Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

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

12 oz. bottle - pours dark orange with slight haze and white, foamy head; aromas are very sweet and a mix of hops and sugary malts; almost barley wine-ish in aromas and texture; very strong and syrupy; slight bitterness, but overall fruity and almost like juice; bitter finish and overall very drinkable for 13%

thanks to fantomas for this one. Big malty nose, with hints of sweet pine with caramel and molasses. Pours cloudy amber with no head. Big malt flavor, caramel with molasses, with traces of pine and a slight bitterness. Maybe the bottle has some age on it, maybe its the 13% but its not very hoppy for a triple ipa? It is balanced i guess for the 200+ ibu’s.

tap at DLD08 - I absolutely loved this beer. Perfect for my tastes and so easy to drink (for 13%). I am definitely getting this again and one of my all time favorites!

Good stuff. Full of maltiness yet full of IPA flavors. Had almost a barleywine flavor. You can smell the full floral, yet dank hop profile from this stuff. Very yummy. Pours a copper yet golden with lots of head. SECOND ANALYSIS: Still just as awesome as it was at first! Hard to believe this is 12%!

Bottle: pours a hazy dark orangish-red with very little head, just a thin white lacing around the edge of the snifter, aroma is very hoppy and a lilttle bit of the alcohol as well, taste is hoppy as expected and the hops really come through in the aftertaste, mouthfeel is thick, kinda syrupy, normally I don’t like the syrupy brews but this one is an exception. Pretty amazing brew.

Pours a translucent deep amber, copper color with basically no head. Malty aroma that’s also slight floral and slightly spicy. Flavor is very similar, heavy malt character with some spicy bitterness. Heavy in the mouth with a touch of heat from the alcohol. Definitely could have been better.

Tap, DLD. A pretty big Imperial IPA, though didn’t have the nose or taste of Dreadnaught. Tons of hops and booze, though reasonable balanced for the style. Nice.

A- Pours a beautiful orangey blood red with almost no head which is its only downfall. S- Smell is very sweet, hoppy, bits of floral pine come through a bit of red ale in the nose. T- Taste is awesome, however a bit unbalanced. When you do the huge triple IPAs like pliny the younger and so on I think theres a very fine line between on and off balance, the bigger you get I think you have to really get it right. All of that said I really do love the taste though, starts out smooth, malty sweet and a wave of hops breaks over the tongue and lingers for quite a while. M- Mouthfeel is super thick with a low dose of carbonation, a bit too thick for me but it fits well with the style. D- Not hugely drinkable I loved to enjoy this one. An awesome TIPA, I would recommend it to any hophead out there as one of the best and by far the best that is semi-commonly available.