Founders Brewing Co. Dark Penance

Dark Penance

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.47
ABV: 8.9% IBU: 100 Ticks: 174
A heavy malt foundation includes Crystal malt for sweetness and just enough Midnight Wheat malt to push the color to black. The bitterness is huge, but balanced by malt sweetness and alcohol burn. The hop flavors and aromas range from citrus to floral to pine thanks to a delicious blend of hand-selected Chinook and Centennial hops.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pretty goddammit amazing. Black pour from bottle. Roast malts and piney hops. As good a black ipa as there is.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:31


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. I know this was a black ipa. But I was hoping it wouldn’t be so bitter. Well, I was wrong. It started off nice. It had a nice, deep almost black color. A nice head. The aroma was really nice with a almost floral smell. The taste was slightly sweet with a touch of flowers upfront but then it turned to really, really bitter. Too much for me.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:53


8

That is worth it!

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:59


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Hundholmen, Bod�. The colour is dark brown to black with a small beige head. Roasted malt in the aroma along with pine, grass, coffee and dark chocolate. Dark chocolate also in the flavour but has more pine and grapefruit. Has a silky mouth feel, medium body and bitterness. Tastefull. More IPA than stout.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2019 at 19:50


5

Tried from Growler on 16 Jan 2019 at 14:18


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours foggy deep brown with moderate stable beige head. Strong hoppy aroma. Citrus, pine. Additional honey & malts. Medium body. Tastes rather dry. Hoppy. Grapefruit, pine. Supporting toasted malts. Medium to heavy bitterness. Very good

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2017 at 14:52


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Bottle) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted, hoppy nose with black rye bread, coffee, asphalt, grapefruit, pine needles, dried apricots, liquorice and creamy chocolate. Malty, roasted hoppy taste with notes of black rye bread, black coffee, cacao, pine needles, orange peel, apricots, liquorice, burnt sugar and a generous resiny, piney bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Well made black IPA with a solid bitterness, still in excellent balance. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2017 at 15:36


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Festival 2017. Near black with a thin, lightly tanned head. Roasted aroma with caramel, chocolate, coffee, citrus fruits, floral hops, spruce and licorice. Taste is bitter roasted. Full bodied. Finishes lasting dry and roasted bitter with dark malts and citrus fruits. Excellent B-IPA

Tried on 22 May 2017 at 15:43


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottled (MT/KS/MB February tasting). Pretty close to black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops with some pine and mild resin to it as well. Flavour is fruity, floral, some nectar, mild chocolate and some slight toffee to it as well. Tasty and rather wellbodied. Good sipper, and actually hides the alcohol rather well.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2017 at 10:15


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at the Local Taphouse Darlinghurst. Pours translucent black. Aroma is glorious. Bitter burnt caramel, orange, pine. Flavour same notes but less refined, with a bit much alcohol burn. Delicious.

Tried from Draft on 06 Feb 2017 at 05:55