Green Flash Hop Odyssey 30th Street Pale Ale American Pale Ale at 6.0% ABV ($9.09 at Willow Park Wine & Spirits, 650ml, no bottle date or best before)
Pours hazy pale amber with two fingers of rocky ivory head, excellent retention and lacing. (4/5) Nose is citrus and pine, pineapple, caramel malt, floral notes. (8/10) Taste is moderate sweet, moderately strong bitter. (7/10) Medium body, moderate carbonation, lingering and building bitter finish. (4/5)
At 6.0% ABV and 45 IBU, I’d call this perilously close to a DIPA, let alone an IPA. (Not that I’m complaining, y’unnerstand.) Fruity and robust, this was an excellent companion to lunch, but it’s not so much of a hop bomb that you couldn’t session a couple of these quite handily. If Green Flash does anything badly, I haven’t encountered it yet. (15/20)
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