Imperial IPA
(has 4 batches)
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.68
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"San Diego-style IPA, as it has come to be known by many, is a super-hoppy, high gravity, yet highly quaffable ale. Green Flash Imperial IPA is created in this new tradition, with intense hop flavors and aromas from a unique blend of Summit and Nugget hops. It’s all about the hops!" -- Brewmaster Chuck Silva
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
cloudy yellow/orange, small white head. aroma is hopy and slighrly citrussy flowery. flavor is malty, buitter, pine, supernice balance, very well done.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2009
at 14:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle, pours light hazy orange , some piney and hoppy nose. Sweet malt and all hop bitter finish. Nice.;
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2009
at 22:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled: Pours orange with a creamy mid sized head. Fruity pine apple and lychee aroma. Flavour is fruity pine apple and a little bit of liquorice, but only for a short while, after that it is all about resiny, piney hops; love it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2009
at 13:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Total Wine - Richmond, 7/14/09
Aroma: Huge hoppy nose, pine, citrus
Appearance: Clear golden color, white head, spotty lacing, and some rising bubbles in the glass
Flavor: Big hops. Not a lot more to say here, not a complex flavor, but a hop bomb.
Palate: Nice mouthfeel, medium body
Overall Impression: This isn't the most complex beer in the world, but I love the huge hops flavor, and I enjoyed drinking this one. It is a tasty beer for fans of the hops.
Aroma: Huge hoppy nose, pine, citrus
Appearance: Clear golden color, white head, spotty lacing, and some rising bubbles in the glass
Flavor: Big hops. Not a lot more to say here, not a complex flavor, but a hop bomb.
Palate: Nice mouthfeel, medium body
Overall Impression: This isn't the most complex beer in the world, but I love the huge hops flavor, and I enjoyed drinking this one. It is a tasty beer for fans of the hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2009
at 22:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Re-rate, bottle, 0.65 l, at Kaisla, t0120531) The beer poured amber and a bit hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, citricness, orangr and malts. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were hops, grass, sweetness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, hoppy, boozy and bitter. The booziness in the taste was unpleasant but otherwise a good brew.
(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-01-22) Pale amber and hazy. Small white head. Hops, grass and malts in nose. Full bodied and quite dry palate with warmth from alcohol. Hops, malts, some fruitiness and bitterness in taste. Not in my liking though. Old score: 3
(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-01-22) Pale amber and hazy. Small white head. Hops, grass and malts in nose. Full bodied and quite dry palate with warmth from alcohol. Hops, malts, some fruitiness and bitterness in taste. Not in my liking though. Old score: 3
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2009
at 05:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a clear orange golden color with a large frothy white head. The aroma is a strong hop with floral notes and pine. Good sticky lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet at first with grapefruit and then balences with a bitter finish while hiding the alcohol well for being 9 percent. A very well done Double IPA from Green Flash.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2008
at 02:41
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is amber golden. Aroma and taste are hops, pine, flowers and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2008
at 11:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
bomber - Pours copper with a big, fluffy white head. The aroma is a wonderful blend of citrus and floral accented hops. The flavor is of course really big on the hops with the citrus notes coming through very nicely. It has enough malt to give it a good medium body and a bit of balance, but clearly at 101 IBUs, beyond what is said to be detectable by the human palate, this beer is all about the hops. There’s a long, bitter finish to this palate wrecking brew. My love affair with double IPAs continues.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2008
at 22:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Straightforward double IPA with little depth. Light orange body. Thick, frothy, white head that diminishes. The aroma is mostly hoppy with notes of resin and rubber. Hints of toasted grain and bread dough. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium to full body, smooth texture, sticky finish. Alcohol comes forward in the finish as the sweetness diminishes and the bitterness sticks around. Moderately acidic in the finish as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2008
at 22:40
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle courtesy of Thaichile. Pour is cheddar cheese orange, hazy, with a pretty off white 2 inch head. Thick lacing, coats the glass from top to bottom. Beautiful in my tulip; I am such a sucker for beers that look like this. Aroma of thick sweet resin, grain and citrus. Bittersweet. Taste is sharply bitter, with resin pine and orange peel. Pretty harsh, but does hide the heat decently. Palate is medium - quite mouth coating, with a lingering bitterness. This is a bitter beer, to be certain. Something about this beer reminded me of fresh Old Crusty. Thanks for sending this one my way, Mark!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2008
at 10:24