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Green Flash West Coast IPA

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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8753.86/5.03.85/5.07.3%98.7Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This West Coast-Style India Pale Ale is extravagantly hopped, full flavored, medium bodied and copper colored. A menagerie of hops is combined throughout the brewing process to impart specific characteristics. Hops used include Simcoe for a unique fruitiness and grapefruit zest, Columbus for strong hop pungency, Centennial for pine and citrus notes, and Cascade for floral aroma.
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 Beerapprentice (130), Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Pours a clear iced tea brown with a small white head. Bitter flavor of hops, lemon. Tastes sort of like unsweetened lemon iced tea. Aroma of tangy citrus, honey, lemon tea, and hops. Bitter, dry finish. 


 screigh (260), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Pours a very hazy orange copper color. Some floaters. Little to no head. Hoppy and citrus aroma. Taste is definitely hoppy. Tastes of citrus, pine and grapefruit. Nice in your face IPA. Finish almost seems to bubble up with bitterness. I like this one quite a bit.


 evergreen0199 (271), London, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Bottle from Wholefoods store in Chicago. An amber coloured pour with a small head. Nice hoppy, citrus aroma. Crisp beer tasting of pine, citrus fruits, hoppy, grapefruit, malt, bitter. Pretty good IPA.


 phaleslu (522), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 30, 2009  
Shawn shared his bottle at The Comet in Northside. Cloudy amber appearance with a small white head. Aroma and flavor of citrus hops, citrus fruits, caramel. Well-balanced and refreshing. Like Shawn said, in the middle of a lot of other drinking, this was a really nice IPA.


MikeKeller (54), Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2009  
Bottle at Olutravintola Kukko, Kemi, Finland. Attractive looking amber beer with a small white head. Fresh hoppy aroma promises a lot. Flavor has got nicely balanced combination of hoppyness, malts and fruits. I love these american style IPA’s.


 CanIHave4Beers (883), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/518/20
Sep 28, 2009  
This is some pretty tasty stuff, Pours with a medium head that leaves a good lace. The color is a beautiful bright orange. Aroma is pungent and complex with grapefruit, pine, Otto’s jacket, and fresh flowers. The flavor is well balanced for what it is, but it’s also wonderfully bitter, piney and hoppy. There is plenty of citrus and grapefruit but the malt pronounces it’s self very well also with biscuit like characteristics. I’ll say I love this beer; it would be a regular of mine if I could get it around here.


 shawnm213 (939), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Bottle at the Comet, courtesy of Phaleslu. This hoppy west coast IPA hit the spot after a number of malty beers and a couple shots of whiskey. Notes of grapefruit, Citrusy hops, caramel. Pretty damn good!


 neepsntatties (330), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Sep 24, 2009  
The, "go-to" west coast style IPA of my dear friend, "Mr. Plumpy". And with good reason! Colour... a lovely, dark copper hue with a thick, frothy head. Nose... a bushel basket of fresh grapefruit with some malt on the side. Palate... OK. Now, imagine having your palate fall into that bushel basket just as a vat of ponderosa pine pitch is poured in. And then you drink it! Gad, what a lovely scene, with a decidedly enjoyable bitter finish!



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