Green Flash Le Freak

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel
Vista, California USA

Picked up at Brawleys in Charlotte, North Carolina. Nice fluffy head with an orange color that looks wonderful. Nice yeast and sweet malty aroma. Smells wonderful. Carbonation is a bit much but the balance between the hops and the yeast is amazing. The Cali beer from Stone is just as good. This beer is awesome. Nice hop/yeast aroma. Great pungent aroma. Nice smooth taste, this helps overcome the carbonation. Feels good on my tongue. Very good beer. Hops obviously dominate. Great bittering hop flavor at the end. Yeast mixes in well at the end with the hops. Belgian yeast smell dominates. Damn good beer ; cheers!

Pours golden with a huge white fluffy head.Aroma of cloves. Tastes very hoppy, Has a hint of clove and other spice with some fruity notes. "Extreme Ale" and "Belgian Triple" is not accurate. This is more of an IPA

Somewhat hazy, deep golden color...thick fluffy head, with great lacing. Bold aroma, with a multitude of sweet and spicy notes. Just a hint of sweetness in the front, which is quickly overpowered by tangy hop flavor in the back...mouthfeel is very crisp. Finish has a slight citrus flavor interlaced with a solid spiciness. This brew has most of the appearance, aroma and palate of a classic tripel, though mixed with many of the flavor profiles of an IPA...unusual, yet pleasing.

My rating was 95% finished and it was lost. To (briefly) sum it up. This is very nice, toasty malt, fruit, and white pepper in the nose. Tropical, light and citrus fruits in the flavor along with some black pepper and honey. Thick mouthfeel but the bitterness and maybe a touch of alcohol makes for a nice finish. Would purchase again. (~1.014 final gravity)

Pours a bright orange colo, with a medium off white head. Smells of some candy sugar, mixed with a variation of spices and hops. Some dark sweet fruit was noticeable as well. The flavor was pretty spicy, decent little alcohol presence was there also. Got mixtures of swet fruits and hops in the finish. pretty interesting brew. Not overly sweet like some tripels, but with enough hops to give it some balance.

Wow...this is some very unique stuff. Pours a hazy orange with a huge rocky white head. Fruit and hops on the nose. Tatses like an overly-hopped Belgian ale, which isn’t necessarilly a bad thing; just very different. If you like Belgian ales and American IPAs (like I do), you will probably enjoy this unique creation. Recomended.

Pours orange-amber with rocky white head. Interesting fruity notes (peach, pears, apricot) emerge from the melding of belgian yeast and citrus hoppiness. Flavor is a bit disappointing, however. A little boring up front, with some decent bitterness in the finish. Orange peels, belgian yeast, some subtle fruits, and a bit of spice. Not terrible, but not great.

Good stuff. Aroma is very very hoppy. Flavor starts overwhelming hoppy,yum, but finishes yeasty and sweet just enough, really good.