Founders Devil Dancer - Founders Brewing Company

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

4.6/5  rDev +16.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Intense to say the least! Triple IPA??? Hell yeah! This bitch rocks!

It pours a clear dark orange amber body beneath a short head of frothy off-white foam that holds well and leaves some nice lace as it goes.

Citrusy and piney hops accent a lightly sweet, caramel touched malt in the nose.

The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied/dextrinous and lightly crisp with a fine-bubbled carbonation that's reigned in by the gravity.

Hops lead the assault in the flavor (citrusy, grassy, piney), storming their way across dextrinous, caramel-tinged, biscuity and bready malt. The maltiness becomes more prominent across the middle as its bitterness and a slap of alcohol rise. Do I need to say that it finishes hoppy and bitter with a touch of alcohol?!?!?!

This is one full-throttle beer that's almost overwhelming. It's intense, but not particularly complex. And it's definitely a palate buster! But it still remains quite enjoyable. It may, in fact, be a bit too much as it's drinkability is limited. You may think you want another one while you're driniking it, but I doubt you'll crack that second bad-boy open. WILD. UNRESTRAINED. WORTH TRYING!

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2005 21:17:23 | More by NeroFiddled

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Dogfish Head snifter.

With VDubb's urging, I delve into a "triple IPA". It pours a hazy orange amber with only a small layer of bubbles functioning as a head. The nose comprises a somewhat balanced effort between heavy pine notes (both needle and sap) and thick, sweet caramel. Neither side o'ermatches the other without input from the latter. The taste isn't much of a change of pace, though here the piny notes really start to assert themselves on the back end. The caramel doesn't go without a fight, though. The body is a heavy medium, with a moderate carbonation and a thick, gooey feel. Overall, a decent hoppy IPA, but not something to indulge in too often.

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2010 02:09:41 | More by TMoney2591

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

4.65/5  rDev +17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Clear, ripe crimson appearance, hot in looks alone, so far, with a big, creamy, near-tan froth above, slow to simmer down.
Aroma: good Lord, it's good, a barleywine aroma, huge, malty, fruity, rich in dark fruit, berries, cherries, grapes, with an extra brandy-ish, boozy twist, yes, sharp and strong as we drink it in well, damn, it's invigorating! Not smelling as much like an IPA, triple or not, but a big, fat barleywine. Alcoholic heat gets hotter, and it nears a cognac-y feel, definitely a brandy-ish sort of barlleywine, more than any kind of IPA, despite what the label tells you.
Taste, already!...Lush, rich, thick, and utterly delicious...very full, malty feel all over the sensory receptors, turns the entire mouth into a playground for these huge malty flavors, a fat fortress of fruit and malty sweetness, a swelling ground for verdant wonders, plush delights, fantastic flavors...the booze rarely clashes with the enjoyment of it all, for it meshes so well with the flavor that it's almost hard to notice...almost, for it so surely does it's trick, of sneaking in it's strength, that, I fear, it's nighty-night time!
"Triple IPA", a la the label, is way too cute. It's a hot and hugely flavorful barleywine, but it's way beyond an IPA, sorry, folks. Classify elsewhere, for this has successfully stretched beyond the boundaries and doesn't beong to that category any longer.
Mouthfeel is thick and vinous, finish is long, fruity, alcoholic, and sticky, body is full as can be...
Why it's in a mere 12 ounce bottle, and then how they can get away with $4 per, is a big fat mystery to me. Put it in a bomber size serving, then bring the price down, just a smidge, then you'll have the MidWestern Equivelent of Stone Double Bastard, and then some!
But, if it needed to be said, Founders has proven themselves with this brew, as if they hadn't already!
Having said the above, I've nothing left to do, but let this thick, rich, slick, toasty,oily, malty brew slosh about my mouth and rinse my tongue over and over...the 13% ABV hasn't punished me yet, but we'll know in the morning, maybe...for the moment, as I finish it, it's a hit, a hell of a brew, the kind of thing I wish I had more of, for special occasions, and the inevitable times when the irristible urge for devil dancing arises.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2005 10:13:48 | More by feloniousmonk

