Le Freak
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.32
|
|
Le Freak is a modern ale created by converging two beer styles, Belgian Trippel and American Imperial IPA. The use of two yeast strains further marries the styles and American hops give the beer its modern flare.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Green Flash Le Freak (by Green Flash Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
17/X/2012 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a (2012-1143)
Clear bright orange beer, nice creamy irregular yellow head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: lots of citrus, lime, some pineapple, bit piny, sweet ripe summer fruits, peaches, candy and bubble gum, sugary, overripe fruits. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, pretty spicy, bit grassy hops, lemony, pineapple, some mango, peaches, bitter hops, bit piny. Aftertaste: citrus, grassy hops, bit spicy, lemony, peppery, dry spicy and bitter ending with alcohol warming the throat.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
17/X/2012 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a (2012-1143)
Clear bright orange beer, nice creamy irregular yellow head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: lots of citrus, lime, some pineapple, bit piny, sweet ripe summer fruits, peaches, candy and bubble gum, sugary, overripe fruits. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, pretty spicy, bit grassy hops, lemony, pineapple, some mango, peaches, bitter hops, bit piny. Aftertaste: citrus, grassy hops, bit spicy, lemony, peppery, dry spicy and bitter ending with alcohol warming the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2012
at 10:07
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home (BOE) - 29/09/12. Pours a clear light golden with a thin white head that soon dissipates. Nose is yeast (light Belgian tones), hops, burnt sugar, light fruit flavours and a little spice. Tastes of Belgian yeast, light citrus flavours, caramel, spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, spicy dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2012
at 13:59
7.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
650ml bottle. Clear orangey golden colour with average, firm, frothy, lasting, white head. Slightly sweet fruity, strawy and yeasty aroma has notes of lychee, citrus, tangerine. Taste is yeasty, tart, minimally sweet fruity, dry and bitter hoppy overtones. Very nice composition.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2012
at 11:42
7.2/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Pours hazy golden amber with a small white head and good, almost perfect, lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast with notes of grapefruit and caramel. Flavor is yeast, citrus, pine and a touch of caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2012
at 16:59
7.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery. Hazy, amber liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of citrus, banana, bubble gum, grapefruit, mango and cereal. Taste is dry and medium bitter with notes of banana, citrus and cereal. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Works OK, but too bananany for my taste.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2012
at 09:23
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Taco Mac Perimeter. Pours a light gold with a thin head. The aroma is lemons, light grassy hops, and caramel. The flavor is very sweet. The palate is medium, sugary, and syrupy. Overall, this is a sugary mess, but not too bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2012
at 15:29
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pour is a rich gold with a massive head at first, but it dies down in a few minutes, leaving white suds covering the side of the glass. Aromas are heavy with bananas, cloves, honey and maybe oranges. Flavors of sweet honey and orange blossoms dominate, but it has a pretty decent banana and clove edge as well as a decent bitterness for the style. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2012
at 11:51
7.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours clear golden with a huge white head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, hoppy and slightly funky with pineapple, mango, passion fruit, dry soil, hay, mandarin oranges, lemon zest, yeasty esters, pears in sugar syrup, wheat crackers, biscuits and hints of blue cheese, barnyard and plums. Taste is sweet and slightly bitter with crackers, orange peal, ammonium chloride, gunpowder, pine, freshly cut grass, resin, plums, mango, yeasty esters, barnyard, pears, green apples, green grapes , vine gums, alcohol and liquorice root. Mouthfeel is round, dry, tiny boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with fresh grass, orange zest, dry soil, mango, crackers and pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2012
at 12:58
8/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased at Armanetti’s in Chicago, IL, enjoyed on a cool Wednesday night while making some dinner. Appearance is a slightly cloudy bright gold with a rich frothy white head that laces to the glass. Aroma is hoppy and spicy from the Belgian ale yeast which gives it a slight soapy smell, but not really offputting. Taste is pretty good, Belgian yeast adds light banana and clove notes, extra hops adds a piney like quality. Pretty good stuff, definitely tastes like a new style.
Tried
on 09 May 2012
at 18:37