Pure Hoppiness
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Green Flash Brewing CompanyIPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.76
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A West Coast Double IPA
So mega-hopped it will take you to hop heaven. We’ve used hops in the boil, more hops in the giant hopback, and added to that, an incredible amount of dry-hopping for that cutting-edge “hop bite.” Once you’ve tasted this unique beer, all others pale in comparison. 1.072 OG Classified IBU 8%ABV
So mega-hopped it will take you to hop heaven. We’ve used hops in the boil, more hops in the giant hopback, and added to that, an incredible amount of dry-hopping for that cutting-edge “hop bite.” Once you’ve tasted this unique beer, all others pale in comparison. 1.072 OG Classified IBU 8%ABV
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber. Clear golden body. Fizzy. white head, mostly diminishing. Hoppy aroma of resin, pine, orange peel with hints of grain and dough. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lightly sweet, moderately acidic and heavily bitter. Its finishing taste is bitter grapefruit. Medium body, watery/smooth texture, lively carbonation. Nice, West coast, hoppy IPA with lots of resin and grapefruit, but not as complex nor as interesting as a Hopslam or Dreadnaught, both of which have a bigger malt backbone.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2009
at 19:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampler at the brewery. Pours golden, thin white head. Aroma has hoppy written all over it. Taste, floral hops, some cheese like mold and spices, keeps a light and balanced caramel tones, finish was on the more bitter side. Nelson proved to be a tad better to my taste buds, kept more sweetness even though it was loaded with hops.
Tried
on 18 May 2009
at 23:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Gold coloured body with a thin white head. Strong potent hoppiness in the nose all with a nice malty scent too. Medium-bodied; Potent hops in the taste with a great flavour and a strong kick! Aftertaste bitter, but very nice to try! The hops are really crazy, strong as hell! Overall, a damn good beer - a great IPA, bordering on the line between Imperial and non. I sampled this beer on draught at the Liar’s Club in San Diego, California on 23-September-2006.
Tried
on 15 May 2009
at 18:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Pours with a slightly hazed gold body and a small off-white with compact rings of lacing from every sip. Aroma is of very floral and perfumey hops and a touch of melon. Taste is relatively strong on the malt with a nice hoppy component that finishes a bit sweet. Syrupy with light bubbles. Good and easy drinking but not flashy, DIPA, which is what it is...
on rerates...bottle: aroma and flavor are earthier and more herbal than I remember. Seems like a lot of cenntenial with some other hops in the background (possibly summit).
on rerates...bottle: aroma and flavor are earthier and more herbal than I remember. Seems like a lot of cenntenial with some other hops in the background (possibly summit).
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2008
at 21:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle shared by cdumler. Thanks! Pours a hazy orange color with a medium frothy head (like chocolate milk) and particles suspended in the beer. Nice lacing and retention. Big hop aroma with citrus, resin and pine notes and a big honey-like malt backbone. Taste is lemon and resin hops with a tea-like character. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2008
at 00:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... Crisp clear amber ... sweet resiny pin hop nose... sweet resins ... quiet intense pine ... very juicy ... hides its 8% well ... light bitter linger ... but its sweet juicyness goes down a treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2008
at 14:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap At O’Brien’s in San Diego on 08/01/2008 on the RBSG Friday Pub Crawl. Clear golden amber body with a small white head. Citrus anf floral hop aroma. Sweet citrus and floral hop aroma with a light bitter finish. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2008
at 15:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Pizza Port, Carlsbad. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Light peachy and grapefruity hops aroma. Flavour is dense malty and solid hoppy fruity. Utterly wellbalanced and smooth. Medium dry hoppy finish with a nice bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 11:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at San Diego Brewing Company. This brew is a mostly clear orange-gold color with a thin off-white head that diminishes steadily. Patchy lacing on the glass. Fruity hops aroma with some caramel malt interplay. Medium-bodied and lively on the tongue with a floral hops character and a solid caramel and malt undertone. The finish is citrus and hops with a lingering bitterness left over. Good all around.
Tried
from Draft
at
San Diego Brewing Company
on 08 Jul 2008
at 20:33