Founders Backstage Series # 6: Doom Imperial IPA
Doom is re-released in 2017 as part of Founders "Barrel-Aged" series, and its abv raised to 12.4%.
Doom is unleashed when Founders’ award-winning specialty Imperial IPA, Double Trouble, is aged in bourbon barrels for four months to create a distinct flavor experience. So, while Double Trouble is brewed to turn your world upside down, Doom is brewed to tear it apart: pungent hops conspire with boozy bourbon notes to send your senses spinning.
Doom is unleashed when Founders’ award-winning specialty Imperial IPA, Double Trouble, is aged in bourbon barrels for four months to create a distinct flavor experience. So, while Double Trouble is brewed to turn your world upside down, Doom is brewed to tear it apart: pungent hops conspire with boozy bourbon notes to send your senses spinning.
3.8
777 reviews
Grand Rapids, United States
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Oaky wood and marmalade. Quite boozy but also very tasty. Aniseed and bourbon combine with candy and hops. Dunno how strong this 2017 vintage is but it tastes pretty potent and very sippable
Partagée avec mon petit Kittenbieer dans un verre "Saveur bière".
Température de début 7 à 8°.
Robe superbe bronze opaque, petit filet de mousse ivoire.
Nez extraordinaire : oranges et abricots confits, barrique, whisky, malts.
Goût : entrée fruits secs, whisky; deuxième bouche écources d'oranges amères.
Palais assez sec et de bonne longueur.
Une délicieuse "Scotch ale IPA"!!!
18,5/20
Partagé avec mon cher Appiantiqua dans nos verres "Saveur bière"
Robe superbe bronze opaque surmontée d'un petit filet de mousse ivoire.
Le nez est extraordinaire sur les arômes d'oranges et abricots confits avec des notes de barrique,whisky et malts.
La bouche nous amène rapidement sur les fruits:écorces d'oranges amères et en 2ème bouche le whisky.
Le palais est sec mais de bonne longueur nous laissant sur une forte et agréable amertume.
Un Impérial IPA très corsé,sublime!!!!18/20
Hazy copper color with medium white head. Aromas of wood, bourbon and caramelized malts. Taste of liquor, bourbon and cognac, with white grapes, sweet and intense. Oily texture, moderate alcoholic warmth for its ABV, well-integrated. Lots of nuts in the aftertaste, walnut and hazelnut, together with a medium, earthy bitterness. Fantastic.
hazy orange colour, medium sized dense off-white head; aroma of marmalade,caramel and biscuity notes, slight vanilla and bourbon notes;taste is the same with resiny bitterness and alcoholic notes; excellent IIPA
Butelka przeterminowana 3 miesiące (więc piwo wyleżakowane). Pachnie trochę karmelowo, trochę chmielowo, czuć ewidentnie typowe dla beczki nuty waniliowe, do tego suszone owoce. Alkohol praktycznie niewyczuwalny. W smaku trochę alkoholu już jest, czuć go szczególnie w formie delikatnego grzania w przełyk, ale zdecydowanie jest to przyjemny alkohol. Nic podłego. Poza tym bardzo wyraźne nuty utlenienia i nuty beczki. Bardzo dużo wanilii, trochę bardzo dojrzałych (wręcz podsuszonych owoców), rodzynki, czuć też wyraźnie nuty burbonowe. Całość jest jest dość słodka, ale kontruje ją bardzo intensywna ziołowo-cytrusowa goryczka, która dodaje piwu drapieżnego charakteru a do tego całkowicie maskuje alkohol. Gdyby nie to grzanie w przełyk, to powiedziałbym że piję może double IPA, a Doom ma w końcu prawie 12,5%! Jako całość, piwo jest bardzo złożone i zadziwiająco lekkie. Idealne, żeby podelektować się na spokojnie. Ocena musi być wysoka, nie sądziłem, że IPA nadaje się do leżakowania, ale Doom zdecydowanie zarzuca kłam mojej teorii. Spokojnie mógłby jeszcze rok-dwa poleżeć, kto wie czy nie byłby jeszcze lepszy.
355ml bottle bought at Total Wine and More. Quite strong and boozy, with hints of orange and a clear oak-y flavour
Bottle @ tasting with Joen and Niilstrong. Clear dark orange color, medium sized off-white head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, hops and alcohol. Hmm well this is something else. Heavy, possibly too heavy. Flavor is malts, firm to huge hoppiness and resinous hops. Love this. Don't get any bourbon (fortunately), but the heavy resinous piney hops are absolutely tremendous. Insane but lovely!
