Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

This is a triple India Pale Ale from Founders Brewing of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It weighs in at a massive 12.0% ABV and 112 IBU's. The beer pours a dark, but glowing amber, copper, with a tint of burnt orange and garnet. There is an inch of thick and somewhat creamy head, off-white in color. The aroma is a tangle of sweet, yet tangy, with tart, but lush stone fruit with strong sun tea in the back. The alcohol is way up front. The taste is a roasted and woody maltiness, earth, tea and tobacco, spicy, tangy fruits, sweet is there, but it is beaten down by the massive hops. It is quite bitter, but not as much as you might expect as the hops fight the sweetness to a draw. It is full-bodied without being thick, carbonation present, but subdued. The bitterness amps up in the aftertaste. Massive in every way.