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Green Flash/Founder’s Collab “Linchpin” Arrives In May

UPDATE: Linchpin will be distributed through Green Flash’s wholesale network.  (Meaning, none for Michigan.)

Press Release: (San Diego, CA) – Green Flash Brewing Co. announces that they have partnered with like-minded Michigan brewer, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a first-time, limited release called Linchpin White IPA.

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Green Flash Wine Aging Saison Diego

Green Flash Brewing filled 2 zinfandel barrels and 4 syrah barrels today with Saison Diego.  Diego is an unfiltered golden farmhouse ale, brewed with Seville orange peels, Chinese ginger & grains of paradise.  The barrel aged edition is called Little Freak, Continue Reading →

Green Flash Brewing Expanding To Georgia

Green Flash Brewing has been eyeing the southeast for a while now.  Recently, it was announced that Green Flash would be shipping to Tennessee by the end of 2011/2012.  Tack on Georgia to the southeast expansion.  The brewery has decided Continue Reading →

Green Flash Expansion: 20% More

Press release from Green Flash about their expansion…

(San Diego, CA) — Today, Green Flash Brewing Co announced plans to break ground and expand within their San Diego-based brewery, just six months after beginning operations at the 45,000 sf Mira Mesa facility.

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Green Flash/Founder’s Collab “Linchpin” Arrives In May

UPDATE: Linchpin will be distributed through Green Flash’s wholesale network.  (Meaning, none for Michigan.)

Press Release: (San Diego, CA) – Green Flash Brewing Co. announces that they have partnered with like-minded Michigan brewer, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a first-time, limited release called Linchpin White IPA.

The Brewmasters from each celebrated craft brewery–Chuck Silva (Green Flash) and Jeremy Kosmicki (Founders) assembled privately last month in San Diego to develop the beer, and it will debut during the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego and move on to limited release beginning May 2012. These well matched breweries have been individually brewing up several of the world’s top flavor-forward ales and have now come together to collaborate on an uncommon and emerging beer style.

“Founders makes world-class beer,” says Green Flash Brewing Co.’s Co-founder and President, Mike Hinkley. “It’s not available in San Diego, so I always look to taste some when I am on the road. Our Sales Chief, Jim Kenny presented the idea and I was immediately all for it. Then Chuck and Jeremy settled on White IPA. I can’t wait to tap these kegs and share this innovative new release with the national community of craft beer fans.” Each brewery is known to push boundaries in creating risky, new, flavor-forward styles that appeal to the true beer aficionado.

Because Founders is not currently available in San Diego, the collaboration will allow the local beer lover a chance to experience the flavors and influence of this Midwestern gem through the Green Flash partnership. Green Flash will release Linchpin White IPA on draft during May’s Craft Brewers Conference with events to take place as follows:

Tuesday, May 1 
Tapping of First Keg  — Green Flash Tasting Room & Beer Garden 3pm — 9pm
Friday, May 4 
Hamilton’s & Regal Beagle Release Parties Begin at 5pm

  • Each bar will feature Linchpin White IPA
  • Other draft selections from Green Flash and Founders will also be on tap for the evening
  • Representatives from Founders and Green Flash will be in attendance

Beer Details: Linchpin White IPA 

“There’s a lot going on in this beer with two yeast strains, copious amounts of wheat malt, and a big focus on ‘C’ hops to deliver a citrus explosion,” explains Green Flash Brewmaster, Chuck Silva. “In fact we lined up more than a dozen hop varieties in the brewery to select three hops with the biggest citrus character to dry hop the beer.

“This golden beer pours with beautiful, frothy white beer foam that lasts due to bottle conditioning. Gently rousing the yeast that settles in the bottle will result in a fuller texture and a more cloudy white appearance. The citrus aromas that jump from the glass are largely tangerine up front with other types of citrus notes that mingle with the Belgian yeast esters. Hop flavors of bitter orange zest dominate the brew and linger to the finish with a nice play of American and Belgian yeast combo.”

