Foothills Seeing Double IPA

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

tap - asheville bier garden

hazy orange color with a thick white head. Big floral citrus aroma. Smooth, round full mouth feel with excellent carbonation. Huge hop flavor, leaning towards astringent bitterness, but also good amounts of fresh hop juciness. Flavors were floral with strong resiny sap notes. Long (long) lasting bitterness. Best NC beer I’ve had.

Sampled from a 5 gallon keg (courtesy of boboski) at kp’s on 7/2/06: Pours a clear orange copper with a nicely-lacing white head. Big, fresh piny hoppy aroma has a nice, clean balanced caramel maltiness. Starts with a good sweet sticky caramel malty palate and lots of fresh piny hoppy flavor. Nicely-balanced and fresh with plenty of green hops and mild citrus with a lightly warming finish. A nice double IPA.

Cloudy orange brown, with a decent sized beige head. Big citrus and black pepper aroma. Very smooth, with a nice piney flavor up front and a viscous, malty finish. Draft at Barley’s, Asheville.

Growler, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of TURDFERGUSON. Thanks, Sam! Nice appearance- mostly clear fruity deep prangey amber with a nice tacky tight white head. Aroma is amarillo hops- porangey citrus with some cat piss and a moderate sweet malt backbone. Lots of bitter hops in the flavor alogn with more citrus and especially grapefruit and some pine needle - and sap- sticky tacky and bitter finish with more cattiness. Nice DIPA.

Huge thanks to Jason "Boboski" for bringing the keg and tap handle to match. Clear amber color with a medium off-white head. Big grapefruit aroma and flavor. Sweet malt. Hop bitterness that keeps growing. the finish is lightly sweet. Very warming and tastey. I had three glasses for the road before I left. I also had a DD so not a problem.

RBSG 06 - Orange, thin white head. Intense nose of orange zest and grapefruit, with lesser tones of pine and earth. Super bitter flavors up front and throughout, but you actually can detect some semblance of sweet malt if you try hard enough. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, dry, bitter hop finish. You better dig hops!

Sampled at the brewpub.I am not a fan of DIPA but this one has altered my thinking.This reminded me of their Pilot Pale Ale wih roids added.Poured amber with a 2 finger white head.A nice citrusy, piney hop aroma.Hops with some semi sweetness to it.The finish was semisweet with a hint of caramel on the very backend.

Draught at the brewpub 3/24/06: Hazy amber-red body with a medium, thick white head that lasts all the way through the beer and shows nice lacing around the glass. The aroma is strong citrus hops, floral hops, and grass hops. Also I think I detected some notes of hop. Flavors begins with strong bitter grassy hops, then moves on to lemon rind, orange, grapefruit rind, spicy hops, and stays bitter the entire way through. This one certainly features hops all the way through and I enjoyed the complex citrus & fruit flavors throughout. Medium bodied, medium carbonated, feeling a bit sticky and full in the mouth. Very nice IIPA here.