Founders Double Trouble IPA

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

12oz. bottle. Full-on hoppy and citric aroma, green and fresh, full of grapefruit and pine with a mild degree of honeyish, very lightly toasty and sweet malts, some barely detectable alcohol emerging as it warms. Lightly hazy medium golden color with a very fine, subsiding head. Flavor is very hoppy indeed, but not overwhelmingly so, with more citrus fruit and light touches of honeyish, caramel sweetness, including pineapple, grapefruit, spice and flowers, drying out substantially by the finish, which shows a brief hint of peppery alcohol late. Resinous, smooth, oily, warming palate, low to moderate amount of carbonation, body is quite substantial as befits the style. Pretty tasty. Hop jones satiated.

Draft at Coles in Buffalo. Pours unclear orange with an off white head. Nice hoppy aroma with floral, citric, and piny notes, as well as a solid sweetness. The flavor has sweet resiny hops, pine, citrus fruits and fresh floral notes. Huge hop bomb. Very nice.

Bottle courtesy of Miketd via Crig, cheers Mike and cheers Craig for couriering this beer back. Consumed 16-08-09 Pours orangy amber with some haze a white bubble head sits atop. Wonderful aroma of pine and also some grapefruit along with a nice sweet honeyness. taste is gorgeously silky honey and hops big bitterness but its balanced out well by a wonderful sweet honey laden backbone. Great stuff, truly lovely. Cheers Mike A8 A4 F8 P4 Ov16 4.0

On tap at Capone’s 8/15/09. Pours a thick yellow orange, nice very bubbly egg-shell head. Amazing pine aroma hits the nose first, with slight undertones of lavender and honey. Taste is just a very minor vanilla sweetness, then bam! A huge bitterness builds on the tongue and leaves a long finish. Definitely a great IIPA that hides the ABV well. Easily up there as a world-class IIPA.

2009-08-02. Crisp yellow body with a foamy off-white head. Pleasant hoppy aroma, leafy with grassy touches. (7+) Pleasant hoppy bitterness, grassy leafy hops, brief touch of sharp bitterness, modest alcohol in the finish. Smooth average plus bodied palate. Pleasant. On tap at Coles, Buffalo

bottle courtesy of fidelis 83. pours a very crisp clear, bright yellow/gold. small whitecreamy head fades quickly. very light smell, refreshing with hints of mint and garden herbs and just the lightest sweet malty backdrop. crisp apple notes on the front palate are very refreshing and light. the body of the beer slowly builds through the drink with a full on hop pucker finish. this beer is very light and refreshing for a 9+ iipa, you could easily get carried away with this beer.

4-Pack from Capone’s, Norristown, PA...bottle pours orange-amber with a white head...sweet smell of orange, hops...flavor, more pronounced than the smell, is immediately orange citrus, but quickly followed by bitter rind and pine...alcohol is hidden in the bitterness...one of the better DIPA’s I’ve had...would like to try more from this brewery.

12 ounce bottle- pours a hazy mandarin orange, minimal white head with some sticky lacing. Sweet fruity hops, caramel. Taste- prickly blast of hops, pine, grapefruit rinds.Solid malt backbone- cookie dough, caramel. Medium to high carbonation, and finishes dry. Alcohol is hidden quite well. Very drinkable. Would like to try a fresh sample of this as age of bottle unknown.