A beer with so many components can be held together with a “Linchpin”. The official “Linchpin” of this beer is the skillful collaboration between the two breweries to create a unique hop-forward brew. Linchpins are symbolic: two simple shapes that combine to strengthen a bond amongst many different pieces.

Linchpin White IPA will be released during the May 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego and will then be available in limited supply via bottle-conditioned 22oz bottles and by the keg for special release events nationally in May and June 2012.

About Founders Brewing Company 

Co-Founders Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers opened Founders Brewing Co. in 1997 and are adamant about their mission: “We don’t brew beer for the masses. Instead, our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.” This philosophy has helped them gain recognition as the second best brewery in the world by RateBeer.com, for two years in a row.

About Green Flash Brewing Co. 

Green Flash Brewing Co. is located in San Diego, California, and was founded in 2002 by Mike and Lisa Hinkley.  Brewmaster, Chuck Silva, leads brewing operations. Green Flash is an award-winning brewer of fine, hand-crafted ales, and specializes in brewing assertive and distinctive beers, such as the nationally acclaimed West Coast I.P.A.: an award-winning beer whose wide acceptance has helped define a category.  Green Flash brews ten styles of beer regularly, on draught and in bottles as well as a growing lineup of seasonal and special offerings, including several barrel-aged beers, throughout the year.  Please visit the Green Flash website www.greenflashbrew.com for more information

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, New Beers

Green Flash Retro Extra Pale Ale

Green Flash Retro Extra Pale Ale

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing

Green Flash Wine Aging Saison Diego

Green Flash Zinfandel Saison DiegoGreen Flash Brewing filled 2 zinfandel barrels and 4 syrah barrels today with Saison Diego.  Diego is an unfiltered golden farmhouse ale, brewed with Seville orange peels, Chinese ginger & grains of paradise.  The barrel aged edition is called Little Freak, a draft only offering.  The brewery will blend the barrels together after the aging for added complexity.  Arrival according to the brewery – 12-18 months.

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Distribution Expansion, Green Flash Brewing

Green Flash Accidentally Goes To Idaho. Then Leaves.

Green Flash BrewingAll this was basically an accident.  An Idaho distributor tells a store (specifically Brewforia) that Green Flash will be available in Idaho in the coming weeks.  The store orders Green Flash. ( I mean come on, who wouldn’t.)  Beer hits shelves.

Woah, woah, woah. Wait.  Is Green Flash approved for Idaho?  Nope.  You were mistaken.  How the hell did you get this beer?

It breaks down like this.  (It’s a little he said, she said, but not in a bad way.)

Our distributor sees that another distributor they have a relationship with recently brought in Green Flash. These two distributors regularly buy product from one another for sale in markets where the other one doesn’t have operations so my distributor has a few cases of several Green Flash beers transferred to their warehouse in Northern Idaho.  

Because the brewers typically register their beer with the states that they sell in the distributor never checked to see if the product was registered.  To be fair, the state of Idaho does not have a good system to check for registered breweries to begin with so even if they had tried to check, chances are they wouldn’t have gotten the info anyway.  Also, because the relationship with the brewery is with a different distributor, not the one that sold the beer in Idaho there was no line of communication to know whether the beer had been registered for sale in Idaho. 

So anyway, we ordered the beer and it showed up on the truck and we put it on the shelves.  A couple days later the brewers rep for Firestone Walker (a brewery also entering the Idaho market in April) came into the store here and saw the bottles on the shelf.  He thought to himself, “I didn’t know Green Flash was in Idaho”, so he called the brewer.  The brewer was obviously perplexed by the fact that his beer was showing up on shelves in states where he did not have a distribution agreement so he set about tracking down exactly how the beer showed up here.  Ultimately he asked that all the beer that was shipped to Idaho be removed from store shelves and so we complied.

