Green Flash Super Freak
Green Flash Brewing Co.

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From:
Green Flash Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Belgian IPA
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
83
Avg:
3.62 | pDev: 17.96%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
35
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 23, 2015
Added:
Jul 21, 2008
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by lanceka:
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Reviewed by lanceka from California

4.32/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Tasted at Chuck-a-Palooza @ Stone World Bistro & Gardens, San Diego Beer Week '10.

At the bottom end of the straw spectrum, just delving into copper...slightly lighter than the current batch of Le Freak.

Fantastically complex on the nose and the palate. Up front on the aroma is horseblanket and hay, with spicy yeast phenolics following. If I didn't know better, I'd swear I can still smell a little dry-hop aroma, but that's unlikely in a beer this old. Picking apart the brett-infuenced aroma is always tough, but I gotta go with a little leather, too.

The flavor rushes in with the typical 'funky' sour flavors...barnyardy, earthy...not much in the way of lactic tartness, certainly no acetic flavors that I can taste. The brett funk provides a nice drying balance to the malt character for the first couple seconds, then there's just a touch of dried fruit sweetness before the hop bitterness takes over, leaving a lingering interplay of hop astringency and aged-chevre bitterness that might be off-putting to sour beer neophytes. Alcohol was quite subdued...definitely have to disagree with people who claim it's too hot.

[rant]
Drinkability is certainly low, as some reviewers have noted...but comon, people, this is a brett sour. Since when are they supposed to be quaffable?! Also, saying you don't like this beer because it doesn't taste like Le Freak is just inane. Chuck Silva certainly wasn't billing this as a belgian IPA, as it most certainly is not. Too bad beer advocate doesn't seem to know that. It's much closer to Orval than, say, Houblon Chouffe or Urthel Hop-It. Most of the negative reviews on here seem to be by people who don't get what makes this beer interesting and novel. It's not supposed to taste like Le Freak, and it's not supposed to taste like Rodenbach Grand Cru. sheesh.
[/rant]

Overall a supremely interesting, complex entry into the very limited (but burgeoning) world of SoCal sours.
Nov 09, 2010
More User Ratings:
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Rated by FondueVoodoo from Canada (BC)

4.08/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On tap at Belmont Station
May 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.67 by wethorseblanket from California

Apr 29, 2015
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Rated by BigGingDrinker from North Carolina

2.75/5  rDev -24%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
A sour with some bourbon notes. I'm not a fan of the combo
Jan 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.8 by Poupae from Thailand

Oct 12, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by Flash09 from Florida

Jul 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Rado from California

Jun 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by jrfehon33 from Pennsylvania

May 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by TomSeit79 from Minnesota

Apr 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by tbone64 from Minnesota

Mar 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by chefbigjon from Arizona

Mar 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Nov 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Danobold from Texas

Oct 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by jjf3792 from Pennsylvania

Jul 19, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by oilcan01 from Arizona

Jul 12, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by Clem319 from California

Jun 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by MikeyJ777 from New York

Jun 01, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Xtent from California

Jan 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Pecan from Arizona

Jan 29, 2013
Green Flash Super Freak from Green Flash Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 35 ratings