 Suttree (2283), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
May 3, 2008
Coppery orange, very thin white head. Big flowery hop aroma. Flavor is just a hint of maly sweetness, with a big, piney, stickey, resiny, woody hop finish. We noted a slight vegetal note as it warmed - maybe kind of a green pepper, maybe? perhaps?
yumyum (53), barrie, Ontario, Canada
Aug 29, 2008 as per description both aroma and flavour heavy on the hops. Flavourwise seemed a bit dry for my taste. Alcohol slightly evident. Seems a bit unbalanced perhaps>? Is still a good beer but relative to the other imperial ipas i’ve had it falls short. Somewhat disappointed
chrisafari (77), Orange, California, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Aroma is floral hops and citrus. Pours hazy amber orange with rocky off white head. Flavor begins with subtle citrus and florals and then becomes nicely hoppy. The hop flavor is clean and refreshing, finishes by leaving the throat dry and bitter. Medium bodies with some good lacing and nice fluffy head. A good Imperial IPA, but was expecting a little more hop kick. Very drinkable though.
Crit (2237), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 26, 2008 Another highly overrated beer. The musty nose isn’t pleasant, and while it has all the necessary flavors, they don’t seem to blend together at all
mrant (245), New York, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Smells wonderfully sour, grapefruit hops with sticky malt notes. Pours a hazy orange-ish color. Very yellow for an IPA. Small white head. Taste is odd, kind of like rubbing alcohol. The hop flavors don’t do much to mask the alcohol. Not bad, but I’ve had way better
Juelze (676), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Trade from Ross man. So the Green Flash West Coast IPA was excellent, and I was hoping that this would be as well. Boy, was I ever wrong. The only redeeming quality of this brew is the appearance which is a nice golden color with a nice lacing effect. Aroma is pungent hops, but the pungency gave way to a garlic aroma. Try as I may, the initial aroma I get is garlic. Once I painfully get past the garlic there is a nose of some pungent citrus hops. But again, I get garlic. Blech. Taste is a little better, the garlic flavor is still there, but not as intense as it is in the aroma. Some citrus flavors are evident as well as some a peculiar anise taste. Basically, take a nice IPA, add some garlic and some pizzelles and you essentially get Green Flash IIPA. The alcohol is well hidden and carbonation is low. Glad I got to taste this, but regrettfully, it’s a big mess IMHO.
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