Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

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

A red, deep amber hazy color with a small white head. Light smokey hop scent accented with caramel and malt sweetness and a touch of alcohol. Robust medium bodied mouthfeel with big hop flavor and plenty of malt for balance. The finish is crisp, hoppy, and short to average in length with a touch of alcohol hidden away.

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

12oz bottle from Binny’s River Grove. Pours dark reddish orange with thin white head. Aroma is citrus hops, sweet malt, caramel, and some light booze. Flavor is loaded with sweet malt, caramel, citrus, hop bitterness and finishes boozy and overly sweet. I bought the bottle at room temperature and threw it in the freezer and found it quite enjoyable when it was really cold, but as it warmed it turned into a cloying sweet boozy mess. Almost had a cough syrup quality at the end. Reminded me of a poorman.s DFH 120. I love Founders and DIPAs but I am not digging this.

Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Burnt reddish-copper with thin head and slight lacing. Aroma of sweet fruity malts, grapefruit and citrus hops, some alcohol noticeable in the background. Hop onslaught - definite grapefruit and citrus. Complex sweet malts, with caramel, toast and fruit. Somewhat bitter at the finish. 112 IBUs? - not that I can tell, but I am sure the 12% alcohol is tempering the bitterness. However, the hop oils really do coat the tongue. Slight taste of alcohol (less than expected). Thick and chewy, extremely smooth, low carbonation. Warming. Excellent slow sipper (I took an hour). Overall, great balance of hops and malt but the relatively low bitterness makes this seem more like a hop-forward Barleywine than an Imperial IPA.

Bottle. Moderate to heavy malt aromas of roasted and caramel, heavy orange and spruce for the hops, moderate broth for the yeast, and date, cherry brown sugar and tobacco in the background. Head is small creamy/frothy, off-white, with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear orange/red. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then the long finish is lightly sweet and acidic, and moderately bitter. Palate is medium to full, creamy, with a soft carbonation and a heavily alcoholic finish. A softer carbonation than I expected, but this is still a world class DIPA.

First beer my wife had on an empty stomach after 10 hour trip, wooo hoo she liked it... ruby amberish pour some head but little nose is boozy, hoppy and some sweet malts to balance flavor is beautiful, hoppy with a great booze kick. bought a few of these.

Reddish orange color, very little head at all.. Hops and pine scent but not as strong as I thought. Very bitter but nice....very dry finish...I do taste a tad of the booze but not much. This is good stuff but not worth the $ IMHO. Just had double trouble and I like it more.