Green Flash Le Freak

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

Pours golden with huge white head. Aroma is hoppy, with some sweet light fruits. Flavor is heavy hops and trippel.Tthe hops are intense, as is the alcohol. Interesting balance of the flavors: cool hybrid. I had the opportunity to try this shortly after trying Chouffe. Definitely preferred the hopiness of this one, but the malt is no where near Chouffe.

Rich foam on dark cloudy orange. Strong dry grapefruit aroma. Sweet orange and woody hop flavour. Delicious and hoppy but closer to an IIPA rather than a Chouffe or Urthel. Not Belgian enough.

Bottle (22oz). Pours a lovely bubbly golden-orange with a large fizzy/frothy off-white head. Nice aroma is equally hoppy and yeasty, also flowery with mild sweetness, some light spices and finally, some fruit. Flavour follows the aroma but is a bit boozier then expected, yeastier and less hoppy then the aroma suggests. Big, long bitter finish. Average bodied. Not quite as awesome as some of the other Belgian meets IPA beers I’ve had but still very, very good.

On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Pours a spritzy deep golden. Flavor is Belgian yeastiness with a bordering on harsh bitterness. Grassy, yeasty, hops seem to dominate the sweetness of the tripel rather than compliment it as in Houblon Chouffe. Nice fuller mouthfeel. Good but not in Houblon Chouffe league

My 100th Belgian Strong, bout damn time. Anyways this poured a cloudy yellow to orange color with a moderate white head. The aroma contains some lemons, grass, hay, and apricots. The flavor is slightly sour with some spices, lemons, other citrus in there, and a bit of alcohol. The finish has a bitter presence as well. This was a nice belgian

Draught. At Cole’s in Buffalo. Bubbly golden pour, slightly hazy, solid fizzy-frothy white head. Lovely aroma - a melange of tropical fruit esters, slightly funky Belgian golden ale yeast, alcohol, and lush dry grassy hops. Same for the taste - a hint of brett funkiness, quite malty, but oh that grassy bitterness, sharp and a little spicy in the finish. Average body, very lively mouthfeel, slightly tart, but a long yeasty/grassy finish. I have a 750ml bottle of this lovely brew in the cellar - I’ll really like to see what it mellows to by this summer.

decaturstevo’s 2008 Zapit Tasing Tasting. Sample from a bottle thanks to Beer_Hawk. Yellow pale color with a thin small bubbled head that clings to a small sheet on to top of the brew. Clove nose, dry grassy hoppiness. Taste is more clove spiciness, and powerful pepper, lots of herbal hops.

Bomber from Country Club Liquors; Nose of flowery hops, coriander, and ginger; hazy orange with a big yellowish, glass-lacing, off-white head; flavor is lightly bitter, with peppery spiciness, caramel, and some light fruity notes; finish lightly bitter!