WesWes

New York

4.33/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

The beer pours a dark amber color with a slight offwhite head that fades to spotty lacing. The aroma is good. It has a warm malty scent along with an almost sweet hop aroma that is quite bitter. It seems to be well balanced; at least in the nose. The taste is great! It has a nice malt base that goes down smooth and finishes warm and dry. The hops really mellow the high alcohol. It's a very bitter brew with loads of hop character. It leaves a hop residue on your tongue following the swallow. The mouthfeel is fine. It's a full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is one hoppy brew. The taste lingers minutes after the swallow. It's warm and well balanced. This is a beer you can really relax with; a good drinker.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2007 22:40:40 | More by WesWes

drabmuh

Maryland

3.43/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I won't buy this again just for the price alone, the fact that its an underperforming IPA overall is the last nail in the coffin. Beer poured into a Russian River wine glass.

Beer is hazy and red with a thin head that leaves some lacing on the glass. As the beer warms it clears a little. Looks OK.

Aroma is solventy and really piny with some earthiness to it. I can smell the alcohol.

Beer is thin to medium bodied and in your face bitter. the back palate is overwhelmed by bitterness and it creeps forward into the mid palate. 112 IBUs or whatever, I believe it. I really do. Its aggressive, a little sweet up front, you miss out on all the nice hop flavors in the midpalate unfortunately. I've had much much better IPAs in the past.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2010 17:24:09 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Exiled for sharing this bottle. Bottled June 28, 2010.

The beer pours an orange color with a white head. The aroma is a mix of flowery and pine-scented hops. The flavor is more complex and is very hoppy. I get a lot o citrus and pine notes as well as some caramel malt. The bitterness is about medium and is not as bitter as I was expecting. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

09-28-2010 23:46:47 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

4.4/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Poured out a clear, copper/burgundy color with a one-finger, tan head of thick foam. It left some thin trails of lace.

S - Wow, what a blast of aromas: floral notes, pine and citrus smack you in the face.

T - It tasted of spicy, piney hops with a sweet, burnt toast maltiness. You can taste a little of the strong alcohol.

M - It was crisp, sharp and still smooth. A medium to full-bodied beer with a very warm alcohol presence.

D - This is a great tasting brew. It is extremely hoppy and fairly easy drinking considering the high ABV.

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2009 15:26:34 | More by zeff80

metter98

New York

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: The beer is reddish orange in color. It poured with a thick ring of white bubbles around the edge of the glass, leaving some lacing in the center and down the sides.
S: There are aromas of citrus and pine resin hops in the nose.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste has flavors of citrus and pine resin hops and is accompanied by a moderate amount of bitterness. The underlying malts are very noticeable.
M: It feels full-bodied and somewhat thick on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer definitely tastes strong, but the alcohol is well masked from the taste. I enjoyed it because it packs in a lot of hop flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

03-12-2012 01:59:29 | More by metter98

MasterSki

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Picked up a bottle of the new batch at Armanetti's. This one is only(!) 12%. Served in my Kuhnhenn tulip glass.

A - A finger of late-rising tan foam that dissipates to a cap and leaves lots of sticky lacing. Dark hazed amber-brown color with some bubbles at the bottom of the glass that don't seem to want to go anywhere.

S - The smell is full of candied citrus, pineapple and other tropical fruits, pine, caramel and toffee malts, and a touch of fusel alcohol. The smell is so potent that I could perceive it as soon as I opened the bottle, even after being in the fridge for a couple days.

T - The taste carries a lot of malt character - I've had this beer both fresh and aged about 6 months and I don't actually see a huge difference. There's lots of caramel, rum-cake, bread, and it leaves both solid hop bitterness as well as that burnt sugar flavor behind. The tropical hops, pine, and slight alcohol flavor are still in there as well, but anyone expecting something a la Kuhnhenn Extreme IPA or PtY might be a bit disappointed. I'm getting neither 112 IBUs nor 12% - probably a good thing.

M - Lowish carbonation, big body, some dryness, lots of residual stickiness, soft texture, and a bit of alcohol burn. What's not to love?

D - Umm...perhaps I've been drinking too much recently, but looking at my half-full tulip (yes, I'm an optimist) is making me a touch queasy today. I remember loving this on-tap at Kristina's pig roast, but right now I can't imagine having more than one glass. Still, that's pretty good for a 12% palate-destroying triple IPA.

