Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

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

WOW! What a great brew! Pours a dark red, small white head. Aroma is strong, of all sorts of hops, with citrus and piney aromas dominating. Flavor is complex hops with a good "malt backbone". I’m just blown away by this, I’m diggin’ it! Palate is smooth, and overall very drinkable. Thanks to Silphium for brinigng this one!

this is a good beer...dont get me wrongl but it is very abundant of hops, which isnt always my favorite; very strong alcohol taste; hoppy aroma, hoppy taste; great dark reddish brown color...very piney grassy taste with strong grapefruit flavor; good beer overall, just a little out of my style

Poured reddish amber, sweet, hoppy, alcohol, caramel, malty, citrus, bitter finish.

bottle. Reddish hue with a moderate sized off-white head. Aroma is initially big, syrupy malt but is quickly joined by even bigger citric hops. Flavor opens with sweet caramel malt but is then overpowered by hops; piney at first, the grapefruity. Finish is all bitter, with hop resin coating the palate for a long time. It’s intended to be a hop bomb and accomplishes its mission.

Cloudy amber/ red color. Beer pours with no head. Smells of hops and fresh fruit.Full bodied. Massive hop taste with fruit lingering. Extra dry finish. I could feel alcohol after 1st sip. Thanks for the bottle Ryan!!

Intriguingly red and glowing in the glass. Just a swirl of head on the surface of the beer. Aromatic hops are fairly gentle, but this smells like a big beer. Indeed, the full punch of hops arrives at the end of the palate: grapefruit, orange, candied lemon peel, sharp grasses and lavender. The finish is long, long, long. On the nose and up front are some fine cinnamon and cocoa malts which lend a lot of balance to the IPA.

Pours a clear rich dark copperish red with a small bubbled relatively thin cream colored head. The nose is pure hop heaven pungently stretched over a sweet round caramel backbone. This hop aromas run the gamut from pine to citrus to flowers. Notable, but not overwhelming alcohol. This is a really smooth palated beer with reasonable carbonation, not a load of viscosity, but a bit sticky. The flavor is intense. I’ve never had such a well balanced beer of this size. Incredibly bitter grapefruit, pine, and floral notes, but in equal measure roundly sweet thanks to ample caramel and light malts. I really have to say my tastebuds are bamboozled by the onslaught of flavor. Slightly toasty with hints of fruity flavors. The lingering bitterness is really legendary, with the alcohol warming only emphasizing this beer’s strengths. I really enjoyed this one immensely, and will pick up a sixer the next time I see one! Rerate 11-14-2006 Everything I said earlier was entirely true, but on this bottle the hops are so fresh and pungent that it cuts through the artichoke gouda cream cheese on my bagel. And this is some nasty funky (tasty) artichoke gouda cream cheese. Particularly the aroma. It’s pretty ridiculous with those sharp pinapple, papaya, and almost mango tropical fruit aromas. So I have to boost the aroma rating by 1 to a 9. However, upon further drinking of this delicious beer, I think I erred in putting the overall at 19. this is a great beer, but alas, an 18.

12 oz bottle from a trade with degarth. pours a headless deep red. aromas are hugely hoppy. so hoppy my nose hairs were burning. flavours are big and complex hops but what makes this one great is the malt structure holds through to the finish. this balances out the abundance of hops. no trace of the 13% abv. very very good.