Rating #1254, flaske fra Boxbeers. Mørkegylden, klar øl med ok skum. Lækker blomstret IPA-duft også med en del smør, men fadlagringen tager man heller ikke fejl af. Den er meget tydelig også i aromaen, og man fornemmer også klart at det er bourbon-fade der er tale om. Sød, frugtig og bitter smag med en god portion bourbon efterfølgende. Det her fungerer bedre end jeg havde troet, og fadlagringen blandet med IPA'erne frugter leder nærmest tankerne hen på qaudrupel eller andet belgisk strong ale. Tunge, mørke frugter som dadler, overmoden banan og måske lidt solmodne bær gør sig gældende. Bitterheden er naturligvis tydelig og alkoholen skjuler sig ikke ret meget, men lammer tilsammen nærmest tungen - men alligevel fremstår den ikke sprittet, men bare varmende. Tyk, cremet, blød, fyldig med afdæmpet kulsyre.
KØLF 180518. Deep golden-orange color with an off-white head. Aroma is bourbon, sugar, caramel, oranges. Flavor is bourbon, sugar, pine, oranges, alcohol, dried fruits, grapefruit, caramel. Medium to full body.
Bottle.
Hazy Dark Golden pour, White head.
Nose is mainly hoppy, taste hoppy then quite clear bourbon notes.
Full body, soft carbonation.
Sample at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. A cloudy orange coloured beer with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of oak, vanilla, malt, caramel, hops, citrus and bourbon.
35,5cl Bottle @ Saveur-Biere, Lille, France.
Hazy amber colour with a thin white head.
Aroma is malt, sweet, hops, citrus, pine, bourbon, oak.
Taste is malt, caramel, hops, citrus, grapefruit, grass, bourbon, oak.
Medium to full body, soft carbonation.
Red, cloudy nice white foam. Chockolate raisins and fruit in the aroma. Chockolate, vanilla, candy with mild bitterness in the aftertaste. Great.
12oz bottled 4/2017 (2017 Release), Saveur, opened 2018-3. - - Short: didn't think this would blend as well as it did, infusing dense citric spruce jam and young apricot with the light perfume of vanilla sugar, oak and bourbon notes, elevating its otherwise cumbersome crystal malt mouthfeel to an astounding drinkability considering its amped BA-IIPA abv. Once the basic flavours settle, there is little development in warming up or in terms of yeast subtleties - a familiar US trademark: marketable WYSIWYG. - Enjoyed sipping this by myself.
355ml bottle. Cloudy, orangey golden colour with average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Initial, minimally sugary, caramel malty aroma gives way for woody, oaky, tannic, minimally toasty, vanilla-infused BA notes, whiffs of citrusy hop make their way once in a while and lend hints of lemon and orange zest. Taste is dry, woody, oaky, slightly tannic, hints of vanilla, earthy hints of old nutshells, citrusy hoppy overtones; biting, bitter hoppy and warming, alcoholic finish. Useless high abv.
17/20 absolutely lovely, loads of oak and vanilla, overpowering taste but lovely, great whisky beer
The strongest beer I've ever drank. I don't love it, but it's very interesting.
On tap at Harry’s Jyväskylä pouring deep copper color. Aroma of malts, caramel, sweetness, alcohol, bourbon, citrus, tropical fruits. Full body, bitterness to balance the alcohol, but it is alcohol and malts first, not your average DIPA. Still the fruitiness is there. Feels more like a hopped barley wine, which isn’t bad, but the alcohol presence is a bit too strong I think, Devil Dancer was more balanced than this. Still, I like these heavy barley wines, so this one is nice beer as well.
Jak to w wypadku foundersa czesto bywa - beczka zdominowala wszystko. Wlasciwie od KBSa rozni sie tym ze zamiast palonosci mamy goryczke - mimo wszystko swietne, a tak waniliowa IPA na pewno pozostanie w mej pamieci
Very good imperial IPA. Tastes slightly orangey to me in terms of flavour, with nice whisky notes.
