Founders Double Trouble IPA

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

Bottle courtesy of DA from Fever. Grapefruit colored pour. Very sweet scent, fruity. Hoppy taste, but very boozy. Straw, hay, honey as well. Minimal finish, creamy for an IPA as well. The taste and smell is all up front, it goes down smooth. Good, but not as good as, say, Devil Dancer.

Medium sized offwhite head, retention is good, lacing is fair. Hazy amber gold appearence. Juicey hop nose, grapefruity, piney, ciyrusy fruitiness. Body is medium, lightly resiny, good carbonation. Hop forward, more citrusy goodness, light woodyness, fruity and juicey with some lightly sweet malt notes workin hard to balance out the large hop charge. Aggresive bitter fruity finish. A swell IIPA! Props to dmschefke for the bottle!

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2009. Hazy orange color. Juicy hop aroma with apricot and mango. Bittersweet flavor with juicy hops, tart fruitiness and some toffeish malt in the background. Hoppy mouthfeel. Very tasty, hoppy and drinkable.

Bottle. Hazy deep golden with a small head. Balanced citrus aroma with sweet notes and hints of raisins and bread. Solidly bitter flavours, but also rich raisins and citrus hops flavours. Hints of nuts. Almost like a barley wine. Great.

Bottle@Home. Fruity, grassy aroma. Light hazy, yellow colour, off-white firm head, good lace. Sweet start, very bitter and grassy finish. Little sticky, pretty dry hoppy finish. Balanced, good brew, too bitter and hoppy for me.

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours pale golden with a slight haze. A bit of a coppery teint to it. Fair, small, creamy head that stays. Lovely fresh hoppy aroma. Peach, resiny, bitter, grapefruit, grassy and apricot. Light malty backbone. Low carbonation, lovely creamy and very dry mouthfeel. Flavour is lovely hoppy. Relatively fat maltiness to balance the heavy resiny, apricot hops. Some grass and grapefruit as well. Long, lingering hoppy and bitter aftertaste. Nice and very easy drinking.

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
Light unclear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, citrus - orange. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091018]

Pours clear yellow with a white head. Great aromatic hop nose. Very floral also citrus. Good well bodied MF. Bitter kicks in and dries out perfectly. Great example of the style.