Tropical DNA
Green Flash Brewing Co.

RB transfer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a hazy pale yellow/orange with a fingers-worth of head. A blast of tropical citrus fruit such as pineapple, orange in the nose. Taste of sweet pineapple and a balanced amount of pine for a slightly bitter finish. Very drinkable and boozy too!

 

 

Look - Soft white foamy head that holds shape, nice and hazy.

Smell - Breezy and tropical citrus with a hint of alcohol.

Taste - Tropical and bitter orange in the front with hoppy resin in the back

Feel - Very smooth and easy to drink.

Overall - Solid hazy ipa entry that goes down smooth.

 

Look: Hazy orange with a modest head. Head dissipates but a foam cap is retained for quite a while. Lacing visible.
Smell: There is not much aroma that I detect just from smelling it.
Taste: The aroma does show up in the tasting. Sweet on the tip of the tongue then tart in the middle and a lightly piney bitterness at the end. Flavor is tangerine, pineapple, mango some berry
Feel: Light mouthfeel with soft carbonation adding some fullness.

Overall: I had high expectations given that there are Mosaic and Simcoe hops in it. But I didn’t love it. Flavor is improving as the beer gets warmer.
There are my hops. I will say that this beer gets better as it warms. At 55 degrees the flavors really open up. Really, this is one to drink warmer. Forget what the major breweries tell you about the colder the better. That does not work for this beer, 55 F is were it gets interesting. Mango, tangerine, peach, orange, tropical flavor are sooo much more detectable/prominent at higher temperatures. Once it gets there there is certainly has plenty of complexity as you would expect from properly utilized Mosaic hops. I think the Belgian yeast also contributes a rather unique flavor. At 65 degrees it is still wonderful, not as good as 55 but way better than straight out of the fridge.

 

 

 

Good stuff. Smell and taste are green-tropical: orange, unripened mango, apricot. For me at least, the weak-point is the mouthfeel, which is very thin. Looks great with nice orance hazy color and lacing, taste and smell are on-point...but would love it to be thicker in the mouth. That keeps it at 4 instead or 4.25 overall, imho.

These folks really miss and this is a fine example of that fact.... Hazy, golden, yummy, frothy... From the neighbors and wake the kids ... This is a very solid tropical style IPA