Founders Double Trouble IPA

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

12oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear, golden-bronze colored body with an inch thick, tight, white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a veil of lacing. Aroma is heavily hopped. Lots of PNW with a light citrus. Big-time freshly cut grass and a touch of pine. A thin caramel sweetness allows the hops to clearly dominate. Flavor is more the same. Lots of grassy hops with a moderate, somewhat sugary, resiny sweetness. A light citrus and mango accompany some pines as well. Thin caramels again allow the hops to dominate. Finishes dry and somewhat tongue scraping with a moderate to heavy bitterness. The hops are soapy at times with a light resin. Very clean with a lengthy aftertaste. Lighter body with a moderate carbonation. Some alcohol warmth at the end as well. Overall, this is a nice DIPA. It doesn’t enter the room with guns blazing, but certainly makes quite an entrance. The lighter malt body allows for the massive PNW hops to take center stage, yet never gets out of balance. Lots of bitterness as well as lots of flavor all-around make this very tasty.

Golden coloured and clear. Has an off-white head, lasting. Heavy hoppy aroma, citrus, malty too, grain. Flavor is moderate sweet and finish heavy to harsh bitter. Dry texture.

heavy malty,golden, cloudy, white foam, very bitter, long finishmedium body, creamy, lively, astringent, very malty aroma and tast is hups.A beer I like.

bottle thanks to alexsdad06. Pours a cloudy yellow with a thin white head. Nose is of caramel and overripe fruit. Taste is earthy and of overripe fruit. mouthfeel is resinous and bitter with alcohol warmth. Was similar to devil dancer and Surly Furious. Just not my preference in IIPAs. I’d much rather have the west coast style.

Pours with good, solid off-white head with good retention, a clear light orange color, and not much carbonation bubbles. The head fades to a thick ring around the edges leaving a bit of lacing down the sides. Aroma is of pale malts with a huge grapefruit, citrus lemon peel, and pine notes. Might be some floral aromas peek in on the back side well. Taste nicely matches the aroma. Pale malts start as the citrus grapefruit and lemon flavors push it aside. Some pine/earth flavors through the middle form long lasting finish. A great double IPA, medium-full in body, creamy and smooth, just slightly oily, and while high ABV, doesn’t deliver a huge alcohol bite. I don’t usually think of DIPA’s as especially suitable for session drinking, but this is so quaffable, this would qualify--if you can keep the ABV from killing the session! A wonderful ale!

bottle 10 months out from the bottling date poured a cloudy golden color with a thin off white head. aroma has faded citrus hops, sweet malt, and some mild bitterness. mouth feel is on the lighter side and the carbonation has held up rather well. flavor starts with some bitterness, mild citrus, caramel malt, and some sweetness. this has held up very well and will have to be revisited fresh.

Bottled. Pours golden, slightly hazy with an off-white lacing head. Hoppy nose of citrus and grape. Flavour with hops, malt and carmel. Medium to full bodied. Great bitter finish. Very enjoyable.

A hazy golden colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma of hop bitters, a lot of fruits like citrus and orange. The taste is dry bitter of hops, fruity with notes of alcohol in the back. The aftertaste is dry and bitter with a little sweet.