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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Orange color with a 2-finger head. Floral and pine hop aroma with a honey-like sweetness in the background. Up front citrus hop taste with an earthy feel. Dry, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2008
at 22:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle at a beer tasting in Göteborg on July 4, 2008)Clear golden color, white head. Strong hoppy scent, some green peppers. Hoppy, bitter, citrus taste. Bitter aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2008
at 07:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2009-11-12, 7-5-8-5-16=41
The bottle is at least one year old; it pours a hazy amber color, with generous head, quite frothy, leaving behind a nice lace. The hop aroma is mostly resiny, with only light fruits; there is also a peculiar light soap presence, and refined white sugar. Good body strength; there is a very good toffee and caramel flavor, with the desired sweetness, with apricot jam; strong bitterness, a bit harsh, then resiny, finally fruity too. Powerful and deeply pleasant, but not very fresh.
2009-08-24, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Hazy deep blond color. Fruity hop beer, apricot jam and oranges. Good caramel and toffee flavor, resiny and fruity hops, bitter oranges. Strong final, getting a bit astringent.
2008-04-04, bottle at Ølbaren, Copenhagen, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Hazy golden color; big head. Very nice and quite original aroma, hoppy, earthy, with manure. Toffee flavor, and similar hop impact (manure...); some sweetness too. Very good, but tonight, compared side to side to the Ballast Point Dorado, it can’t win.
The bottle is at least one year old; it pours a hazy amber color, with generous head, quite frothy, leaving behind a nice lace. The hop aroma is mostly resiny, with only light fruits; there is also a peculiar light soap presence, and refined white sugar. Good body strength; there is a very good toffee and caramel flavor, with the desired sweetness, with apricot jam; strong bitterness, a bit harsh, then resiny, finally fruity too. Powerful and deeply pleasant, but not very fresh.
2009-08-24, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Hazy deep blond color. Fruity hop beer, apricot jam and oranges. Good caramel and toffee flavor, resiny and fruity hops, bitter oranges. Strong final, getting a bit astringent.
2008-04-04, bottle at Ølbaren, Copenhagen, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Hazy golden color; big head. Very nice and quite original aroma, hoppy, earthy, with manure. Toffee flavor, and similar hop impact (manure...); some sweetness too. Very good, but tonight, compared side to side to the Ballast Point Dorado, it can’t win.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2008
at 03:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a clear, sparkling orange covered by a large, tight, white head. Very good lacing, and nice retention. Aroma is tangerine, sweetness, some green apple, and grapefruit. Taste is bitter and less sweet than the nose would have you believe. Water mouthfeel, with lively carbonation. re-rate. Same score. Pours with a huge, tight, creamy off-white head and a hazy golden body. Great lacing and retention. Aroma of orange and strong pine and eucalyptuses and some light fruits (melon). Taste is pine and eucalyptuses and light fruits and melon. Syrupy mouthfeel, light bubbles.
Tried
on 24 May 2008
at 12:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 66cl. Clear medium orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly - fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grape, orange, grass. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (270308)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2008
at 10:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Strong pineapple and grapefruit nose with a hint of caramel. Amber and medium cream colored head. Grapefruit and lemon flavor. Lemon zest and grass finish. Tasty and well hopped, but not terribly unique. It tastes better when warm when the maltiness peeks through.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 12:53