Green Flash Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Tilray Brands
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2002

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6550 Mira Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA, CA 92121, United States
Description
A TOAST FROM THE COAST Part legend, part luck, the elusive green flash is a San Diego sensation. But to us, it’s more than a burst of brilliant green light as the sun sets into the sea – it’s a magical moment that signals the end of an extraordinary day and the start of an epic night on the horizon. Our Brewmaster, Erik Jensen, and his talented brewing team have developed an award-winning assortment of specialty craft ales that are uniquely Green Flash. After releasing the game changing West Coast IPA, our beers developed a loyal following of craft beer lovers. We remain steadfast in our commitment to a beer first philosophy. For that, we are celebrated by beer enthusiasts worldwide. To keep our fans thirsty for more, we consistently produce experimental, limited-edition and seasonal offerings in addition to a solid lineup of long-time favorites. Through our trailblazing approach to craft brewing, we have established a benchmark within the craft beer community. Our award-winning beers are on draft and in bottles at restaurants and retail outlets near you.

In December 2021, Green Flash Brewing Co. was acquried by Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing Co.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at Watering Hole. Golden amber colour, off white creamy head. Aroma is hoppy, grapefruit citrus, light cat pee. Taste is nice and bitter, but maybe not so much else. Grapefruit and lemon, bit biscuity. Very bitter finish. Bit one-dimensional. Rerate: 11/10/13 Maybe was a bit harsh last time. Taste is good, decent hoppiness, grassy and bit resinous. Good bitter finish. Slight malty spiciness too. Aroma is grassy, bit skunky, cat pee. Good stuff.
Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53

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Bottle at Antenna America. Golden coloured. Aroma is herbal, nice hoppiness bit citrus. Taste is nice, good herbal taste. Pretty good. Crisp and quite dry. Probably would have rather had an Orval though!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53

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Tap at Faucets. Looks like I had a lot of DIPAs this night. Consequently the rating standard is dropping fast. Amber coloured, small off white head. Aroma is citrus hoppy, tangerine. Taste is nice, orange, malty. Pretty good. Seems that I didn't notice the 10.1% which I guess means it should get a extra few points, but probably was a bad choice looking back. Will definitely look to try it again. Rerate: had a bottle at Bamboo. Very different! Amber coloured, small off-white head. Aroma is nice and hoppy, bit leafy, boozy, lots of hops. Taste is very interesting. Liquorice, caramel, lightly minty. Crazy stuff! Very full bodied, and of course lots of bitterness. Surprisingly easy drinking. Really nice.
Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53

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Bottle. Amber with a cream head that fades to a cm. Aroma of bread crust, grapefruit, kumquat, some tropical fruit, pine. Pretty much how it tastes - firm bread crust, mostly citrus and pine aromatics, strong bitterness. Clean and straightforward. Didn't realise this was a new beer nor attempt to decipher the date code but it's pretty good although nearly a year old.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 12:36

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Can at home. Yellow color, unclear / hazy, medium sized white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, some odd fruity notes like passion fruit, some citrus. Medium body and suitable medium carbonation. Solid. 7-3-7-4-15.
Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2019 at 18:35

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy golden with a white head - Tart malt aroma - Malt body with a tart citrus flavour - The tart fruity citrus goes into the finish - This was good
Tried on 29 Aug 2019 at 16:59

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Amber with off white heaad - Malt and some wood aroma - Malt body with some caramle notes with a nice wood barrel whiskey flavour - The malt caramel with wood barrel flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried on 29 Aug 2019 at 16:57

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Bottle from FlacoAlto, thanks! Orange color. Grapefruit, traubenzucker and grass in the aroma. Firm flowery grassy oily hopbitter flavor, getting strong towards the finish. Pineapple and mango. Long grassy earthy bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 16:24

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Bottle. Golden color. Grass, vanilla and melon in the aroma. Hints of peach. Alcoholic but fairly well hopped flavor. Grassy, with vanilla and some citrus notes. Hints of white pepper in the aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06

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Bottle. Orange blonde color, pours a huge head. White pepper, sharp lemon and lemongrass in the perfumed aroma. Firm citric peppery hopbitter flavor. Sharp on the tongue. Lots of lemon. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06