Founders Brewing Co. Dankwood

Dankwood

 

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

  IPA - Quadruple Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.52
ABV: 12.2% IBU: 65 Ticks: 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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8/10
Fyldig, noe søt. Masse alkoholisk og fatpreg og litt rester av det som var på fatet. Likte den. Øl med stil og personlighet.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2022 at 19:28

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Aroma: Sweet malt and sweet ripe fruits. Flavour: Ripe sweet fruits with tangy notes and a warm alcoholic mouthfeel. Aftertaste is fruity sweet and slightly bitter. Colour: orange dark amber with a white head. From: Bottle @ Nemlig webshop Mar. 2021.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2021 at 16:38

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle from 4-pack founders wood collection. bottled 4.10.2018 bbf 20.5.2023 clear brown, smooth light brown head. Aroma is mostly like a strong barley wine, well blended malts, not nutty bitter, not caramel sweet, just plain malts, and lots of them.Very faint fruity note. flavor is bitterness from wood, burnt dusty leather notes perhaps also from wood, a distinct alcohol burn, malts, sweet malts, faint swet nutty like bitterness in the end - not nutty bitter as in chestnuts, more nutty bitter as perhaps in almonds. This might be a bourbon barrel aged double ipa , but i find the taste more like a real real good barley wine. Probably helps it is 1.5 years since it was bottled so some or most hops are likely gone. There is a bit of a dusty note probably from old hops, if that develops i would say the beer has probably topped aging wise, as the dustiness is a little bit disturbing. At 1.5 years the beer is awesome. Very complex, very rounded.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2020 at 13:18

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, fruit, malt, oak, vanilla.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, malt, fruit, vanilla, oaky, hops.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2020 at 11:51

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy, dirty brown coppery, medium offwhite head, medium lasting. Quite strong woody nose, slightly boozy and even more later on, some fruity notes. Medium bitterness, hint of sweetness. Mild alcohol warmth. Lasting aftertaste, medium body. A bit too sharp.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2020 at 16:47

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours fully hazy, between plum and brown, with very fine whitish foam. Aroma is nutty, caramel, barrel. Still, not particularly strong as an aroma. Body is average, with limited carbonation and quite a chili feeling. Taste starts fairly moderate, then going into quite a bitterness, with a long final mixing bitterness itself and a sweetish feeling.
Tried from Draft on 22 May 2020 at 19:44

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle picked up from Beer Republic, Breda, Netherlands, consumed at home Attenkirchen, Wednesday 8th April 2020 listening to Marc Riley on 6Music and having had a Fettuccini Bolagnese. Pours murky reddy/amber with an off white head, soft mouthfeel. Wow this is some beer, I never knew the strength, amazed that it is 12.2,% absolutely amazed, it is extremely gluggable, the bourbon ageing and red IPA somehow working well together. Fruit, a little oomph that I am know picking up, malty, a woodiness. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2020 at 19:53

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Fles 35,5cl thuis. Zacht, bitter, chocolade, rood fruit tonen, caramel, maltzoeten, eik, bourbontonen, oily, kleffig, vol en vet, tropisch fruit tonen, pine, redelijk boozy. Redelijk complex. (8-3-2020).
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2020 at 17:01

8.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Pour une imperial IPA vieillie en fut de bourbon, on est vraiment pas mal avec cette Dankwood, qui conserve bien ce caractère d'imperial IPA avec une amertume racée bien agrémentée par des arômes de bourbon et de fût qui ne pas de trop présents. Force et caractère sont donc les points forts de cette bière qui manque toutefois d'un peu de complexité voire d'un brin de finesse. Le visuel est sur un brun voilé, sans mousse. Le nez présente des arômes de fût sur les devants avec arômes de clémentine, orange, bourbon et caramel. L'attaque est houblonnée, sur une amertume vive et de légères épices en complément des arômes présents au nez. Excellente présence sur la seconde bouche avec un bourbon qui s'affirme. L'alcool à 12,2 % supporte très bien la structure, sans dénoter, donnant du tempérament là où l'amertume donne de la brillance. L'ensemble est tout de même relativement sucré. L’arrière-bouche est racée et punchy, sur l'amertume. Le final, long voit l'alcool se renforcer. Solide.
Tried on 08 Mar 2020 at 13:32

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Poured from 355mL (2018 release - bottled on 04/19/18). Cloudy yellow-ish brown with beige head. Mild wood, fruit hops with slight resin, caramel malt.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2020 at 05:46