Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

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

If you like IBU’s....this beer is for you! Actually seems more viscous on the pour. Main points of the taste are hops and alcohol.......nuff said.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a beautiful amber with an off-white 1 finger head. Aroma of citrus, pine, toffee, and slight aclohol. Decadent and thick caramel malt up front and a nice hop whollop following close behind with some alcohol warmth. Nice bitter finish. This is not the out-of-balance one dimensional hop monster that I thought it would be. The 12% abv is actually hidden fairly well also. Absolutely delicious!

[Bottle] Pours clear copper with almost no head. Looks really sticky pouring from the bottle. Aroma is slightly metallic malt, lots of citrus and pine from the hops, and plenty of caramel malt sweetness to back all the hops. Flavor is definitely more balanced towards the hop end of the spectrum, but not way out of balance. Bracing, somewhat harsh bitterness comes through mostly on the end. Malty sweetness strikes the palate first, and then the beer just cascades into spicy and bitter hops. This is up there, but not quite as abrasive as, Hopsickle. This beer does not suggest the 12% that the bottle claims.

Pours hazy amber brown with a small cream colored head. Aroma is big citrusy grapefruit hops, with a nice slightly floral presence too as well as a slight hint of mango. Flavor is big citrusy grapefruit as well, with a little bit of pine and floral notes with just a hint of sweetness. Very good.

12oz bottle from grape & gourmet. pours a "devilish" copper, red with a thin white head and drippy lacing. aroma is fantastic with bold, uniquely spicy citrus hop notes of grapefruit and orange zest, big notes of pine resin, a hint of pineapple and peach, sweet toffee malts, and a bit of booze. flavor is excellent as well with a bitter assault of citrus, pine, and spicy floral hops up front with a great balance of sweet caramel malts, honey, and a touch of berry. palate is medium bodied and dangerously smooth with the 12% offering just a slight hit of warmth within the long, dry, bitter hop finish. overall, this is an excellent, albeit expensive, and well balanced, over the top brew.

Unclear amber of color with an orange head. An aroma of warm oranges, malty, honey and grapefruits. A flavor of grapefruits, hops, malty, bitter and dry.

Disclaimer: I happen to thoroughly enjoy beer that is incredibly hoppy and bitter, even if it ruins your palate for the rest of the night. That being said, this beer when opened hot has a sweet smell but a strong piney resin-like taste. This definitely has high alfa acids. Having had this when it has been aged for 1+ years I will say that this becomes more of a barleywine as the hop profile recedes and the sweet malts come through that you only pick up on the nose when its hot. A very excellent beer that can truly call itself a ’triple ipa’ if there is such a thing.

Deep caramel orange/red color, thin but creamy khaki head. Very big hop aroma - pine, grapefruit, pineapple, resins. Very sweet and malty flavor on a backdrop of piney hops. Reminds me of my first experience with 90 minute; actually has more similarities with Burton Baton. Rusty copper/caramel (crystal malty) flavor brings to mind Arrogant Bastard and Curmudgeon. Full bodied; creamy texture. Some heat in the finish. Overall, very nicely done, very malt-forward "ipa". Huge, hoppy, malty, hot.