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Double Trouble
Founders Brewing Company
- From:
- Founders Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #602 - ABV:
- 9.4%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #2,899 - Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 9.52%
- Reviews:
- 1,719
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 26, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2006
- Wants:
- 488
- Gots:
- 1,202
An imperial IPA that was brewed to turn your world upside down. Hops will get you coming and going. Pungent aromatics up front pair with a malt-balanced backbone and a smooth, bitter finish.
86 IBU
86 IBU
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Ratings by brewdlyhooked13:
Reviewed by brewdlyhooked13 from Ohio
3.75/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - pours a slightly hazed peachy gold, with lots of stuff, tiny tiny stuff, in suspension. A thin head with some speckled and sheeted lacing styles.
Aroma - still working with an under-the-weather sniffer, I do get some good pine and grapefruit though.
Taste - a quick caramel base followed by a wave of very orangey citrus. Very syrupy and candylike is the orange flavor. Full on bitterness now, the grapefruit zest and pine hitting full force and prickly. The swallow is a quick drying, some abv heat, and intensifying bitterness, a touch medicinal but pulling back mercifully before going too far that way. The finish does have more of a mediciney aspect than anything else, but there is still some sharp citrus present.
Mouthfeel - good big body that can stand up to the carbonation level.
Drinkability - not my favorite DIPA, but I'll be interested to see how the other one cellars.
Apr 13, 2009Aroma - still working with an under-the-weather sniffer, I do get some good pine and grapefruit though.
Taste - a quick caramel base followed by a wave of very orangey citrus. Very syrupy and candylike is the orange flavor. Full on bitterness now, the grapefruit zest and pine hitting full force and prickly. The swallow is a quick drying, some abv heat, and intensifying bitterness, a touch medicinal but pulling back mercifully before going too far that way. The finish does have more of a mediciney aspect than anything else, but there is still some sharp citrus present.
Mouthfeel - good big body that can stand up to the carbonation level.
Drinkability - not my favorite DIPA, but I'll be interested to see how the other one cellars.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.68/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
355 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 9.4%, 86 IBUs. Surprisingly pale golden colour, probably the palest American double IPA I’ve seen. Big to moderate white head. Distinct but still relatively moderate aroma of citrussy and piney American hops, also notes of caramel and orange marmalade. The flavour is of course very hoppy from start to finish, but not really extreme. The grapefruity bitterness is partly balanced by a pronounced malty sweetness. Notes of caramel and orange marmalade again. Very bitter aftertaste.
Apr 16, 2021Rated by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania
4.74/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.74/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
My favorite IPA.
Big grapefruit up front.
Alcohol is well hidden.
A great citrusy beer.
Mar 07, 2021Big grapefruit up front.
Alcohol is well hidden.
A great citrusy beer.
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
4.12/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hazed, amber/gold appearance with a medium size head and decent lacing. Subtle aroma; coaxed out some tropical fruit that resembled mango. Hoppy flavor leaned more resinous than citrus and was well balanced by the modestly sweet, malty backbone. Lush aftertaste.
Jun 20, 2020
Double Trouble from Founders Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
6683 ratings
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