Hop Head Red (2014-2016)
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.15
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This is a strong version of Hop Head Red that was introduced in Spring 2014. Alcohol has changed from 7% to 8.1% and the beer is Double Red India Pale Ale. The old 7% has been discontinued.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Whole Foods in Davis, CA. Pours hazy copper with a foamy beige/tan head. Lots of zest and malt in the aroma. Flavor is quite malty, but there’s a lot of hop. Very citrus. Mild hop burn starts fairly quickly. Heavy duty ale! Finishes not exactly dry, not exactly bitter, but very hoppy and very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2014
at 18:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle to tulip. Crystal malt and tropical fruit. Malt is rich and doughy. Clear amber with off white head leavin slight collared rings. Taste is crystal malt and slight orange citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2014
at 14:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Carnitas in SD. Very hoppy - a bit thick and vegetal in the way some other Green Flash beers are. Was very excited based on the description - double red IPA - and it's good but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2014
at 16:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Nice beer that is an update to the original recipe. A bit stronger in ABV, this still tastes like a really good DIPA, with citrus and hop flavors and aromas dominating.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2014
at 14:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flaska@M.Bargo. Röd kopparfärgad vätska. Fantastiskt karamellig doft parad med ananas och tallkåda. Härlig balans av beska och sötma. Klart bra altanöl.
Tried
on 23 May 2014
at 12:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
nice amber red color. Very strange nose, very malty with almost chemical smell. I really can’t place that nose. The mouth though was really nice. Excellent malt backbone with caramel and cherries. Really well balanced, alcohol well hidden. A firm solid Imperial Red Ale (no idea what an imperial Red IPA is, but this is clearly a red ale, not an IPA). Very drinkable. Lovely and great example of imperial red ale.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2014
at 08:28
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Wenn ich mich recht entsinne, habe ich dieses Bier auch auf der Braukunst live 2014 getrunken. Es war ein schön ausbalanciertes Pale Ale, das die Balance zwischen malzigen Red Ale-Aromen und hopfigen IPA-Noten schaffte. Alles war da und nichts übertrieb -wie es sein sollte. Ying und yang waren ausgeglichen.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2014
at 18:33