Scent of oak barrels and bourbon. Slightly fruity and oak barrels and bourbon. Much bitterness that fills the upper part of the mouth for a long time. Okay beer. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
Lupulove (Castellón-España)
ℹ Una imperial ipa envejecida en barricas de bourbon, bastante único, no? Aromas cítricos, amaderados y de bourbon, en boca es dulce, el alcohol y el bourbon están muy presentes, de hecho se comen el lúpulo aunque la amargor final es estupenda, toques terrosos, resinosos y bastente especiada. Me gusta ese cuerpo aceitoso que tiene este birrón. La birra en si es una locura, hay que plantearsela como un licor... y ya te puede gustar el Jack Daniel's...
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ As Founders Barrel-Aged Series - Doom Imperial India Pale Ale Bourbon Barrels ].
ABV: 12.4%. Light unclear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, dried fruit, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, pine, spruce, spicy, orange - citrus, vanilla, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, bourbon, vanilla, pale malt, hoppy, dried fruit, boozy. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20180328]
8-3-8-4-15
(∞-god-liqueur-fruité (rouge-noir-jaune), sirupeux, amer raisonné, ~miel-érable, camo, "fûté", cointreau, ∞-savant)
355ml bottle. Hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is very resinous, bourbon, sweet caramel, toffee. Taste is boozy, resinous, sweet malts, caramel, toffee, some fruitiness, bourbon barrel, boozy finish with a slight bitterness. Full bodied, fine carbonation. A very nice sipper.
I can't recall ever having a barrel aged Imperial IPA. Pours a golden copper with frothy white head. Aroma seemed to have a more pronounced malt than hop presence. Taste: sweet vanilla oak flavor at first, followed by a bitter sharp citrus pine. Interesting flavor; but the barrel aging produced more of an American strong ale taste rather than IIPA.
Bottle from de Bierliefhebber, bottled on 04.27.17. Almost clear golden to amber color, medium rocky head. Malty aroma, caramel, bready, but aslo some grapefruit. I doubt a fresh example would be focused on hop predominantly, it probably would be quite malty anyways. In taste, abit of cookie sweetness, bready malts and slight dry bitterness, Bourbon doesnt give a lot of vanilla, more some cookie and a bit of extra booze. Interesting, but not mindboggling.
Aromat: bourbon tak, chmiel też, ale wyraźnie starszy, ciastka, zboże, nieco karmelu i alkohol, który wzrasta z każdą chwilą.
Barwa pomarańczowa, głęboka, lekko zamglona. Piana w kolorze ecru, drobno pęcherzykowa, obfita i trwała. Ładnie zdobi szkło.
Smak: spora słodycz, wyraźne utlenienie i palący alkohol alkohol. W tle nuty chmielowe czy bourbonowe, ale bez szału. Goryczka wysoka, alkoholowo-chmielowa, momentami zatykająca, nieprzyjemna. Bardzo wysoka pełnia, umiarkowane wysycenie i nuty utlenione plus chmiel na finiszu z alkoholem niemal palącym przełyk. Nie tak to sobie wyobrażałem. Tylko wygląd wzorowy. Z drugiej strony piwo pod koniec sugerowanego terminu przydatności do spożycia, Być może świeże byłoby lepsze, ale nie zmienia to fakty, że bourbon (poza wzmożonym alkoholem) nie jest tu szczególnie wyczuwalny, a ma potencjał także w tym stylu.
Bottle at home. Pours a clear amber to copper with almost no head. Aroma is very rich, extremely piney and hoppy, some fresh cut grass. Considering this is a BA Imperial IPA with 12+ abv the freshness of the hops is seriously impressive. Obviously big malty aroma with a lot of caramel coming through. Some oak and vanilla from the barrel, though not very emphasised. Quite a bit of fruit aroma, plums and figs mostly. Huge heavy body. Thick mouthfeel. Flavour is heavy, sweet and bitter. All amped up but working well together. Maltiness is showcased nicely, a lot of crystal malts I suppose as there's a lot of caramel flavour coming through. High bitterness with great hoppiness. Herbal and grassy with a lot of pine rather than citrus fruit showcased here, though there is some heavy citrus (lemon and lime, grapefruit) in the finish. Again plum and figs. The barrel is really noticeable, a lot more so than the aroma lets on. Big bourbon flavours, some vanilla, heavy oak. Finish is long and as already mentioned brings forth the citrus if the hops. Slightly warming and boozy, still caramelly sweet. Woah, what a beer. Bourbon BA Imperial IPA? Works fantastically well!