Green Flash Palate Wrecker

Green Flash Brewing Co.   San Diego, CA

Notes:

Imperial IPA

12oz Bottle

9.5% ABV

Appearance:  Pours a nice, deep golden orange…transparent with zero bubble action, a very crisp looking beer…tons of off white head thins out to pinky thick, but livens up with each swirl…a very clean looking beer with a thin frothy top…(4/5)

Smell:  An array of bitterness…musty/dank bitterness first, but underneath there’s pine and a little citrus…for a palate wrecker, I can definitely smell some biscuity malts…more balanced that I would have expected…a little musty for me, but not bad…(3.75/5)

Taste:  Tons of earthy, mildly musty, dank bitterness…it’s fresh and that for me, is the plus side to all the earthy/woodsy/dankness…the flavor is still real palatable…like the nose, there’s a real buscuitiness that’s mildly sweet with a touch pale qualities…this brew really takes you on an adventure: it’s bitter, then buscuity, then uber bitter to finish…very full flavored, each sip lasts a few minutes…(4/5)

Mouthfeel:  Light to medium body, medium carbonation…fluffs up bringing tons of bitterness: grassy, piney, danky…there’s a creaminess to the carbonation…grass and lemon peel bitterness in the after taste…(4/5)

Overall:  This is a good beer…I love hops, the hoppier a beer the better…this beer does fit that bill, but the choice of hops used aren’t my favorite…for whatever reason, I’ve encountered more musty/dank variety IPA,  maybe this is the beginning of the trend away from citrus hops dominant IPA’s…I’m not sure…but if an IPA could be a sipper, this would be one…good flavor though, easily recommendable for the standard hop head…this brew reminds me of Hop Stoopid by Lagunitas, if you like that, then you’ll find happiness here…(4/5)

Score:

(3.94/5)