Serving type: bottle

07-20-2009 00:50:15 | More by MasterSki

Gueuzedude

Arizona

3.33/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a hazy amber orange color when held up to the light, otherwise it is a drab brown amber color. Barely a wisp of a head forms when poured, but if roused forms a thin amber-tan color. The aroma is a mix of concentrated malt and hops with a bit of alcohol in the finish. The aroma is a bit muddy actually, I was expecting a bit more of a hop attack.

The taste is thick and rich with concentrated notes of hops and malt, and that same muddy note that is found in the aroma. Up front this has nice concentrated notes of pure hop nectar (lots of citrus with notes of pine, herbs and a bit of menthol), it does seem to die off in the finish though. This has quite a thick, syrup-like palate to it; it sticks to your mouth even after you have swallowed it, and for some reason it is not all that pleasant. The malt also plays a heavy hand in this beer, it is not just all hops; there is a concentrated unfermented beer taste to it (very similar to malt extract), with lots of notes of caramel, & toasted malt. I am gonna have to say that this was pushed a bit too far, it is a bit too over the top. The flavors just clash on my palate.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2005 05:11:34 | More by Gueuzedude

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

4.4/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Acquired via trade from plaztikjezuz, so a big "Thank you" goes out to him. Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a deep orange-amber color with a thin off-white head that fades very quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is of hops, brown sugar, citrus and caramelized malt.

T: The taste is balanced, but hits you very hard with everything up front, with flavors of hops, brown sugar, caramel and some fruit. There's a slight touch of alcohol, but not as much as you would expect from a beer with 13.00% ABV. The malt character is decent but the after-taste is hoppy and slightly bitter.

M: Crisp and very smooth, medium body, light-to-medium carbonation, clean and dry finish.

D: Very tasty, goes down dangerously easily for a beer with such a high ABV, not very filling, I liked this beer a lot, but it's definitely one that is a sipper instead of a pounder, because after one or two (three at the most) you're pretty much done for the night. It also seemed more like a barley wine than a "Triple IPA" unless the difference between double and triple IPA means that there's a lot less hops and lot more sweetness and alcohol. Putting the gray areas between style boundaries behind, this is still a hardcore and very good beer, which I liked a lot.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2007 04:30:28 | More by TheManiacalOne

russpowell

Oklahoma

4.3/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

got this from joe1510, cheers!

Pours an orange hued chestnut with 1 finger of tan head. Viscous look to this. Above average head retention & good lacing

S: Piney & cakey, plus brown sugar

T: Piney, with much cakeyness & a touch of pralines up front. Leafy hops, toffee, boozeyness, woody dryness are all in your face as this warms. Finishes with some orange peel, cakeyness, resiny hops, & some baker's chocolate, almost pulled a 5.0

MF: So chewy& a bit sticky, a moderate amount of carbonation pushes the hops out there a bit. Balances great all things considered

This is a bruiser, although I enjoyed the hell out of it; the complexity & abv weigh on you after a while

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2008 04:25:12 | More by russpowell

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

What a brew this is! Poured out as a golden copper color, the head was thick and white at first. The head settles but leaves some white soapy looking suds on the glass. The smell is incredibly hoppy. Just an assault of hops on the nose, not too much else. The taste is the same way, it's super hoppy and bitter. I was expecting it to be pretty extreme but not this much. The mouthfeel isn't too bad really but it tingles a lot with every sip along with a warming booze feeling too. Overall it's fun to try, glad I did but holy crap! I may buy more one day.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2011 04:48:46 | More by Knapp85

emerge077

Illinois

4.38/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a deep reddish tone, with a good level of clarity. Spotty lace lines the glass for a good half hour.

Sticky honeysuckle nectar and strawberry bubblegum. Never knew hops could smell so good.

Big citrusy punch up front, mellow warming toward the middle. Ten varieties of hops, and I believe it. Complex yet approachable, this IPA goes off in multiple angular directions. Earthy, herbal, dry hop bitterness at the tail end. Balanced by a floating, effervescent sweetness that lingers briefly.

Rich & syrupy mouthfeel, not heavy, just decadent.
BIg, boozy, verging on a Barleywine in terms of m/f and drinkability. One and done for me...

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2007 02:33:46 | More by emerge077

Halcyondays

California

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle, 200+ IPA apparently,

A: Pours a dark amber with a small white head, great head retention, some sticky lacing.

