Founders Deca

Formerly brewed at Founders Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

Dark copper/brown, with a smalle, tan head. Aroma is subtle, malt, caramel and spices. Flavor is caramel, malt, spices, and alcohol. Heavy body. Sweet from start to finish. Not as much spice character as I expected. I like this one a lot.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Golden(1)->Dark brown(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 1   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 4   Bread : 3   Tropical Fruits : 2   Soap : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX   Fusel : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 3   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : 3   Fruity : 3   Nutty : XX   Honey : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Cereals : XX   Grainy : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : 1   Butterscotch : 2   Smoke : XX   Dates : XX   Bourbon : XX   Bubblegum : 3
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 2   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 3   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 5   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: An immense alcohol bite takes on the leathery, spicy yeastiness. Sugary, biscuity and ginger-like monstrous ale. Can a beer be too original?

22 oz bottle, Julio’s Liquors. Pours a clear copper amber under a small fizzy foamy beige head that retained as a patchy partial covering. Moderate visible carbonation. The nose is heavy malt with tons of various herbs and spices. Some toffee and light alcohol. It kinda reminded me of liquid Cascade dishwasher detergent. Heavy toffee and caramel malt flavors battle big herbal spices for supremacy. Malt wins up front, and spice on the back end. Very light in the bitterness area, and a little alcohol, but not much for 13%. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with a slightly viscous texture and moderate fizzy carbonation. Quite warming on the finish. Overall, I can’t say that I’m too into this one. When I factor in the cost of this guy, my satisfaction really plummets.

Thanks for sharing, Duane. The body was brown and ruby with a khaki colored head. The aroma was caramel with some sweet pancakes and cinnamon. The taste had caramel with some notes of iced tea. There was also some walnuts. Nice.

bomber courtesy of Styles and shared at my recent tasting. poured a ruby brown with a small ring of lace. flavor was very sweet with caramel & toffee. also loaded with spices to make this an unusual concoction. not bad, not great definitely different & unusual.

bottle. chestnut pour with thin head. aroma is fruity, hoppy, bready yeast and spice. initial tartness. apricot and plum. woody sticky malts. alcohol warming.

Wow suck. Smelled good. Notes of caramel hops yeast and big time alcohol. Even the looks were nice, deep brown almost like they melted a bunch of caramel and threw it in the glass. But the flavor was ridiculously terrible. Pepper bomb. Mixed with caramel and malts. But the pepper and alcohol was no good.

Bottle sampled from Capones Shared with the Mad_Indian. Pours clear brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of spices, fruit, caramel, and brown sugar. The flavor is exceptionally smooth, dark fruit, spices, caramel, brown sugar. Great brew.