Foothills Seeing Double IPA

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

An unclear orange beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of grapefruit and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of grapefruit, oranges, and lots of hops, so You can sense the alfa acids, and it finishes off with a slight alcohol burn.

(Handbottle 65 cl) Courtesy of BrianK. Clear, amber golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving some lacework. Fat, sweetish aroma of malt and peachy hops. Quite full-bodied, very sweet caramel and a fairly bitter finish. A bit too much on the sweet side. 190408

Blind tasting at Papsoes place, another great session, thanks Henrik! Beer #31: Pours slight cloudy amber/orange with a fully diminished white head. Peach, pinewood and mild grapefruit aroma. Flavour is sweet caramel malt with a touch of hops with a light liqourice note. Ends dry and fruity hoppy.

Draught at GABF 2008. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized off white head. Fruity aroma of hops and pine needles with notes of caramel. Sweet and fruity flavour of pine nedles and hops with notes of caramel and grass. Hoppy finish. Well balanced.

Date: March 31, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Barley’s, NC
Appearance: opaque amber, thin beige head
Aroma: sweet pine aroma
Flavor: rich carmel malt flavor with lots of citrus follow up

Date: July 02, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: tasting
lots of sweet grapefruit

Date: December 19, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: flying saucer raleigh
Appearance: first let me say i’m surprised how few notes I have on this beer after going through a whole keg of it
Flavor: so much wonderful sweet pine and grapefruit flavor, a bargain on two fiddy pint night at the saucer

Date: February 02, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Aroma: aroma is much more floral this year
Flavor: still big sweet crystal malt flavor with lots of citrus and pine hops, long bitter finish

Date: February 07, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Aroma: picking up a peppery spicyness in the aroma in addition to the sweet citrus
Flavor: lots of peppery character in the flavor as well, the spicyness along with a big earthyness cuts down on the sweetness creating better balance

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Deep golden with off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes off caramel, hops and grapefruit. Sweet flavor with hoppy caramel and grapefruit notes. Ends bitter.

(growler, thanks TurdFerguson) Medium white head atop cloudy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, pine, some grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, pine, grapefruit, light caramel. Chewy medium body. A bit astringent. (6/4/6/4/13)

(RBSG06, growler) Lightly hazed amber body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, pine/grapefruit. Taste is moderately sweet, orange/floral/grapefruit, caramel. Medium-full body, some resin, light alcohol burn. (7/3/8/3/15)

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Hop aroma. Bronze coloured strong in alcohol and fruity with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter finish.