Green Flash West Coast I.P.A. - Green Flash Brewing Co.

thebrood1987

New Jersey

5/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Wow you can smell strong grapefruit, pine from the variety of hops they use and that fruitiness from the cascade hop. Pure hop juice smell with some slight sweetness in the back. As soon as you take a sip you get hit with the fruity hops flavor and then the middle and back of the taste is just this strong grapefruit pine kick leaving a long long bitter finish. It has that amazing resinous very wet thick hop flavor and finish. This has to be one of the most bitter beers I've had. The hop flavor and the hop bitterness come together and are very pungent.

If you feel like no IPA's are doing it for you and you want more bitterness or flavor drink this beer it will blow you away. It reminds me of the Stone ruination but with other strains of hops in there to create different dimensions of hop flavor. This beer in a nutshell is the perfect balance of hop strains you could ever have. The most popular descriptions of an IPA (grapefruit, pine, citrus, flowery, resinous, fruity) this beer has all of that in a unique balance with an amazing long bitter finish and not to mention some slight malty sweetness when it warms more.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2011 01:50:02 | More by thebrood1987

VirginiaJeff1

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-21-2013 19:33:12 | More by VirginiaJeff1

Beerandboards

New Mexico

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-21-2013 19:08:02 | More by Beerandboards

Busker

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +17.9%

05-21-2013 18:09:01 | More by Busker

jakecattleco

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-21-2013 18:04:53 | More by jakecattleco

HeyYoMar

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-21-2013 02:07:01 | More by HeyYoMar

KingBiscuit

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-21-2013 02:03:28 | More by KingBiscuit

joejost

New York

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-21-2013 01:36:21 | More by joejost

jmgault1

California

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-20-2013 21:57:56 | More by jmgault1

tipfortap

New York

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-20-2013 17:12:58 | More by tipfortap

Geno206

Washington

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-20-2013 04:20:38 | More by Geno206

PlayitAgain

New York

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-20-2013 03:04:19 | More by PlayitAgain

anticipation23

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-20-2013 02:27:47 | More by anticipation23

Ctrauty

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-20-2013 01:43:22 | More by Ctrauty

Gtreid

Florida

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 23:43:38 | More by Gtreid

drgonzo2k2

California

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 23:21:46 | More by drgonzo2k2

Nunya

Ohio

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 22:45:59 | More by Nunya

ClayO

Arizona

3/5  rDev -29.2%

05-19-2013 21:27:16 | More by ClayO

birdsellam

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-19-2013 18:06:40 | More by birdsellam

dar482

New York

4.26/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

It comes in a deep amber red color.

The aroma is big of grapefruit, tropical fruit, though the biggest is this resinous pine note..

The flavor has big simcoe and pine. If you're looking for pine hops, then this is your IPA. There is huge grapefruit flavor with a dry finish. It's very West Coast in its characteristics. This really stands out for its wonderful deep earthy and pine flavor.

I'm re-reviewing this because having this a third time on tap, the pine really stood out. Not sure why it was meek on tap before, but this was quite a big change from my previous review.

Serving type: on-tap

05-19-2013 08:08:22 | More by dar482

nick_asian

Nevada

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-19-2013 07:17:25 | More by nick_asian

grumblebee

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-19-2013 03:55:37 | More by grumblebee

timothef

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-18-2013 23:10:54 | More by timothef

alanv

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-18-2013 21:34:29 | More by alanv

jbarletto

Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +17.9%

05-18-2013 14:35:08 | More by jbarletto