Green Flash Palate Wrecker - Green Flash Brewing Co.

AwYeh

California

3.83/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into pint glass; thanks to Jesse13713 for sharing one of these with me.

A: Pours a foggy, almost opaque copper-amber color with half a finger of frothy, white head.

S: Very resinous, with big quantities of pine and citrus hops, alongside equally strong bready, sweet, malts.

T: Pine and resin really control the flavor, with a bit of floral hops making their way in (I'm not seeing much of the citrus here). Malt backbone is tasty without taking away from the hop bitterness, which is very pronounced on the finish.

M: Medium-bodied and moderately carbonated; quite creamy and smooth. A lightly dry finish really adds to the taste at the end, and the generally sticky mouthfeel meshes perfectly with the flavors presented. This has just about everything I'm looking for in it.

O: Quite a tasty beer. It's balanced, but just slightly in the favor of bitterness (which I prefer); it has a diverse, strong hoppy flavor; it's mouthfeel really ties things together, making this one easy to go through quickly in spite of its size.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2012 19:07:38 | More by AwYeh

Turbodog666

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%

06-18-2013 23:58:00 | More by Turbodog666

Neorebel

New Jersey

4.48/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Palate Wrecker certainly lives up to its namesake! Let's start with the color - it's a murky, yet sediment-free burnt orange, with a billowy cap of white suds. It looks rich and full of flavor... almost overflowing with it. The aroma is very bright and bursting with fruit esters - kiwi, pineapple, grapefruit, tangerine, and a little dash of brown sugar. Getting to the actual flavor - it's got a good amount of malt sweetness that I did not expect, and the hop aspects start off with that grapefruit juiciness, then it evolves to"resinous," to a final super piny, drying bitterness. I welcome the harshness of the finish. It's amazing how one beverage goes from juicyfruit to such a sharp dryness. I love it. It's a heavy beer too, beware. I will absolutely be buying this masterpiece again!

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2013 23:01:03 | More by Neorebel

Matthewpakula

Illinois

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-18-2013 15:58:54 | More by Matthewpakula

headyhopzhead

Indiana

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-18-2013 12:45:07 | More by headyhopzhead

BeerMeInStl

Missouri

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%

06-18-2013 02:42:30 | More by BeerMeInStl

Halluxone

Georgia

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-18-2013 00:47:16 | More by Halluxone

Rheaume17

Vermont

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-17-2013 22:32:20 | More by Rheaume17

civicm87

New York

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%

06-17-2013 00:57:38 | More by civicm87

mjm47

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +7.4%

06-16-2013 21:46:54 | More by mjm47

taospowder

New Mexico

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-16-2013 21:44:21 | More by taospowder

BLACKENEDPLAGUE

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%

06-16-2013 03:40:44 | More by BLACKENEDPLAGUE

JOrtt

California

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-16-2013 02:31:13 | More by JOrtt

MagnusThunnus

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-15-2013 12:55:29 | More by MagnusThunnus

b1515152004

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -28.4%

06-15-2013 12:37:32 | More by b1515152004

lunarbrew

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-14-2013 23:40:20 | More by lunarbrew

pottergator

New York

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-14-2013 04:37:59 | More by pottergator

bcsbeer

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-14-2013 01:22:49 | More by bcsbeer

twizzard

New York

4.5/5  rDev +7.4%

06-14-2013 01:19:52 | More by twizzard

Nunya

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%

06-13-2013 23:55:32 | More by Nunya

JG-90

New Jersey

4.7/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Pours a large light beige head that becomes rocky as it recedes. Head has good retention and leaves heavy lacing. Beer is a copper/orange/golden color. Smells of citrus, most noticably grapefruit and orange, but also with a bit of lemon. Also smells very resiny with a bit of pine. Just a hint of caramel malt.

Taste starts with hop resin, moves on to pine, ends with piney, grapefruit and orange. Has a sticky, resiny, piney, slightly caramel malty finish. Mouthfeel is just less than heavy with moderate carbonation, a little creamy/bready. I love this beer, the great hop flavors along with just the right (but very small) amount of malt. Also, some hops bombs have an oppressive aftertaste, this one does not at all.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 21:53:24 | More by JG-90

RobM77

Illinois

3.43/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a 12 oz bottle. Nice copper color, but lost me beyond that. I enjoy a good IPA, but I guess I don't understand absolutely killing a beer by overpowering it completely to one side or the other - too much malt or too much hops.

To me, the true craft of brewing a solid beer is balance and learning to meld flavors. This is flat out in your face hops - but as it's name goes, that is the intention of this beer, so it succeeds to that end. How hard it is to brew a beer like this though - probably not so hard.

Not a big fan, but I can understand how a true over the top hop head would be. To me, this beer doesn't even compare to Green Flash's excellent West Coast IPA, which shows a good balance of malt and hops.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 05:50:40 | More by RobM77

TimothyPH

New York

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%

06-12-2013 23:55:27 | More by TimothyPH

SoCalBeerIdiot

California

4/5  rDev -4.5%

06-12-2013 19:56:54 | More by SoCalBeerIdiot

JMUbrewz

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

06-12-2013 19:28:20 | More by JMUbrewz