Green Flash Imperial India Pale Ale
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Green Flash Imperial India Pale AleGreen Flash Imperial India Pale Ale
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From:
Green Flash Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,290
ABV:
9%
Score:
91
Ranked #6,491
Avg:
4.09 | pDev: 10.51%
Reviews:
1,005
Ratings:
2,644
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 26, 2023
Added:
Dec 02, 2006
Wants:
  149
Gots:
  346
he mountains of Summit and Nugget hops in this high gravity Imperial will thrill even the most experienced beer explorer. Savory evergreen and pineapple aromas mingle with flavors of bitter, resinous pine and grapefruit pith. A colossal rush of hoppy adventure!
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Ratings by boston2bburg:
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Reviewed by boston2bburg from Virginia

3.8/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Picked up this bomber after being impressed with their West Coast IPA and Barleywine. This beer pours about three fingers of thick, white, foamy, clumpy head and an awfully clear light orange color. Dense clumps of lacing abound.

Smell is great. Dank, resinous, grapefruit and citrus but with a musky earthy, herbal undertone. It's like nothing else I've smelled before - must be the relatively new Summit hop variety. It's most reminiscent of Simcoe, just really nice, thick and clean. Oh yeah, there's a bit of malt sweetness on the nose but not much.

Wow this thing is bitter. Warning: drink as a nightcap, for you will not be able to taste anything else for days after. The resinous character carries over providing something else to focus on besides the sharp bitterness at the back of the mouth and sides of the tongue. The hops are relentless, herbal and earthy with a grapefruit sourness.

What can you say about the mouthfeel and drinkability? It's beautiful if you can't get enough hops. But at a time when a lot of brewers really can't, I'd settle for more malt presence in an IIPA like this. The hops stick mini needles into your tongue with each gulp, sending alcohol straight through your blood stream to your dome, and back out your legs so you can't move off your chair.

Some relief comes as the beer warms but at that point I'm taking things slow. One of these is more than enough. Recommended for the most adventurous of hopheads. You have been warned.
Mar 24, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.15 by TheWaySheGoes from Illinois

Dec 26, 2023
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Rated by timon from California

4.16/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Fruity, flowery, and malty, in that order. 4.10, across the board.
Jul 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.16 by qcghost from North Carolina

Jan 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.09 by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

May 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.08 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4.85 by pvibeer from Colorado

Jan 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.39 by LarrysDeerGut from Illinois

Jan 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.88 by Driftpunx from California

Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4.09 by MjBrewhouse from Idaho

Oct 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.15 by Bammer21 from Illinois

Aug 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.23 by Erikshegda1994 from Pennsylvania

Aug 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.15 by JoeLacy from Ohio

Jun 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.19 by TheRougeBastard from North Carolina

May 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.09 by Skrat45 from Maryland

May 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by DOCRW from Kentucky

May 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.18 by JustinAbs from Virginia

Apr 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by MrDis from Indiana

Apr 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by SinjaminBentek from Nebraska

Mar 15, 2017
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina

3.95/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Look: It pours golden with a moderate slightly off white head. It does leave a quite a bit of lacing behind.

Smell: The initial aroma is stone fruit with a caramel background to it. The stone fruit is most favorable towards peach. Present are also citrus and a bit of floral.

Taste: The flavor has a strong hop bitterness highlighted by peach and floral elements. There is also a caramel backbone to it as well.

Feel: It has a moderate feel to it with moderately high hop bitterness that lingers well into the finish.

Overall, this is a quality imperial IPA that is not over done with the bitterness, but does provide a good bitter bite to it.
Mar 05, 2017
Green Flash Imperial India Pale Ale from Green Flash Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 2644 ratings