Green Flash Brewing Company

Green Flash Brewing Company is an American craft brewery headquartered in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, and founded in 2002.

He left in September 2015 to open his own brewery Silva Brewing,[5] and Erik Jensen was promoted from head brewer to brewmaster.

[6] In June 2011, Green Flash moved from its original brewery in Vista, California, to its new 44,000 square-foot brewing facility in San Diego's Mira Mesa neighborhood.

[12] In 2015, Green Flash opened Cellar 3, a facility and tasting room featuring barrel-aged and bottle-conditioned beers, located in Poway, California.

[9] At the end of March 2018 it closed Cellar 3, put its Virginia Beach brewery up for sale, and stopped distributing in 10 more states.

[8][22][23][24] In January 2016, Green Flash announced the national release of several new beers, including Passion Fruit Kicker (an American wheat ale with passion fruit), Cosmic Ristretto Baltic Porter with Espresso, and Tangerine Soul Style, an IPA with tangerine juice.

[27][28][29] In 2011, Lisa Hinkely, a breast cancer survivor, launched Green Flash's Treasure Chest program.

[30][32] Green Flash has also been holding Treasure Chest Fests in Virginia Beach since 2014, as construction of the brewery there began.

Exterior of Green Flash Brewing Co. in San Diego in 2013