With Green Flash’s East Coast manifest destiny ( Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida)  there is a high likely hood that the beer will be available in the state this year.  Just not now.  Sorry Idaho.  [Facebook]

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Distribution Expansion, Green Flash Brewing

Green Flash Brewing Expanding To Georgia

Green Flash Brewing has been eyeing the southeast for a while now.  Recently, it was announced that Green Flash would be shipping to Tennessee by the end of 2011/2012.  Tack on Georgia to the southeast expansion.  The brewery has decided to go with Savannah Distribution.

In early 2011, the brewery began operations at Mera Mesa – a 45,000 sq ft facility.  In November, the brewery announced that the San Diego facility would undergo an expansion 1 year ahead of schedule, thanks to increased sales volumes nationally.  Once all the expansions are complete, the brewery will make the jump from 45,000 barrels a year to 100,000 barrels in 2013.  That goes alongside new markets Green Flash plans on entering over the course of the next months and years.

Green Flash was founded in 2002 in San Diego, California by Mike and Lisa Hinkley.  Chuck Silva joined the brewing team in 2004.  (Silva Stout!)  Green Flash has a sizable arsenal of beers including Le Freak, Hop Head Red, West Coast IPA & more. The newest addition to the line up is Rayon Vert.

The has been no official launch date announced or what will be the first Flash beers to hit the state.

 

 

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Flash Brewing, New Releases

Green Flash Winter Folly Next Week

Green Flash Brewing new winter offering – Winter’s Folly will start arriving on tap next week.

Style: Winter Warmer

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brewery Expansions, Green Flash Brewing

Green Flash Expansion: 20% More

Press release from Green Flash about their expansion…

(San Diego, CA) — Today, Green Flash Brewing Co announced plans to break ground and expand within their San Diego-based brewery, just six months after beginning operations at the 45,000 sf Mira Mesa facility.

The craft specialty brewer currently has the ability to produce 45,000 barrels per year and had anticipated this output would be sufficient to satisfy consumer demand until at least 2013. With an increase in sales volume nationally over the past six-months, Green Flash has exceeded sales forecasts, and is already operating at the brewery’s current full capacity. Over one year ahead of schedule, the groundbreaking for the expansion is now slated for Spring 2012 and will allow Green Flash to produce 20% more volume per year (approx 67,000 barrels annually) by June 2012.

The summer 2011 move from their Vista location allowed Green Flash to make a sizable leap from producing just 14,000 barrels a year to 45,000. Green Flash has since focused on increasing beer varieties and on servicing the demand in existing territories. They have added only a few small markets to the mix.

“We specifically selected the Mira Mesa location with expansion potential in mind,” says CEO and Owner of Green Flash Brewing Co, Mike Hinkley. “We have earmarked space in the facility for several phases of growth that we thought would begin in 2013. Obviously, I’m pleased to be in a position that necessitates early expansion. We are all looking forward to the possibilities of what next summer’s increased capabilities will present with regard to brewing new beers, fulfilling our existing demand and possibly expanding into a few new markets.”

As they move into phase 2 of expansion, Green Flash will continue to focus on meeting existing product demands, producing new beer varieties and will look at opening distribution in just a handful of small markets by the middle to end of 2012. When all phases of expansion are complete, the Green Flash brewery in Mira Mesa will be able to produce 100,000 barrels per year. Owner, Mike Hinkley predicts they will reach this milestone late in 2013.

About Green Flash Brewing Co.
Green Flash Brewing Co., is located in San Diego, California, and was founded in 2002 by Mike and Lisa Hinkley. Brewmaster, Chuck Silva, leads brewing operations. Green Flash is an award-winning brewer of fine, hand-crafted ales, and specializes in brewing assertive and distinctive beers, such as the nationally acclaimed West Coast I.P.A.: an award-winning beer whose wide acceptance has helped define a category. Green Flash brews ten styles of beer regularly, on draught and in bottles as well as a growing lineup of seasonal and special offerings, including several barrel-aged beers, throughout the year. Please visit the Green Flash website www.greenflashbrew.com for more information.

by Reid Ramsay