Imperial IPA
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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Clear golden yellow with white head. Light citrusy grapefruit hops and some honey on the nose. Taste has some caramel malt with a light fruity sweetness combined with resiny hop flavour. Very full mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2014
at 19:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Aroma fresh crisp hops, grassy, citrusy, orange, light resin. Clear golden to amber colour. Taste is assertively hoppy with high bitterness and a decent malt backbone. Orange, zest, grassy. ery refreshing despite the alcohol, which is hidden well. Moderate body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 06:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Orange-bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig fruchtig, exotische Früchte. Geschmack sehr fruchtig malzig, lange Bitterkeit.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2014
at 11:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botella de 65 cl en el lúpulo. Junio de 2013. muy buena imperial ipa con sabores de cereales, ligeramente dulce y maltosa y un final amargo apreciable. Cuerpo medio con 9.4 vol que se notan bien. Muy buena y para repetir sin duda.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2014
at 05:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Tapwerks. Pours a clear deep amber with an egg shell white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has strong pine and resin notes with a syrupy grain backbone. Flavor starts with bitter pine and finishes with a combination of sweet grain and onion.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2014
at 17:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a pale yellow-gold, with small, quickly dissipating head. Strong floral hop aroma. Flavor is an intensely bitter, piney hop-front, with citrus notes and some underlying malty sweetness. Alcohol is. Well-hidden. This is a good one!
Tried
on 26 Nov 2013
at 19:52
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hazy amber with thick fluffy head. Nice pungent hoppy aroma followed by astringent hoppy taste. Mouthfeel is normal, finish is short, but hoppy nature lingers on. Very well done imperial IPA.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2013
at 16:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 0.335 at Rotterdam, Helsinki. Originally rated 14072012. Colour is hazy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, some grape, hops and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2013
at 09:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy pale golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big lemon zest, grapefruit, orange zest, honey, cracker, bread, floral, grass, light pine, and floral earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of bright citrus notes with light-moderate bread/honey malt balance; and good strength. Taste of big lemon zest, orange zest, grapefruit, tangerine, floral, grass, pine, honey, bread, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of bright citrus, citrus zest, floral, grass, cracker, bread, honey, light pine, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of bright citrus/floral hop flavors; with a moderate honey/bready malt balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth, crisp, and moderately sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent DIPA Style! Great balance and complexity of bright citrus/floral/pine hop flavors with moderate bread/honey malt balance; and very smooth to sip on for being over 9%. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2013
at 22:48
10/10
Tried
on 19 May 2013
at 21:49