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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[Courtesy of thewolf, session @ yespr] Hazy golden with medium short lasting head. Aroma is hoppy with grapefruit notes. Flavor is sweet with grapefruits, citrus, caramel and a nice hoppy kick to the end. Finishes bitter. Lovely!
Tried
on 17 Jan 2008
at 23:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Thank you bu11zeye for this one. Pour a clear orange color with a small white head. Malty hoppy grapefruit aroma, also some hints of pine. Malty and very hoppy grapefruit flavor with some piney hints. Long malty hoppy bitter finish and also a long hoppy bitter aftertaste. Good Stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2007
at 07:23
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber pours a clear a clear gold with frothy off white head and sweet lacing. The aroma is lighter than it should be to be a top notch brew with hints of sweet malts and mild citrus grapefruit hops. The taste begins somewhat neutral then becomes sweet with malts as grapefruit hop bitterness and floral hops bloom. The mouth feel is thick speaking to the gravity of the beer yet with virtually no hint of the 9% ABV. Nice lingering grapefruit hop bitterness.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2007
at 22:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has spicy notes of sage, as well as notes of other herbs, and heather honey. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and heather, leading to a very bitter finish. The body is thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2007
at 15:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy light orange beer, with a foamy, sticky lace - stereotypical west coast giant hop nose, orange peel, mango - tastes a bit oxidized - I guess the bottle is a little old - strong pineapple flavor, with apricot and orange - super dry hoppy character, which I prefer to the sticky sweet malt character that many of these beers exhibit - long summit hop finish - a tasty brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2007
at 20:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Naven: Poured a deep copper color ale with huge foamy head with perfect retention and some good lacing. Aroma of red grapefruit is astonishing and up there with the best of the style. Taste is also dominated by some red grapefruit with some medium bitterness and some light caramel malt. Body is above average with some good carbonation. I have to admit that this hop bombs is definitely better then standard IIPA out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2007
at 15:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours a slightly hazy orange/copper color with an off-white head and sticky lacing. Big hoppy aroma. Grapefruity but a bit odd. Something else I cant put my finger on. Vanilla maybe. Flavor is thick and malty, lots of body and plenty of sweet caramel malts and the IBUs to balance. Nice, big IPA but the flavors were a little off for me. Thanks Jordan
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2007
at 14:01
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Whoo! The resiny pine hop aroma is so intense that it suggests fresh cat p... Joking, I think. Fantastic aroma. Hazy orange amber color with a mobile white head that enthusiastically laces. The start is like evergreen. I don’t taste citrus, but pineapple I can believe. The mouthfeel is firm. It’s almost smooth. The mouth impact is hop. 101 IBU? Can that be measured? It has legs like good wine. Or at least the illusion of such. It’s almost creamy. Finish? My mouth is probably finished for the evening. No way that hop is wearing off soon. I have no idea why this is not on the "best" list.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2007
at 20:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: A true golden pour with lots of white head and thick lacing. Nose is intense with floral and citrus hops; lots of grapefruit. A sweeter citrus hops with hints of florals and some caramel. More of a fruity hop impact. Ever so slight alcohol warming affect. Very flavorful and easy to drink. Thanks to my bud Darren for hookin me up!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2007
at 21:07