The Best Green Beer

What makes today's beer selection better than most green beer is that it's not exactly green. Though, after the review, you may be envious, speaking of green.

Today's beer comes again compliments of George: Green Flash Brewing Company Imperial IPA. A big massive double IPA.
This gold-and-orange potion, clear as a bell, was capped with an inch and a half creamy, fluffy head. The head slowly relaxed into an ever-present lid over the beer as the liquid shrank its way down the glass. In its receding wake it left a lovely sticky lace down the sides of my pint glass.

As I beg for in all of my West Coast IPAs, I got all the citrusy hops I could ever want, right on top of a big heap of pine; it's like the pine trees in California grow oranges instead of pine cones. Despite the loads of hops, there is a sweet malt aroma that hints at bigger flavors to come. The malt doesn't compete, aroma-wise, with the hops, but there's enough there to let you know this isn't a run-of-the-mill hop bomb.

Make no mistake, this is a giant IPA. The malt sweetness is definitely dominated by the hops, but still strikes enough of a balance to keep it worth drinking gulp after gulp. The malty sweetness stays as an undercurrent, sightly sticky on the palate and the lips. Big grapefruit hops dominates, and interestingly, the orange-y hops yield a bit of sweetness along with the malt. The finish is slightly peppery and dry.

For a DIPA, this is surprisingly light-bodied beer with enough carbonation to seemingly lighten it even more. The heavier tastes give it away. I really enjoyed this beer. Not quite as much as last week's review, but certainly this is a beer worth trying, especially for you hop-heads. This is is definitely hoppier than Alesmth's offering, which, again, is currently my favorite of the style. That said, if you can get you some of this Green Flash, get it.