Founders Double Trouble - Founders Brewing Company

pmcadamis

Illinois

4.47/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Tried this one at a little wine and beer shop/bar in Grafton IL.

A - Caramel-orange in color with a huge billowing white head.

S - Minty fresh hops with tons of alpha acid action going on. This smells like its going to have one hell of a malt backbone too.

T - Huge hops. The hops profile is well balanced and fresh, and the caramel malt notes really balance our the flavor.

M - This is a hugely tongue-searing brew. High hop content, big time body, and a torching bitterness in the finish make for one happy hop head.

D - This is a simply outstanding double IPA that is wildly complex and well built, but drinks like a standard IPA in that the alcohol is well hidden, and the body is not flabby or overly thick. Another wonderfully hoppy brew from one of my favorite breweries!

Serving type: bottle

08-02-2009 14:32:34 | More by pmcadamis

BeerMeInStl

Missouri

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-18-2013 02:37:36 | More by BeerMeInStl

Kamil

Quebec (Canada)

4.75/5  rDev +12%

06-18-2013 00:36:44 | More by Kamil

spw109

New York

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

06-17-2013 21:21:36 | More by spw109

RaijinQ

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

06-17-2013 03:53:24 | More by RaijinQ

Saurabhprabhu

South Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +12%

06-17-2013 01:07:28 | More by Saurabhprabhu

MaximalC

Illinois

3.55/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a hazy apricot color with a minimal white head. Tiny streams of bubbles can be seen streaming up from the bottom of the glass. Aroma is quite pleasant, smelling of passion fruit, peach, grapefruit, and some pine. In spite of the pine's modest presence in the nose, it comes through full force in the flavor--we're talking full-on Pine Sol here. Any fruits are very difficult to discern behind the resinous backbone. Perhaps some grapefruit sneaks through? There's also a grassy funkiness--the hop bitterness isn't quite as "clean" as I've found in other high caliber IPAs. The mouthfeel is a little thin, but acceptable for the style.

The bottle says Imperial IPA, and this has all the fierce bitterness you'd expect with that. If I liked IPA's, I'd probably be really enjoy this.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 00:31:07 | More by MaximalC

Dave1999

Virginia

4/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a cloudy amber with a thin white head.

The smell is citrus and piney hops.

The taste is bitter, citrus hop and pine. There is a sweet malt back bone but the bitterness takes the forefront.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied and oily. My youngest feels like it is coated in bitter hops.

A very good and hoppy bitter dipa. Hides its abv very well.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 00:06:24 | More by Dave1999

Matt73

New York

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-16-2013 23:44:50 | More by Matt73

GuitarIPA

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

06-16-2013 23:39:30 | More by GuitarIPA

gwiedman1

New York

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-16-2013 20:34:10 | More by gwiedman1

swinyeju

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

06-16-2013 15:35:41 | More by swinyeju

FIN

Georgia

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

06-16-2013 13:52:55 | More by FIN

BigLittleHokis

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

06-16-2013 05:37:06 | More by BigLittleHokis

cw13

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-16-2013 02:49:17 | More by cw13

IndyDad

New York

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-16-2013 02:39:12 | More by IndyDad

JOrtt

California

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-16-2013 02:15:03 | More by JOrtt

stogirelli

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +12%

06-16-2013 01:25:40 | More by stogirelli

lionnusmb

Iowa

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

06-16-2013 00:26:28 | More by lionnusmb

Hobo

Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

06-16-2013 00:14:09 | More by Hobo

Gww1864

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

06-15-2013 22:36:53 | More by Gww1864

CharlatanSin

Connecticut

4.41/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Bottled 5/27/13, consumed 6/15/13. Poured into a tulip.

A: Pours a nice orange amber with a rocky creamy white head. Decent retention and lacing.

S: Fresh citrusy and grassy hops. A little sugary sweetness. Dank.

T/M: Big grapefruit hops dominate. Nice bitterness. Resinous. A moderate sweet malt backbone to balance it out. Body is very full and sticky -- robust, almost syrupy.

O: A real DIPA lover's DIPA. Everything about it screams "double."

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 22:20:28 | More by CharlatanSin

TimothyPH

New York

3.5/5  rDev -17.5%

06-15-2013 21:35:52 | More by TimothyPH

Dyerseve

Michigan

4/5  rDev -5.7%

06-15-2013 15:46:21 | More by Dyerseve

Rave

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

06-15-2013 13:56:07 | More by Rave