Founders Brewing Co. Dankwood

Dankwood
(has 1 batch)

 

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

  IPA - Quadruple Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.52
ABV: 12.2% IBU: 65 Ticks (all batches): 141
Imperial Red IPA Aged in Bourbon Barrels

What do you get when a big, bold imperial red IPA meets an oak bourbon barrel? A palate stunner that’ll send your senses spinning or, as we like to call it, Dankwood. Rich caramel notes emerge from the depths of the IPA, highlighting strong malt character while the bourbon barrel-aging develops the complexity. A dank, sticky and slightly sweet sipper, Dankwood is the perfect alchemy of wood and hops.
 

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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Deep dark red and copper coloured body with a two centimetre tall tan head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of toffee, alcohol, caramel, nuts, earth, pungent grain and a dose of more herbal hops. Full-bodied; Deep robust alcohol warmth up front with a punch of bourbon and oak from the barrel aging along with some grass and dry hay, a lot of caramel and toffee sweetness closer towards the end, but the robust and deeply pungent astringent hops and alcohol top everything else. Aftertaste shows a deep and robust pungent oak, vanilla, bourbon and almost tequilla note with a lot of dry hops from pine and earth qualities, along with a lot of dry grain and peat flavours with a touch of sweetness on the absolute finish. Overall, a robust and quite strong beer that shows a good deal of hops, but the real punch behind this is the caramelised sugars coupled with the tons of alcohol and bourbon/barrel aging notes that make this quite pungent throughout. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from Greenville Beer Exchange in Greenville, South Carolina on 31-May-2018 for US$4,74 sampled in my hotel room next to my home here in Washington on 14-July-2018.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2018 at 06:43

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a clear mahogany with an off white head. Aromas of caramel and toffee. Flavors are sweet caramel. Luscious.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2018 at 21:33

6/10
Dosc dziegciowo - drewniane. Slodkawe i geste, troszke ziolowe? Troszke wanilin? Ma goryczke. Ciekawe. Ale niespecjalnie pod gust.
Tried from Draft at Kufle i Kapsle - Powiśle on 11 Jul 2018 at 18:19

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tåkete brun med lavt beige skum. Lukter trevirke, bourbon og tørket frukt. Middels fylde. Smaker søtlig karamell, tydelig bourbon, trevirke og bitter sitrusskall. Middels lang.
Tried on 10 Jul 2018 at 20:05

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 10 Overall 7
Flarra krokius. Färg är super rostiga stilen. Lite lik Founders Devil dancer. Doftar precis som fin slottskällare där gamla övermogna frukter ligger. Samt hav. I munnen godis sötma (ok menar en massa torkade frukter) och efter några sekunder kommer fin balanserad beska. Oh oj fin extremt fyllig balanserad dipa. Ovanligt med dessa extrema Dipor som ändå blir balanserade. MS åh PQ denna påminner ju om Arroganta Bastarden. Founders kan det där med kvalité
Tried on 10 Jul 2018 at 12:15

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
355ml bottle. Pours deep reddy brown with a medium head. Aroma is coconut, toffee and minty bourbon to start. Taste has toffee to start. Coconut, minty bourbon and spicy hop finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2018 at 20:30

8/10
Bottled 04.18.18. Bourbony, but definitely some IPA remaining. Boozy and thick, bitter and sweet. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2018 at 22:00

8.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Ausgezeichnetes Bier! Optisch dunkelrot, in der Nase ist das Fass deutlich wahrzunehmen, Bourbon, Karamell-Toffee, Holz. Im Trunk ebenso Bourbon, Malz, Karamell, leicht Trauben, hohe Drinkability, unfassbar süffig. Sehr langer Abgang, Bourbon-Holzfass, Malz, leicht alkoholisch.
Tried on 06 Jul 2018 at 19:16

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12oz bottle picked up at The Grapevine
Pours slightly cloudy amber with a small off-white head, good lacing. Aroma of vanilla, woody, bourbon and caramel. Flavor is the same, only minor alcohols
Very nice. Smooth and easy drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2018 at 03:49

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, from Pioneer Supermarket, NYC. Pours clear reddish brown with large foamy beige head, faint sweet woodsy aroma, adequate carbonation, bitter caramel taste with some woodsy sweetness, throat burning alcohol undertones, and citrus peel, thin body, long bitter finisg, Quite bitter and interesting flavor profile.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2018 at 22:06