Fearless Fifty
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Fearless FiftyFearless Fifty
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From:
Green Flash Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.8 | pDev: 9.21%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
74
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 02, 2020
Added:
Dec 29, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
Trader Joe's 50th anniversary beer.

Brewed with California sweet orange peel and tangy rose hips inspired by the Crown City of Roses. It's malty character is balanced by fruity El Dorado hops.
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Ratings by descobar:
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Reviewed by descobar from Florida

3.46/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
bought at TJs in Dadeland. 22 oz bottle
Look: Straw to pale gold with a thin-ish white head with very low retention. clarity is about 85%. no lacing observed. Smell: yeast derived fruity esters and peppery spices. soft wheaty, bready, light malts and some floral hops.
Taste: all complexity here is coming from the yeast esters and derived spices. good balance between malt sweetness and moderate bitterness. I do not detect separate flavors from the orange peel or rose hips.
Feel: medium to medium full body with oily texture. moderate carbonation is present and the astringency is pronounced. Finishes dry and short with only some astringency lingering on the palate.
Overall: a decent enough Saison although the expected white head, retention and lacing typical to this style are lacking. Also the experimental side (rose hips and sweet orange peel) is too subtle.
Mar 08, 2017
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.51/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Review from April Fool's Day, 2017.

Pours a brass like color. Good clarity, especially for a saison. Ample 3/5" white head. Hits a standard yeasty saison push in the aroma upside some orange peel notes. Truly smells as the label reads.

Taste veers a little from the smell. Doesn't have the taste of a saison yeast as much. There is a weird bitter astringency to it that can't be just the saison yeast. All this rose hip talk doesn't pan out in the taste. Thought it would have had a drier finish on the back end. Really not all that memorable, one of those beers that was quite middling, no off flavors, but also doesn't do anything so good that you talk up any particular aspect of the beer. At best, it looks well made and is relatively affordable. The orange is probably the most prominent thing, but its a mixed bag, I don't want fruit to be the most forward thing in a saison, but it did tamp down some of those clove type notes that I'm not big on, so its a shell game at the end of the day.
Jul 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.25 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

May 04, 2020
 
Rated: 3.12 by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts

May 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by jwg782 from Texas

Aug 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by jcb7472 from Florida

Jan 02, 2018
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Reviewed by jngrizzaffi from Texas

3.97/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
To be fair, it does say that it was best before June 2017. Pours a very hazy golden color with a small foamy head. Head retention is mild. Lacing is good. Floral aroma with some farmhouse yeasts and slight citrus on the back end. Very carbonated up front with some bitterness, followed by the orange peel then the farmhouse yeasts. The farmhouse flavor persists on the aftertaste. Not a bad beer. Somewhat silky at the end. Light to medium bodied.
Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.59 by madelf66 from Pennsylvania

Aug 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by atrocity from Virginia

Jul 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.56 by B_B from California

Jul 01, 2017
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Reviewed by secondtooth from Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottled in honor of Trader Joe’s 50th anniversary, as an exclusive for the natural foods chain.

Appearance: Clean golden with a huge white head.

Aroma: Fruit all the way, with a sweet and sour citrus and red fruit nose. Nice.

Taste: Sour fruit up front, with a little hint of bitterness from, presumably, the El Dorado hops. Peppery spice notes come in, too, as this one warms a bit. Solid and quite tasty.
Jun 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.35 by tubeyes from Texas

May 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by Boone757 from Virginia

May 17, 2017
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Reviewed by UPMD_Bill from Maryland

3.71/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours light amber, mostly transparent, lots of head.
Smell is fruity citrus with a slight floral note. Taste is similar. Cracker malt, with slight hint of pepper. No real funk and not quite what I was hoping for out of something labeled "saison". No bitterness on finish.
Light and crisp, highly drinkable.
Overall good and a nice light beer for spring but not what I was looking for.
May 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by Rilesmiles from Wisconsin

May 06, 2017
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Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.13/5  rDev -17.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by dbauer from California

Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by jeffthepony from Georgia

Apr 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Keith_R from Georgia

Apr 24, 2017
Fearless Fifty from Green Flash Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 74 ratings