Green Flash is out of San Diego County. The name refers to a "rare optical phenomena that occurs shortly after sunset or before sunrise, when a green spot is visible for a short period of time above the sun, or a green ray shoots up from the sunset point." I grew up out on the West Coast and never experienced one, but then again I really didn't know what it was or where to look for it. Its does sound pretty amazing. Anyways, lets get back to the beer.According to the Green Flash site:
San Diego-style IPA, as it has come to be known by many, is super-hoppy, high gravity, yet highly quaffable ale. Our 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!
Pours a brilliant, glowing orange color. Its a great looking beer with a big fluffy stark white head. Once that head fades, it leaves a lot of lacing inside the glass. I really can't get over the color of this beer.
Wow, talk about an intense smelling beer. Its ridiculously hoppy. Lots of grapefruit, pineapple, orange and some pine. You can just about smell the stickiness from the hops. My guess is if you spilled some of this on you, that hop smell might never go away. I don't think I'd mind too much.
Taste is more of the grapefruit and pineapple sweetness at first followed by a tongue drying (and lashing) by the massive amount of West Coast hops. Its a very bitter IPA that is definitely leaning towards being a one-sided hop monster, but hell if you're a hop head this is your kind of beer! Did I mention it cracks the century mark when it comes to IBUs? I love it for what it is...
BEER FACTS
Name: Imperial India Pale Ale
Style: Imperial/Double India Pale Ale
Brewery: Green Flash Brewing Company
Location: Vista, California, USA
Container: 22 oz. bottle
Malts: ?
Hops: Summit & Nugget
ABV: 9%
IBUs: 101
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