Founders Double Trouble IPA

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

12oz bottle. Aroma is pungent with resiny citrusy hops. touches of pine and grassiness, and mild bready, lightly sweet, cakey malts. Pours a deep orangey gold - cloudy with a medium-thin persistent white foam that leaves some lace on the glass. The flavor is a fantastic medley of resiny vinous hops and sweet honey and caramel malts - deep grapefruit hop tone throughout. There is a strong citrusy piney bitterness at midpalate with honey and toast. The finish is hoppy and balanced by malt sweetness. Mouthfeel is velvety and medium-full in body with bright carbonation that provides a gassy texture and tickle. Overall, lovely and delicious. A bit sweet at first but balance turns sublime.

12 oz bottle. Poured a light golden with ample frothy head. Rich fruity hops aroma. Grapefruit, citrusy taste, a bit grassy in the finish. Balanced nicely with a slightly sweet malt taste. Another very good effort from Founders.

Pours a golden amber with a slight white head. Aroma is hoppy, but balanced and well crafted. One of, if not my favorite Double IPA. Excellent balance between hopps citrus and Alcohol. Pound for pound, I would put this beer up to any Double IPA and for the price it is easy to afford a case. The ABV is well hidden, that being said, the level of intoxication it produces it extremely obvious! I love Double Trouble and so will you. It is a must buy, when in the mood for a nice IIPA.

love a beer that changes as it warms; simcoe or something grapefruity at the nose when cold, but it slowly evolves into something more grassy as it warms; nice DIPA but sort of wish it would pick a characteristic and stick to it

Most balanced ’big’ beer I have tasted. Nice hop aroma, nice mouth feel, and a lasting bitterness that balances the malt sweetness perfectly.

Citrusy resiny hops over light caramel. Clear orange golden with a small white head. Citrusy floral and resiny hops all there in the flavor with just enough caramel sweetness to balance bitterness. Dry and quite bitter finish.

(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured hazy and golden with small and white head. Aroma contained alchohol and hops. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were alcohol, hops, citricness, grass, bitterness and sweetness, Aftertaste contained alcohol and bitterness.

Bottle. Slightly orange pour, minimal carbonation and a very sweet citrus and honey aroma. Flavor is also strong soapy hops, lemon citrus, lemongrass and finished with a little too much heat. Very good, but I still like Hopslam better.