S: Great smell, on first opening the bottle you get a burst of pine hops, very pungent. Once it sits in the glass for a while, you get a strong malty barleywine.

T: At first I thought I was going to try and compare this to Pliny the Younger, but that is a fallacy, they are completely different beers. Devil Dancer is much more of a barleywine. The malt is very heavy with burnt toast and treacle. Hops come in almost immediately, strong straightforward pine resin, there is really no citrus. Ethanol is present at 13%, adding a light solvent flavour that enriches all the characteristics of the brew.

M: Solventy, very resiny, relatively light in carbonation, but it is big.

D: Lowered because of its intense flavours, definitely a sipping libation. Overall a very good big IPA from Founders, glad I tried it.

Serving type: bottle

08-02-2008 07:32:29 | More by Halcyondays

Gavage

New Jersey

4.35/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: pours a hazy orange color with a 2" thick head that falls quickly to a thick surface foam.

Smell: loads of pine and grapefruit leap out of the glass. Some hints of alcohol are also there.

Taste: big malt profile here with a heavy dose of grapefruit and pine. Some green apples, honey, and alcohol round out this well balanced hop bomb.

Mouthfeel: heavy in body. Lightly crisp and dry to start, but finishes dry and smooth. Aftertaste is very long as the bitterness rides the tongue for what seems several minutes.

Drinkability: killer beer here. The high ABV puts a damper on having more than one or two in a session, but this is relatively easy to quaff this faster than you should.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2008 16:58:41 | More by Gavage

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.65/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A 12 oz bottle from a trade with czoch75 a long, long time ago.

A: The ale is a darlk ruby red, damn near brown with no visibility whatsoever. Darker orange highlights come through when held to light. The head is large and laces sporadically in the glass.

S: The nose is full of citrusy strong hops, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple. Some pine resin notes come through as well. The hops are met with an equally strong alcohol component that almost burns the nostrils.

T: Big hops, big malts and big alcohol. Never have seven words so aptly summarized a beer. The hops are intensely bitter, full of grapefruit and citrus notes that quickly dull the tastebuds. The malts are strong enough that this beer is easily mistaken for a Stone 10-like barleywine IPA hybrid. The flavors from both components easily overwhelm and flatten the palate. The hefty alcohol doesn't aid matters in any fashion.

M: The mouthfeel is overwhelming, full of big intense flavors. The hops are huge, bitter and strong.

D: One bottle'll do you just fine. Any more and the next morning will be one messy hangover.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2007 01:38:14 | More by akorsak

tempest

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Split a bottle with a few friends. While the alcohol is very well hidden, it's reasonably thick considering the 13% alcohol. The nose was all fruity citrus hops - like big-time fruit punch with orange and grapefruit leading the charge. The flavors offers more juicy hops along with a sweet malt backbone. It finishes with a decent bitterness and a more herbal hop aftertaste. Frankly I'm not surprised this isn't more bitter, I think there's just too much malt for this to really whack your palate. Still a tasty and fun beer that I'm glad I tried.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2008 19:30:10 | More by tempest

WVbeergeek

Ohio

3.98/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appears cloudy amber crimson with an off white tan tinted head leaves behind even specks of lacing. Aroma is fueled by alcohol grapefruit and other citrus rinds along with vinous layers of alcohol infused sweetness very barleywine in nature leaves bready caramel notes that come trhough with the alcoholic phenols. Taste has a deep pine almost tree bark in flavor hop bitterness can be described as citrus peel puckering bitterness embeds itself on your lips finishes deep plum flavor with other over ripened alcohol soaked fruit tones. Mouthfeel is full bodied slow moving gurgling carbonation completely takes a layer of living cells off the tongue what's left of the palate is saturated in bitterness and 13% abv. Drinkability is extreme another "push the envelope" brew calling itself a triple IPA when it's a big hardcore barleywine. I'm not sure if I completely enjoyed it but it's an experience I won't soon forget.

