Foothills Seeing Double IPA

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

Deep copper pour, vizable carbonation full off white head, thick lacing. Aroma is lightly simcoe, a mix of light fruits and another hoppy character I can’t quite place, hints of alcohol. Well coated lightly oily lightly creamy. Sweet flavor, fresh hop flowers, definate simcoe a ton of caramels alcohol in the finish. Good stuff.

Yes sir! On tap, and my vote for Beer of the Day at the Microfestivus ’07. Ruby-mahogany pour, with a nice eggshell head... great retention and frothy lace. Candied malts and floral/pine nose. This is a big bold brew with plenty of thick, sweet malts upfront. This accompanies pine nuts and slight citrus and rind/zest hints. The finish is of floral bitters that grow into peppery pine, bolder and bolder even after the pull is finished. ABV is well-integrated into the tapestry of complexion. Thick, syrupy body and a chewy mouthfeel make this a truly awesome example of the style! Great job, Foothills!

Draft at Barley’s in Asheville. Nice hop bite and sweetness on first taste. Reminds me of Maharaja. Good balance of hops and malt. Solid IIPA.

Pours a nice amber with virtually no head. Grapefruit aroma. Citrusy. Some caramel notes. Alcohol masked well. Bitter finish. Very drinkable for such a high alc.

On Tap at Tyler’s of Carrboro. Earthy, grapfruitty hops dominate the nose. Appearence is rather disappointing: cloudy orange-amber with no head, this beer looks flat. Citrusy hops, predominantly grapefruit dominate the flavor that leave your tongue loving and hating its job at the same time. A very nice double ipa (and its from NC!). I hope Foothills starts bottling soon.

Sample at Atlanta Cask Ale. Man I love this style and man this is a great one. Great hop aroma balanced with malt to smooth it out. Nice color and big full body.

Draught at Barley’s in Asheville. Pours orange/amber with a tight, off-white head. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit, and piney hops. Flavor is amazingly hoppy, with a massive grapefruit backdrop,citrus/piney notes, and a warming finish. The hops shine through everything so brightly that this is one of the hoppiest beers I have had yet. A very full mouthfeel as well.

From a clear glass growler with the Foothills logo on front and serving and growler care instructions on the back. Made a good appearance, poured an murky, fresh apple cider amber hued copper with a foamy pale tan head that settled into a thin, bubbly, skim-like lacing, good carbonation. Had a big hop nose, piney and citric with a little apple earthiness at the edges. A textured, smooth medium bodied mouth feel, very good D/IPA drinkability. Apple fruity and smoothly citric bitter at first, then a piney earthiness comes through, followed by a balancing crisp sweet maltiness, the hops and malts doing a good job of masking the alcoholic warmth and a sweet malty and earthy finish. For a Double IPA, there is a good balance between the hops and malts, definitely more a east coast D/IPA than west coast, tasty and dangerously quaffable.