West Coast IPA (European Edition)
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Brasserie St-Feuillien / FriartIPA - Imperial / Double Regular
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6.89
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In 2013 Mike Hinkley, Green Flash co-founder, turned to the friends at St-Feuillien and proposed to work together in our efforts to get fresh West Coast IPA to market in Europe. Dominique Friart and her team agreed to allow Chuck Silva, Green Flash brewmaster, to physically brew West Coast IPA using the state-of-the-art equipment at their new facility in Le Roeulx, Belgium.
The recipe for Green Flash West Coast IPA in Belgium is as close a replica to the U.S. version of the beer as possible - the ingredients include the same hops, malts and the Green Flash house yeast. Each are produced using the same complex brewing process. The only difference is that the West Coast IPA produced in Belgium is bottle-conditioned to protect beer quality in areas of Europe where unrefrigerated conditions may be unavoidable.
The recipe for Green Flash West Coast IPA in Belgium is as close a replica to the U.S. version of the beer as possible - the ingredients include the same hops, malts and the Green Flash house yeast. Each are produced using the same complex brewing process. The only difference is that the West Coast IPA produced in Belgium is bottle-conditioned to protect beer quality in areas of Europe where unrefrigerated conditions may be unavoidable.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Johns. Pours golden with a huge creamy white head. Aroma of malt, grass, citrusly hops, grapefruit. Flavor is malt, grass, fruity hops, citrus, grapefruit. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and lasting bitter finish. 241015
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2015
at 08:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle brewed at "St-Feuillien", 8.1%. Slightly hazy amber with big off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, hop, little pine and a little grapefruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, hop, little grapefruit, little pine, medium sweet, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2015
at 08:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear golden with a big and lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 241015
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2015
at 08:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy deep medium amber colour, tall frothy off-white head, half-way lasting, good lacing. Floral and fruity nose, lemon, pale malt, pine, citrus. Taste medium to heavy bitter and sweet, citrus, caramel. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, aftertaste medium bitter, herbal notes and a light sweet fruity touch in the finish, elegant and well-balanced ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2015
at 13:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap during RBESG2015, Day 2, Malmö, Sweden - pours amber with a off-white head. Aroma and taste is a mix of sweet tropical fruits, grapefruit, satsuma, citrus peel, strong sweet malty backbone with caramel and toffee notes, and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2015
at 07:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Bishops Arms Gustav Adolfs Torg, Malmo, Day 2 of RBESG ’15 21/08/15. Clear golden amber with a decent light beige covering. Nose is caramel malt, light pine, straw, bitter orange. Taste comprises caramel malt, bread dough, orange pith, light grapefruit strains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with hop btiterness present. Ok SIPA but lacks a little bite for me.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2015
at 02:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 355ml. -from Pivoljub Ljubljana. Cloudy golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, mild hoppy nose. Moderate malty, some caramel, grapefruity hoppy and mild fruity with dry hoppy finish. Alcohol hidden. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2015
at 16:55