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Green Flash Stout (Double Stout)

Green Flash Stout (Double Stout)

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A Stout brewed by
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Vista, California USA

bottled
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1833.87/5.03.86/5.08.8%96.8English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Golden naked oats mashed with dark crystal and robust roasted malts create a luscious black brew with a satin smooth finish. Layering UK Target hops in the boil adds a pleasant, earthy complexity while higher fermentation temperatures enhance the overall flavor with fruity esters. An old-world style, done the Green Flash way. Big, bold, flavorful and complex – Double Stout.

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 BuckNaked  (1195), Tempe, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20

Jun 6, 2008  
22oz bottle: Pours to an opaque black colored body with a medium light brown colored head. The aroma shows a bit of roasted dark malt, chocolate, a stale caramel drizzled coffee, light honey, and brown sugar. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, light cocoa with hints of citrus/pine hops in the background. Heavy body, medium carbonated, finishes dry with hints of dusty roasted malt and light alcohol.

 fidel (210), Livermore, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Dark brown/Black, coffee, roasted malts, dark chocolate, molasses, little dark fruits, little alcohol, little nutty, dry.


 DougShoemaker (2614), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Aroma of rich coffee and dark chocolate, darkest brown, pours a slight toffee head. Flavour is a full roasted malt, dark chocolate too. Full bodied, bitter as hell. Fabulous! Thanks Torontoblue.


 kmweaver (2125), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 1, 2008  
22oz bottle, courtesy of Ernest. Thanks! Pours a very dark, chocolate-brown color; medium tan head with solid, fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of roasted malts, oily dark chocolate, and bitter cocoa and minerals in the aroma; nicely dry and well-roasted. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy, oily dark chocolate and dried fruits, well-roasted coffee, and roasted / lightly charred malts upfront; average carbonation; very solid, slightly oily presence; nicely viscous and drinkable, well-roasted imperial stout. Nice. Lengthy finish: roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and cocoa; oily, round finish with some pleasant viscosity.


 lordeche (336), Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Pours opaque black with a thick mocha head. Tons of cocoa in the aroma, a bit of sweet molasses, vanilla, coffee, and a little earthy breadiness. Flavor is quite sweet, with layers of chocolate, coffee, anise, vinous notes, and vanilla melding together. Nice traces of bitterness throughout compliment the smooth and somewhat sweet chocolate presence. Good stuff.


 GuilTTy (459), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Bomber. Ribbon of opaque black pour to a building dark tan creamy head with lots of lacing. Aroma of roasted coffee and semi-sweet chocolate. Initial flavor of espresso and chocolate followed quickly by anise, vanilla, and a touch of faint smoke. Some caramel rounds out the taste and almost seems to bind the flavors together. Classic West Coast bitter note leads into a long, smooth and flavorful finish. Very silky and inviting texture. A really nice and well-crafted stout. Green Flash is no flash in the pan.



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