Green Flash Hop Head Red Ale - Green Flash Brewing Co.

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This woderous beer is a deep amber color, held to the light it shows a beautiful red hue and brilliant clarity. Pouring this beer softly produces copious amounts of dense mousse like foamy head with a nice tan color.
Sticky foam lacing covers almost the entire glass.
Alas, attenuation is light.

Aromatics are all hops being dry hopped producing an abudence of hop aromas. I really can't pull out any particular hop aroma it just has a fresh hop aroma. After letting the beer rest for a bit sweet malts start to pierce the hoppy aromatics.

Taste is malty sweetness upfront followed by hoppy bitterness towards the end. Like in the aroma, hops really don't present themselves with any particular taste.
A medium body brew with a smooth sweet malt start then turns to a dry bitter finish.
There is a very, very weak metallic taste but really a non issue. If it was stonger well...

This is a good beer similar I think to Troeggs Nugget Nector I think.
All star worthy.

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2011 18:09:26 | More by micromaniac129

paulys55

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

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Arizona

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%

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Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

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Texas

4/5  rDev -1.7%

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California

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

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Florida

4/5  rDev -1.7%

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Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -14%

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Connecticut

4/5  rDev -1.7%

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Pennsylvania

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Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

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4.5/5  rDev +10.6%

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Maryland

4/5  rDev -1.7%

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Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

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California

3.5/5  rDev -14%

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New York

4/5  rDev -1.7%

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chinchill

South Carolina

3.19/5  rDev -21.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

An East Coast/West Coast showdown tonight, with a Westbrook IPA (12 oz can; date stamp shows it was canned only 3 weeks ago) up against Green Flash Hop Head Red (12 oz bottle; marketed as a “red IPA”; plenty fresh with a best by date of 10 Dec., 2013). The Hop Head Red pours a hazy, dark red-amber with a small tan head that has poor retention; not unusual for an IPA.

Aroma: A solid sweet malt presence overlaid with earthy, fruity and spruce hops. Slightly musty. Less striking and fresh hop aroma than the Westbrook.

T: A less complex hop mix than in the Westbrook. The claimed IBU of 70 seems even higher than expected versus the 60 IBU of the Westbrook. Moderate-high grapefruit peel bitterness in the finish and aftertaste.

M: Medium body with medium carbonation; slightly harsh.

O: This red IPA had less hops in the aroma yet was more bitter and earthy. Disappointing and clearly less appealing than the Westbrook IPA.

Serving type: bottle

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Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

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California

3.5/5  rDev -14%

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North Carolina

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Kentucky

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Illinois

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