yellowish amber pour, lightly cloudy, with 3/4 glass thick off-white foam that takes 5 minutes to settle. Strong cascade floral hop aroma. So hoppy, almost pungunt. Flavor is strong and extremely bitter and lasts on the back of the tongue. Its so bitter it bites your and seems spicy, but i think its just the hops. Its remarkaly smooth for all the hop bite. This must be the hoppinest beer i’ve had. Finish is so bitter it makes you pucker.

Poured this really fresh one into an imperial pint glass. It pours a bright, clear golden color with a fluffy white head that leaves plenty of lacing. Smells extremely dank, grassy, and piney. Taste is tons of dank pine up front with a a huge bitter and slightly alcoholic finish. Very dry, which leaves the bitterness lingering on the tongue. Nice Imperial IPA but not up there with the Plinys and Dreadnaughts of the world.

Enjoyed this brew a late and hot danish summer evening in great company.. made it even better. Clear golden body with a white fading head. The nose is very hoppy with notes of butter, fresh-cutted grass and elder flower. The taste is very dry and hoppy with sweet grapefruit notes. It is a bit perfumish with a hoppiness that are not overdominating. The palate is fresh and oily with a bitterness in the back roof of the mouth.