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

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.91/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from bottle into pint glass

Appearance – Pours a very nice deep-deep amber bordering reddish-brown color with a big billowy off white head. The head has great retention, but fades slowly to give way to some nice lacing.

Smell – A good dose of citrus hop aroma is the most pertinent. Grapefruit and a bit of lemon with an ever so light pine hop aroma are mixed in with a bready malt smell.

Taste – A roasty bready malt flavor mixed heavily with some strong grapefruit flavors are in the forefront of the taste. These flavors last the whole of the flavor. Toward the middle, the other hop flavors present in the nose become present in the taste. The lighter tastes of lemon and pine develop, with a more lemon flavor in the middle and a lighter pine flavor toward the end. Overall it is a more bitter taste throughout and a bitter flavor is left to sit on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – A nice creamy body with a slightly lower than average carbonation level really allows for the hop tastes to penetrate the tongue.

Overall – The mouthfeel, look, and smell are all quite nice, but the very bitter aftertaste it leaves at the end is not the most pleasant. The taste starts very nice, but just doesn’t know when to quite. Overall though it is a nice beer and one to try.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 01:30:27 | More by Darkmagus82

jgbiggs

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -16.2%

05-20-2013 14:01:43 | More by jgbiggs

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +3.1%

05-20-2013 13:45:50 | More by touchmeimsac

Geno206

Washington

4/5  rDev +3.1%

05-20-2013 02:15:32 | More by Geno206

saeh

France

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-19-2013 18:39:37 | More by saeh

PatrickBeebe

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +16%

05-19-2013 03:48:24 | More by PatrickBeebe

Ctruskey

New York

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

05-17-2013 18:51:53 | More by Ctruskey

matjack85

Illinois

3.74/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

I tried this at Rivers in Chicago as it was right across the street from the Opera House and we arrived early for the show. Surprisingly decent beer list and I hadn't tried this one yet, so I ordered it. $8 for a 12oz bottle served in a red wine glass. I'm sure they're much cheaper at a liquor store, but this was downtown Chicago, so you're paying for the ambiance as well as the beer. Forgot to check the freshness date, but other reviewers seem to have found one so I'm sure they're on the back label.

The beer poured a mostly clear brick red color with a 1-finger fluffy white head with good retention and decent lacing.

It had both a piny and citrusy hop aroma.

Very hoppy, but with a surprisingly high amount of sweet caramel malt as well. The hops are both grapefruity and piny reaching a 70 IBU level. Very balanced with the addition of all that malt.

Medium bodied with a slightly sticky finish, despite the medium high carbonation.

I've not had many red IPA's, but I enjoyed this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 15:16:42 | More by matjack85

jmdrpi

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

05-16-2013 03:48:26 | More by jmdrpi

bumchilly25

British Columbia (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-15-2013 03:25:08 | More by bumchilly25

Zbeetleman

California

3/5  rDev -22.7%

05-15-2013 03:23:33 | More by Zbeetleman

dcbeers

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +16%

05-15-2013 02:36:52 | More by dcbeers

Mersh

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +3.1%

05-13-2013 01:05:20 | More by Mersh

Kubrickx

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -9.8%

05-12-2013 18:12:24 | More by Kubrickx

ystazi

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

05-11-2013 18:34:20 | More by ystazi

--Dom--

Missouri

4.26/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Awesome I got this stuff about 4 weeks old, I had passed on it a few times because it was seriously dated. Pours a deep amber. Aroma is citrusy with pine also and sweet malts. This beer is far above average and is solidifying red ipa's becoming one of my favorite styles. Taste is awesome bitter grapefruity up front, balanced by sweet bready malts, pine on the back end. Mouthfeel is almost creamy. Overall pretty awesome beer, would definitely pick it up again. Wish it came in 6-packs. Best thing I've had from Green Flash so far.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 06:16:43 | More by --Dom--

ScottieD

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-11-2013 02:06:36 | More by ScottieD

ToddHolder

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-11-2013 01:37:31 | More by ToddHolder

TheDoak

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-06-2013 06:02:15 | More by TheDoak

flayedandskinned

California

4.24/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled on 3/13/13
Poured into the Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head IPA Glass

Appearance: Pours a beautiful, clear amber with nice red highlights. A massive, thick 3 fingers tall off white head blossoms out of the beer as soon as its poured and boy, does it stick around and leaves some nice sticky lacing behind. Fantastic looking red ale.

Aroma: Big, juicy hops positively leap out of the glass as soon as you raise it to your lips; Huge notes of grapefruit, lemon peel, tangerine, fresh pine needle and a really lovely dank, earthiness from the summit and columbus hops, but boy do those amarillo hops really shine through. Underneath the mountain of hop aromatics there are some sweet, bready caramel malts poking through.

Taste: First off, your tongue is slapped around by very citrus forward hops; grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, pine and a slight earthy onion note. Middle of the taste, there is a really nice sweet, bready maltiness that offers some nice contrast to the bright, pungent hops but just the right amount to not steal the show. The beer finishes dry with an assertive bitterness and lingering notes of caramel and citrus ladden hops.

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with a robust mouthfeel, but still remains some light and is very refreshing. It is a tad thin on the back end, but it works. Moderate to high carbonation.

Overall: I've had this plenty of times before and it's an awesome beer that is unfortunately under appreciated by a lot of people. Greenflash calls this a Red IPA, I was a bit skeptical at first, knowing that a high percentage of sweet crystal malt does bode well for the dry, bright and crisp West Coast IPA archetype, but some how Green Flash pulls it off wonderfully. The sweet caramel malts of the American Red Ale style are certainly there, but they kept at bay and the hops shine through wonderfully. Highly recommended.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 04:01:36 | More by flayedandskinned

Steve907

Kansas

4.5/5  rDev +16%

05-05-2013 13:14:55 | More by Steve907

BeerLab45

Virginia

4.26/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25

Solid IPA deserving of the high scores here.
Very smooth for such a hoppy nectar.
Love the Amarillo dry hop.
Great mouthfeel which i prefer to be smooth.
Also a very interesting bottle shape which i like.
Too bad there are only 3 left in fridge...lol

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 22:23:22 | More by BeerLab45

Burkbom23

Connecticut

4.21/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Deep amber color with dark red hues. Extremely cloudy, near opaque with bits of what i would assume is hope residue sediment floating around the glass from the dry hoping. Very large off white head with good retention. Lots of lacing that sticks all over the glass. Refreshing hoppy aroma. Lots of juicy citrus fruit notes. Quick hit up front on the pallette of caramel maltiness followed by fresh, bitter, pink grapefruit. Pretty fair amount of bitterness in the finish. Dry aftertaste. Medium body, little watery mouthfeel for the style. This is a good brew, on the bitter side but not overwhelming. Would definitly seek out again.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2013 01:27:24 | More by Burkbom23

blknikon

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +3.1%

04-30-2013 19:41:50 | More by blknikon

MAJ85

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

04-29-2013 20:03:46 | More by MAJ85