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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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught Medium, dense yellowish head, over deep-golden beer. There is a strange, off-aroma in the nose. Some speak of garlic, I think of insectoid. And some hops, of course, the cat-piss (valerian) ones. The Summit - or the Nugget?. In the taste, I get the garlic clearly myself. Something wrong there, and it destroys all the fun. Astringent MF, going with the taste. Ouch - misser for this sample.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2008
at 04:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Oggi’s Mission Valley location (originally rated 4/12, mistaken for an Oggi’s beer). This beer pours a mostly clear yellow-gold color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes slowly. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Citrus and hops aroma with a hint of spice. Medium-bodied with flavors of piney hops and spice, plus some grapefruit. Very little malt is present for balance. The finish is slightly astringent hops and citrus with a lingering hops aftertaste. Above average, and would be much better if it were more balanced.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2008
at 14:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very light yellow colour for an IPA, especially for an Imperial. Lasting white head that’s firm and leaving lace. Aroma is obviously filled with hops, some herbal pine, lots of citrus with some dish washing soap, and some exotic fruit, mostly peach and pineapple. There is a little alcohol in the flavour, and a little fruity sweetness, but it’s all about the bitterness! Delicious, insane bitterness that burns your throat a little and a strong hop flavour with fresh tobacco, pine and grapefruit notes. Some American brewers seem to prefer big IPAs with a lot of maltiness and sweetness, but this one is perfectly balanced to my taste. Not chalky dry, but dry enugh to let the hops play lead all the way.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2008
at 17:19
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle@vinens_verden,Odense: Pours gold/copper with a creamy white head. Aroma is hops mainly - a lot of grass & fruit. Piney/grapefruit. Super funky fresh & bitter taste. Crispy. Wow - extremely quaffable. A bit of bread & caramel sweetness to balance it. Just about enough of everything! Woo hah - this brother got me in check! And the alcohol is totally anonymous! So impressed!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2008
at 12:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Thrash Zone. Intense hop aroma, pine, citrus, and grapefruit. Full bodied. Powerful hop blast of pine, citrus, grapefruit, floral, and a nice malt roundness. Finish is bitter and lasting. Will be enjoying many more pints of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2008
at 18:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber bottle....cloudy golden, adorable with a soothing fluff....smells floral and a usual malty aroma....tastes nice, clean finish...fresh but very typical and similar to other brews of the same nature
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2008
at 14:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
Bottled. Somewhere between deep golden and pale amber, firm head. Striking lychee aroma. Full bodied and very sweet. The attempts at balancing the vast amounts of hops results in excessive sweetness,and it feels a bit sticky. The lovely hop flavour fades out into an inky bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2008
at 03:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
75 cL bottle, thanks to thewolf. Pours hazy orange with a dense white head. Mild pine and grapefruity aroma. Flavour starts with a sweet caramel with a nice fruity note before a solid bitterness is building up along nice sweet notes towards the finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2008
at 06:15