Update bottle released 6/2/11 not as bad as I remember it being way back when but damn it's still an intense experience. Appears a deep ruby red with pale tan cream head forming pretty thick for the alcohol level and beer itself. Aroma is almost syrupy sweet with hops and an abundance of malts, smell is full of grapefruit/citrus hop juice with a mild barleywine esque experience with each smell. Flavor wise super sweet malt base with a burning alcohol sensation on the palate, really pretty much kills with hop bitterness think hop liquor. Is it good, not really it's abrasive but do I enjoy how extreme this experience is, somewhat it's almost a sadistic form of abuse to really sit and drink this 12 ounce bottle. That's my recommended volume to drink and I don't feel this will age like the best barleywines out there however I'm willing to experiment. Very harsh mouthfeel alcohol is upfront with a cloying residual sugar sweetness and the most oily hop experience I've ever had, that's where this beer really loses track of what any or extreme beer drinkers want. A beer tha is crazy big but still easy to drink, this beer is burdensome in it's truest since it's like a beer willing to push the envelope on what beer is. My local store sold out in 3 days I picked up the last four pack because I'm crazy into beer, it was around 22 bucks for a four pack, why? B/C demand drives prices and evidently if you make limited quantities of something like this you can yield very high prices even if it isn't the best product out there.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2006 22:35:53 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a foggy darker brown/amber with a ruby hue and a thick creme head. Nose is clogged with character. Globs of hops and malts with alcohol in the mix as well. Flavor is fully hops. It reminds me a lot of the DFH 120. Just thick hop character that needs some time to calm down. Sickly sweet aftertaste lingers after the ridonkulous hop invasion. Feel is pretty smooth.

This needs time to mellow. I say don't drink it immediately, but feel free to grab a couple bottles so that you can observe it over time.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2008 14:25:16 | More by RblWthACoz

barleywinefiend

Washington

4.05/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured a hazy ruby color with a small dirty white good carbonation. Nose is orange peel, caramel, floral, pine and rather dry. Tastes is grapefruit, orange peel, floral and other various fruits.Lots of caramel malt help it to stay as balanced as possible. The big hop presence is not there up front but through the middle it is. Not much of a hop bite tome at all. You can tell this is a big beer just on the thickness of the pour alone. Well done.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2009 03:11:11 | More by barleywinefiend

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.8/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Nearly no head, spotty lace. Quite cloudy, orange, dark-amber color.

Barley Wine meets IPA: strong alcohol warmth in the smell which completely overwhelms any hop aroma. Surprising considering the IBU count.

On the plus side: originality. On the minus side: this beer has two extremes brought together--alcohol and bitterness (hop). The body is warming and oily from the high alcohol content--these are the initial impressions on the first sip. Soon, the hop takes over and becomes extraordinarily strong after the swallow, lasting seemingly forever.

Wonderfully creative and different...great simply to have the experience. However, I am not as enamored as most of these reviews. For me, extremism does not make this a superior beer regardless of how interesting it may be.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2007 02:12:06 | More by smcolw

Wasatch

Utah

4.38/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to BuckEyeNation for this one.

Pours a thick dark amber/orange color, nice carbonation, quick fizzy head, some lacing afterwards. The nose is hoppy, sweet malts, citrus, and slight caramel. The taste is big on hops, malty, honey like, the finish is slightly dry. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a high octance IPA for sure, way to go Founders. Highly recommended.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2007 23:02:38 | More by Wasatch

jdhilt

New Hampshire

4.08/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a two finger cream head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving no lace. Cloudy amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Sweet alcohol nose. Flavor is a strong, sweet caramel, alcohol and grapefruit hops, lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Nice triple IPA. $3.80 for a 12oz bottle from Yankee Spirits South Attleboro, Ma.

Serving type: bottle

08-02-2008 22:45:16 | More by jdhilt

rhoadsrage

Illinois

4.18/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

(Served in an American pint glass)

A-This beer pours a deep auburn-brown with a crystal clear body and a medium thin head of off-white cream. A nice full carbonation of medium size bubbles.

S- The smell of green fresh hops is balanced by a soft caramel roasted malt and a slight sweetness.

T- This beer has a nice deep caramel roasted malt beginning that is blended with a green piney hops then it finishes with a nice bold hop bitterness and an alcohol flavor to balance.

M- medium full body with a slight warmth from the alcohol really blends with the hop bitterness.

D- A triple IPA as the label proclaims is right. This has a nice roasted caramel malt flavor that balances the hops and alcohol nicely. It is somewhere between an American barley wine and a big IPA. Nice twist on a new classic.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2005 03:41:11 | More by rhoadsrage